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Community members wrestle with grief in aftermath of Wisconsin school shooting MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Community members in Wisconsin are continuing to wrestle with grief and calling for change in the aftermath of a school shooting that killed a teacher and a student and wounded six others. Investigators are trying to determine a motive.
The police chief says it appears to be a “combination of factors.” He's urging anyone who knew the 15-year-old shooter's feelings to reach out. The shooting occurred Monday at Abundant Life Christian School.
The shooter died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Barnes said police are talking with the shooter’s father and other family members, who are cooperating. Accident or homicide? Medical rulings in arrest-related deaths can dictate what happens to police Police in the United States rarely face criminal charges when civilians die after the use of force such as physical blows, restraints or Tasers.
Whether officers are prosecuted can depend on a system that operates after the initial attention passes — medical examiners and coroners who decide how and why someone died. When they rule a death an accident, not a homicide, a wrongful death lawsuit becomes much harder, too. Yet with so much at stake, The Associated Press found that official death rulings in cases involving police restraint can be so riddled with inconsistencies, suspect science or conflicts of interest that even extensive force may matter little.
Middle East latest: Israeli military orders another Gaza evacuation ahead of an offensive The Israeli military has ordered another evacuation in central Gaza ahead of an offensive in the area, even as Israel and the militant group Hamas appear to inch closer to a ceasefire. Talks to broker the ceasefire and hostage release deal have restarted after a monthslong pause. Israeli President Isaac Herzog said he will meet Wednesday with U.
S. President-elect Donald Trump’s Mideast envoy, Adam Boehler, at his home in Jerusalem. The deal on the table includes a six week pause in fighting in which Hamas would release 30 hostages in exchange for Israel releasing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
Israel's borders have shifted throughout its history. Action in Syria may reshape them again JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli troops will remain in Syrian territory indefinitely, and that blurs the border with Israel's northern neighbor. Since Israel's establishment in 1948, it's never had fully recognized borders.
Through its history, frontiers with Arab neighbors have shifted as a result of wars, annexations, ceasefires and peace agreements. Now, the downfall of Syrian President Bashar Assad has created a situation that could once again reshape Israel’s borders. As Assad was toppled early this month, Israel quickly moved into the Syrian side of a 50-year-old demilitarized buffer zone.
Netanyahu described the move as defensive and temporary. But in a Tuesday visit to the Syrian side, Netanyahu made clear that Israel plans on staying for some time. Russia says suspect detained in the killing of a senior general in Moscow Russia's security service says that it has detained a suspect in the killing of a senior general in Moscow.
The suspect was described as an Uzbek citizen recruited by Ukrainian intelligence services. Russia’s Federal Security Service or FSB didn’t name the suspect but said he was born in 1995. The FSB said in a statement Wednesday that the suspect said himself that he was recruited by Ukrainian special services.
Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov was killed Tuesday by a bomb hidden in a scooter outside his apartment building in Moscow.
The killing came a day after Ukraine’s security service leveled criminal charges against him. A Ukrainian official said the service carried out the attack. Rescuers dig for survivors of Vanuatu earthquake with no water and unclear death toll WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Vanuatu’s capital is without water after reservoirs were destroyed by a violent magnitude 7.
3 earthquake that wrought havoc on the South Pacific island nation. Rescuers frantically dug through the rubble of collapsed buildings after the quake hit on Tuesday afternoon. The government said Wednesday that there were 14 confirmed deaths but later said that nine had been verified by the main hospital.
Two of those killed were Chinese nationals, according to China’s official Xinhua News Agency, The number of people killed and injured is expected to rise. The seaport is closed and commercial flights are not landing. Water is out for much of Port Vila.
Musk and Trump are viewed roughly the same by Americans, an AP-NORC poll finds WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk’s attachment to President-elect Donald Trump has created an unprecedented alliance between America’s most powerful politician and its richest businessman. Roughly the same percentages of Americans have favorable views of both of them, according to a new poll from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Experts are split on whether that overlap in public opinion is a good or bad thing for Musk’s businesses or for Trump’s politics.
But it could have far-reaching effects in both realms. Musk, whose net worth tops $400 billion, oversees six businesses while continuing to work closely with Trump. And for Trump, Musk is an important validator with his conservative base.
Man convicted of quadruple homicide is put to death in Indiana's 1st execution in 15 years MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) — Indiana has carried out its first execution in 15 years by putting to death a man convicted of killing four people decades ago, including his brother and his sister’s fiancé. The Indiana Department of Correction said in a statement that 49-year-old Joseph Corcoran was pronounced dead at the state prison in Michigan, City Indiana.
Corcoran was scheduled to be executed with the powerful sedative pentobarbital, but the state agency’s statement did not mention that drug. Court records indicate that before Corcoran fatally shot the four men, he was under stress because the forthcoming marriage of his sister and her fiancé would necessitate him moving out of the home he shared with his brother and sister. Nissan, Honda confirm talks on closer collaboration but say there's been no decision on a merger BANGKOK (AP) — Japanese automakers Nissan Motor Corp.
and Honda Motor Co. have confirmed that they are discussing closer collaboration but denied reports they have decided on a merger. Nissan's share price soared more than 22% after reports citing unnamed sources said it might merge with Honda to form the world's third largest automaking group.
Trading in Nissan's shares was suspended in Tokyo but then resumed after the companies issued a statement that said they were “considering various possibilities for future collaboration, but no decisions have been made.” Honda’s share price sank 2.3%.
Nissan has an alliance with Renault SA that is under review. It recently announced it was slashing 9,000 jobs and cutting its global production by 20%. Verdicts are due in the historic French rape trial that turned Gisèle Pelicot into a feminist hero AVIGNON, France (AP) — French judges plan to deliver hugely anticipated verdicts this week in a historic drugging-and-rape trial that has turned the victim, Gisèle Pelicot, into a feminist hero.
Everything about the trial in the southern French city of Avignon has been exceptional, most of all Gisèle Pelicot herself. She has been the epitome of steely dignity and resilience through the more than three months of appalling testimony, including extracts from her now ex-husband’s sordid library of homemade abuse videos. Campaigners against sexual violence are hoping for exemplary prison sentences and view the trial as a possible turning point in the fight against rape culture.
Verdicts against the 51 defendants are expected Thursday, or Friday at the latest..
