1 person wounded in shooting at North Carolina hospital
GOLDSBORO, N.C. — North Carolina authorities say a hospital was temporarily placed on lockdown after a shooting that resulted in a non-life-threatening wound to the victim. Wayne County spokesman Joe Gillie said that authorities received a report of a shooting at Wayne UNC Health Care in Goldsboro around 8 p.m....
Senators say gun talks inching forwardVideo
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of U.S. senators continues to move forward on negotiating limited measures to help prevent mass shootings, though a deal is far from assured, senators involved in the talks from both parties said on Sunday. “There are intensive discussions underway,” Sen. Pat Toomey, Republican of Pennsylvania,...
3 people killed in early morning shooting in Michigan
SAGINAW, Mich. — Three people were killed in an early morning shooting in Michigan, authorities said Sunday. MLive.com reported that police responded to a report of multiple gunshots around 2:30 a.m. Sunday. in Saginaw, around 100 miles northwest of Detroit. Two men were pronounced dead at the scene. A woman...
Russia hits Kyiv with missiles; Putin warns West on arms
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia took aim Sunday at Western military supplies for Ukraine, launching airstrikes on Kyiv that it claimed destroyed tanks donated from abroad, as Vladimir Putin warned that any Western deliveries of long-range rocket systems would prompt Moscow to hit “objects that we haven’t yet struck.” The Russian...
Inflation divide: The wealthy splurge, the poorest pull back
NEW YORK — Americans at the low end of the income rung are once again struggling to make ends meet. A confluence of factors — the expiration of federal stimulus checks and surging inflation on staples like gas and food — are driving an even bigger wedge between the haves...
Police: Tennessee shooting leads to 3 dead, 14 injured
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A shooting near a Tennessee nightclub early Sunday led to three deaths and 14 people suffering gunshot wounds and other injuries, police said. Fourteen people were hit by gunfire and three were hit by vehicles while trying to flee the scene, according to Chattanooga Police Chief Celeste...
Abortion rights advocates in need of more men’s voices
NEW YORK — If Donovan Atterberry thought about abortion at all as a young man, it was perhaps with some vague discomfort, or a memory of the anti-abortion protesters outside the clinic that he would pass on his way to the park as a child. It became real to him...
Tropical Storm Alex heads toward Bermuda with high windsVideo
Tropical Storm Alex, the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, gained a bit more force as it headed toward Bermuda on Sunday after killing three people in Cuba and causing flooding in parts of Florida. Alex reached tropical storm force early Sunday after strengthening off Florida’s east coast...
What we know and don’t know about the Philly mass shooting
PHILADELPHIA — Gunfire erupted in the area of Second and South Streets late Saturday night, leaving three people dead and at least 11 injured along one of Philadelphia’s most popular dining, shopping and entertainment corridors. The shooting occurred on a weather-perfect weekend evening that had drawn hundreds to the area,...
Whitmer, McConnell, Evers reportedly on Wisconsin gunman’s list
A gunman suspected of fatally shooting a retired county judge at a Wisconsin home had a list that included Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, Whitmer’s office and a law enforcement source said Saturday. Douglas K. Uhde, 56, who had not been...
Teachers after Texas attack: ‘None of us are built for this’
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Teacher Jessica Salfia was putting up graduation balloons last month at her West Virginia high school when two of them popped, setting off panic in a crowded hallway between classes. One student dropped to the floor. Two others lunged into open classrooms. Salfia quickly shouted, “It’s balloons!...
Russia puts more strength behind ‘creeping’ Ukraine advance
KYIV, Ukraine — Reinforced Russian troops backed by airstrikes pummeled a portion of eastern Ukraine on Saturday, blowing up bridges and shelling apartment buildings as they fought to capture two cities that would put a contested province under Moscow’s control, Ukrainian officials said. Russian and Ukrainian forces battled street-by-street in...
