Day: October 13, 2023

Michigan school shooter’s parents seek to attend son’s sentencing hearing

7:17 pm October 13, 2023

The parents of a teenager who killed four students at Michigan’s Oxford High School are seeking permission to attend his sentencing while they also face charges in the attack. Ethan Crumbley, 17, could be sentenced to life in prison on Dec. 8. James and Jennifer Crumbley, who are charged with involuntary manslaughter, have had no […]

Phoenix authorities investigate fatal UTV crash claiming lives of 2 teenage girls

7:16 pm October 13, 2023

Phoenix police are investigating a fatal utility terrain vehicle crash that killed the two teenage girls riding in it. Sgt. Brian Bower said the collision occurred Thursday afternoon in a northern Phoenix desert area. Officers who arrived at the scene said they found the UTV completely turned upside down. Phoenix firefighters also at the scene […]

Lawsuit claims Mississippi city withheld information on eminent domain threat to Black neighborhood

7:15 pm October 13, 2023

A Mississippi city failed to properly inform property owners in a majority-Black neighborhood that their homes could be targeted for eminent domain under a redevelopment plan, some residents argue in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. Southern District of Mississippi, said the coastal city of Ocean Springs created an “urban […]

Multistate wind energy power line will increase energy capacity for Missouri

7:13 pm October 13, 2023

Regulators on Thursday gave the go-ahead for a multistate wind-energy power line to provide the equivalent of four nuclear power plants’ worth of energy to Missouri consumers. At issue is the Grain Belt Express, a power line that will carry wind energy from Kansas across Missouri and Illinois before hooking into a power grid in […]

Israeli shelling at Lebanon border kills Reuters videographer and injures journalists

7:12 pm October 13, 2023

An Israeli shell landed in a gathering of international journalists covering clashes on the border in south Lebanon, killing a Reuters videographer and leaving six other journalists injured. An Associated Press photographer at the scene saw the body of Reuters videographer Issam Abdallah and the six who were wounded, some of whom were rushed to […]