BALTIMORE—Emergency personnel and the acting police commissioner were at the scene of a shooting in Baltimore early Sunday morning, police said. The Baltimore Police Department confirmed there has been a shooting in the 800 block of Gretna Avenue. The number of victims was not immediately provided. Acting Commissioner Richard Worley was at the scene of…
New Mexico Prosecutors: Man Accused in Deadly Movie Theater Shooting Is a Danger to the Community
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—A man accused in a deadly movie theater shooting in New Mexico’s largest city is a danger to the community and should be held pending trial, prosecutors said in a motion filed Thursday. They outlined their arguments for keeping Enrique Padilla jailed as the 19-year-old made his first court appearance on charges that include…
Recovering the Titan 12,500 Feet Underwater Was Dangerous, Complex, Emotional
EAST AURORA, N.Y.—When Edward Cassano and his colleagues arrived in the remote stretch of ocean where the Titan submersible had gone missing, they quickly learned that they would have to do what other deep-sea experts had already tried unsuccessfully: to find the lost sub in some of the most forbidding depths of the North Atlantic….
Hunter Biden Prosecutor Says He Would Need to Seek Special Status to Bring Charges in Most Jurisdictions
The prosecutor who brought charges against President Joe Biden’s son said on June 30 that he does not have the authority to bring charges outside of one state. U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware David Weiss acknowledged that his charging authority “is geographically limited to my home district.” Weiss, a Trump appointee, had claimed…
Georgia Police Arrest Mother of 7-Year-Old Girl Whose Body Was Found Decaying in Closet
ATLANTA—Police in Georgia have arrested the mother of a 7-year-old girl whose body was found decaying in the closet of a vacant apartment. Alondra Hobbs, 27, was charged with felony murder and cruelty in the second degree, DeKalb County police said on Facebook. It was not immediately clear whether she had an attorney. A police…
Teen Sentenced to at Least 16 Years in Prison for Brutal Attack on Teacher in Nevada
A teenager was sentenced to 16 to 40 years in Nevada state prison on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty in April to various charges following a plea deal that avoided trial for having brutally attacked a high school teacher in 2022. Jonathan Martinez Garcia was 16 when he carried out the brutal after-school attack on…
Driver Who Triggered Deadly Arizona Freeway Collision Had Just Been on TikTok, Officials Say
CHANDLER, Ariz.—A tractor-trailer driver was on the social media app TikTok just before causing a Phoenix-area freeway collision that killed five people, authorities said. The Arizona Department of Public Safety announced in a news release that 36-year-old Danny G. Tiner was arrested at his home Thursday on multiple charges related to the January crash, including…
Suspected Gunman in Texas Shooting That Killed 5 Neighbors Indicted on Capital Murder Charge
CLEVELAND, Texas—A man accused of killing five neighbors in Texas after some of them complained that gunfire was keeping a baby awake was indicted Friday for capital murder of multiple persons, which allows prosecutors to seek the death penalty. Prosecutors said they do not yet know whether they will seek the death penalty against Francisco…
Texas Pastor Pleads Guilty to Enhanced Charge of Having Child Pornography
A Texas pastor recently pleaded guilty to an enhanced charge of possession of child pornography, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western District of Texas announced on Thursday. David Lloyd Walther, 57, a Georgetown resident, pleaded guilty in a federal court in Austin on June 27 to “knowingly” having “searched for, downloaded, distributed and possessed child…
Newsom Doubling Number of Officers in San Francisco to Combat Crime, Fentanyl Crisis
With San Francisco plagued by unprecedented levels of crime and drug abuse, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced June 29 that the state will bolster its prior efforts to tackle the fentanyl crisis in the city, with a promise to double the number of California Highway Patrol officers dedicated to crack down on the issue in…
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