Online pro-gun extremism: ‘Cool for active shooter stuff’
The young man in the jeans and sunglasses proudly shows off his gun in the YouTube video, then instructs his 1 million subscribers how to fit extra ammo on his belt, and offers a chilling observation. “Pretty cool for active shooter stuff, if you need extra mags.” It’s a typical...
Gunfire erupts at Virginia party, leaving 1 dead, 7 hurt
CHESTERFIELD, Va. — A 20-year-old man was fatally shot and seven other young people were injured after gunfire erupted during a graduation party in central Virginia, police said Saturday. Two separate fights between attendees of the mostly outdoor party in Chester were reported shortly before police received a call about...
Tulsa shooting puts focus on waiting periods for gun buyers
SEATTLE — When he was sentenced for killing three teenagers and gravely wounding another at a house party north of Seattle, Allen Ivanov said he was sorry and that he couldn’t explain why he did it. But he noted one factor that allowed him to carry out the shooting —...
Abbott restarts baby formula plant linked to contamination
WASHINGTON — Abbott Nutrition has restarted production at the Michigan baby formula factory that has been closed for months due to contamination, the company said Saturday, taking a step toward easing a nationwide supply shortage expected to persist into the summer. The February shutdown of the largest formula factory in...
8 killed, 15 injured in factory fire in India
LUCKNOW, India — At least eight workers were killed and over dozen others injured after a fire erupted in a chemical factory in northern India, police said Saturday. The fire broke out after a boiler exploded in the factory in the Hapur area of Uttar Pradesh state, said senior police...
2 future kings set to honor Elizabeth at Jubilee concert
LONDON — Two future monarchs are set to pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II at a special concert in front of Buckingham Palace on Saturday, the third day of the Platinum Jubilee extravaganza marking her 70 years on the throne. Prince Charles and Prince William, the queen’s son and grandson,...
Ex-Trump aide Navarro indicted; Meadows won’t be charged
WASHINGTON — Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro was indicted Friday on charges that he refused to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, but the Justice Department spared two other advisers, including the ex-president’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, from criminal...
1st remote air traffic control center in U.S. to be in Alabama
SELMA, Ala. — A company is seeking to build the country’s first-ever remote air traffic control center, which could handle traffic for multiple airports, on the site of an old Air Force base in Alabama, a newspaper reports. Advanced ATC Inc., an air traffic control academy based in Valdosta, Georgia,...
Family devastated after Texas escapee kills man, grandsons
HOUSTON — Residents of Centerville had become more vigilant over the past three weeks as authorities searched for a murderer who had killed on behalf of Mexican drug cartels and who stabbed and injured the driver of a prison transport bus last month when he escaped custody not far from...
Wisconsin man killed in ‘targeted’ attack on judicial system
A man was fatally shot at his home in Wisconsin on Friday and a suspect was discovered in the basement with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in what appeared to be a plan to target people connected to the judicial system, Wisconsin’s attorney general said. Attorney General Josh Kaul refused...
Iowa Democrats hope changes help it salvage leadoff caucuses
DES MOINES, Iowa — In a last-ditch effort to salvage their leadoff presidential selection position, Iowa Democrats are proposing two key changes that they hope will increase participation and avoid the chaos that marred their 2020 caucuses. One change would allow Iowa Democrats to submit presidential preference cards by mail...
U.N. says talks with Russia on food exports constructive
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations on Friday said humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths had “frank and constructive discussions” with Russian officials as part of U.N. efforts to reach a deal on agricultural exports amid an escalating food crisis. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters that Griffiths held meetings with officials...
Covid-19 was deadly to working-class Americans in 2020, study finds
TAMPA, Fla. — Working-class Americans died of covid-19 at five times the rate of those in higher socioeconomic positions during the first year of the pandemic, according to a study. The staggering disparity was revealed in a study of roughly 69,000 U.S. coronavirus victims ages 25 to 64 who died...
