The girl suffered a gunshot wound to the back of the head and was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening, police say.
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Texas shooter who killed 8 linked to far-right extremists
He was wearing a patch that read ‘RWDS,’ a phrase that has been embraced by far-right extremists who glorify violence against their political enemies.
Utah author of book on grieving death charged with murder
A Utah woman who wrote a children’s book about dealing with grief called her husband’s death unexpected and described how it sent her and her 3 boys reeling.
Chaos? Kumbaya? How the debt limit standoff might end
Plenty of scenarios are being publicly and privately gamed out, but no one knows for sure how the debt limit standoff will end.
Driver in deadly Texas crash charged with manslaughter
Investigators are trying to determine if the crash was intentional.
Army booted Texas mall gunman over mental health, source says
The man accused of killing eight people and wounding several others in a mass shooting at a suburban Dallas shopping mall was discharged from the Army in 2008.
At this Westminster, King Charles is the spaniel sort
Cavalier King Charles spaniels are named not for the current sovereign but for 17th-century predecessors Charles I and especially Charles II, who was known for his fondness for wee spaniels.
Warming-stoked tides eating huge holes in Greenland glacier
Scientists now fear increasingly warmer water in daily tides are doing much more damage to one of Greenland’s glaciers than they thought.
Jury hears final arguments in writer’s claims against Trump
Donald Trump’s defense lawyer told jurors in New York City that they would have to believe the unbelievable to accept a columnist’s claims that the former president sexually attacked her in a department store in 1996
Russia bans jet skis, ride-hailing before WWII tributes
The fears of a possible Ukrainian attack appear real as Russia enacts a major security clampdown before Victory Day.