The 25-year-old St. Kate’s guard was taken into custody late Wednesday after he admitted to investigators that he accidentally shot himself while on duty the previous night.
AP: Security guard arrested for filing false shooting report
AP: Hurricane Irma pummels Florida; ‘This one scares me’
A monster Hurricane Irma roared into Florida with 130 mph winds Sunday for what could be a sustained assault on nearly the entire Sunshine State, flooding streets and knocking out power to more than 2 million homes.
AP: Nations rush to help islands devastated by Hurricane Irma
Florida is bracing for the onslaught of Hurricane Irma, with forecasters warning Irma could slam headlong into the Miami metropolitan area of 6 million people, punish the entire length of the state’s Atlantic coast and move into Georgia and South Carolina.
AP: Trump orders end to program protecting immigrant ‘dreamers’
President Donald Trump on Tuesday began dismantling Barack Obama’s program protecting hundreds of thousands of young immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children.
AP: Trump raises stakes in escalating North Koreans nuke crisis
North Korea claimed Sunday “perfect success” in an underground test of what it called a hydrogen bomb — potentially vastly more destructive than an atomic bomb.
AP: Houston endures more rain and chaos; 6 feared drowned in van
There was no relief in sight Monday from Tropical Storm Harvey, the storm that spun into Texas as a Category 4 hurricane then parked itself over the Gulf Coast. With nearly 2 more feet of rain expected, authorities worried whether the worst was yet to come.
AP: Rescuers pluck hundreds from rising floodwaters in Houston
Tropical Storm Harvey sent devastating floods pouring into the nation’s fourth-largest city Sunday as rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground and overwhelmed rescuers who could not keep up with the constant calls for help.
AP: Blast at Minnesota school kills 2, injures others
An explosion at a school in Minneapolis killed two people, injured several others and reduced part of a building to rubble, fire officials said.
AP: 1 dead, 1 missing after explosion at Minneapolis school
One school staff member has been found dead but another is still unaccounted for following a natural gas explosion Wednesday at a college prep school in Minneapolis, authorities said.
AP: US, Russia announce Syria cease-fire after Trump-Putin talks
The United States and Russia struck an agreement Friday on a cease-fire in southwest Syria, crowning President Donald Trump’s first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
AP: The Latest: 18 arrested protesting Minnesota cop’s acquittal
The Latest on the acquittal of a Minnesota police officer who shot and killed a black driver.
AP: Minnesota officer acquitted in shooting of Philando Castile
A Minnesota police officer was cleared Friday in the fatal shooting of Philando Castile, a black motorist whose death captured national attention when his girlfriend streamed the grim aftermath on Facebook.
AP: Rifle-wielding gunman wounds lawmaker, then killed by police
A rifle-wielding attacker opened fire on Republican lawmakers at a congressional baseball practice Wednesday, wounding House GOP Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana and several others as congressmen and aides dove for cover.
AP: Key developments in Minnesota officer’s manslaughter trial
The manslaughter trial of a Minnesota police officer who shot and killed a black motorist last summer will resume Monday with closing arguments.
AP: Trump withdraws from climate pact, world leaders push back
President Donald Trump’s supporters on Friday cast his decision to abandon the world’s climate change pact as a “refreshing” stance for the U.S. that would save jobs and unburden industry.