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15-Year-Old Found Fatally Shot in Head in Apartment

Police were searching Thursday for a teenage suspect after Riley Billingslea was found dead inside a Kingsbridge Heights apartment. NEW YORK — A 15-year-old boy was fatally shot and his 13-year-old friend was wounded inside a Bronx apartment Wednesday evening, authorities said, as detectives searched Thursday for a teenage suspect and worked to determine what led to the gunfire. Police identified the boy who died as Riley Billingslea. Officers responding shortly before 5:30 p.m. Aug. …

Dad Killed After School Drop-Off Turns Deadly

Daryl Alexander Hill had just dropped his 10-year-old daughter at school when authorities say he stopped to help someone in distress. APOPKA, Fla. — A 56-year-old Florida father was fatally shot Tuesday morning after authorities say he tried to intervene in a roadside confrontation shortly after dropping his daughter off for her first day of school. Daryl Alexander Hill died after the Aug. 11 shooting near Plymouth Sorrento Road and West Ponkan Road in Apopka, …

Bar Fight Turns Deadly as Man Shoots Sister and Woman

Joseph Howard was convicted after a 2023 shooting that killed his sister and another woman and wounded a man. COLUMBUS, Ohio — A 22-year-old Ohio man has been sentenced to life in prison for a 2023 shooting outside a Columbus bar that killed his sister and another woman and wounded a third person, with prosecutors saying he will first be eligible for parole after 49 years. Joseph Howard received the sentence Aug. 6 after a …

Deadly Gas Station Shooting Leaves Two Dead

Police said three people approached the victims in a silver Nissan before opening fire and fleeing east Monday evening. CHICAGO, Ill. — A 25-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman were fatally shot Monday evening as they left a gas station on Chicago’s South Side, police said, and investigators were still searching for three people believed to have fled the scene in a silver Nissan. The shooting happened just before 6:30 p.m. Aug. 10 in the …

Child’s Actions Force Flight Cancellation

The Victoria-to-Toronto flight returned to the terminal and missed the airport’s overnight runway closure after the safety issue delayed departure. VICTORIA, British Columbia — A Porter Airlines flight to Toronto was canceled after a young child repeatedly could not be secured in a seat before takeoff, forcing the aircraft back to the terminal and delaying departure beyond Victoria International Airport’s overnight runway closure. The disruption happened Thursday, Aug. 6, after the aircraft had left the …

Infant Suffocates in Car Seat as Twin Is Later Found Severely Injured

Police say the girl died after an alleged car-seat incident, while her twin brother was later hospitalized with fractures and other medical problems. ATLANTA — Two adults have been arrested following an investigation into the death of a 1-month-old girl and medical problems later discovered in her surviving twin brother, with one defendant now facing a second-degree murder charge, Atlanta police and court records cited by local media show. James Hayes, 32, and Kennedi Ponder, …

Missing Family for 3 Days on River Found

Two women and a 9-year-old boy survived after their tubes were damaged on the Muskegon River, leaving them stranded in dense woods. TWIN LAKE, Mich. — Two women and a 9-year-old boy were found alive after spending about three days stranded in rugged western Michigan woods when their tubing trip on the Muskegon River went wrong, authorities said. Sarah Vida, 28, her son, Kayden Kovalcik, 9, and Vida’s cousin Jazmin Hock, 28, were located Friday, …

Father of Four Dies Saving Girl at Beach

Derrick Moore, 47, got the child to safety before a rip current pulled him underwater after lifeguards had gone off duty. MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — A Georgia teacher died after rescuing a young girl caught in a rip current off Myrtle Beach, where police said he brought the child to safety before the current pulled him underwater on the evening of Aug. 7. Derrick Moore, 47, of Loganville, Georgia, was identified by Horry County Chief …

Five 17-Year-Old Boys Killed in Cliff Crash

Investigators are examining whether speed contributed after the vehicle left Lookout Lane and traveled down a steep hillside. GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Five 17-year-old boys were killed after a vehicle left a residential road and went down a steep hillside in western Colorado late Saturday, authorities said, in a crash that remained under investigation Tuesday. The teenagers were all Grand Junction residents, according to the Mesa County Coroner’s Office. Police said the vehicle was traveling …

Massive Whale Attack Sinks Family’s Boat

Three family members escaped the rapidly sinking vessel and spent the night on shore before park rangers reached them. GUSTAVUS, Alaska — A Southeast Alaska family survived after a humpback whale struck their anchored 25-foot sailboat in Glacier Bay National Park, opening a large hole in the hull and sending the vessel underwater within about three minutes late July 29. Tania Lewis, her husband, Eric, and their 23-year-old child, Lu, were aboard the S/V Windrush …