CHICAGO — The family of a man shot dead by an immigration enforcement agent in the Chicago area last year moved to sue the government on Thursday for a shooting they allege was unlawful and could have been prevented, according to attorneys for the family. Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, a 38-year-old Mexican national who had lived
A 30-year-old US resident has been arrested in connection with a deadly school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, for allegedly encouraging the suspect, authorities said. James Cody Bryant was charged in the state of Washington with conspiracy to murder persons in a foreign country, the US Department of Justice said. Bryant “had been in
DALLAS — A Texas man who fatally shot a convenience store clerk is set to die by lethal injection on Wednesday in what would be the nation’s 30th execution this year. Jamaal Howard, 46, was found guilty of capital murder in the 2000 killing of Vickie Swartout, 42, who was shot once in the chest.
Investigators in the US state of Georgia are on the hunt for a suspect in a mass shooting that erupted in the early hours of Sunday, killing two people and injuring 35 more. A crowd of roughly 1,000 people had gathered for a block party in the southern rural community of Vienna when, according to
VIENNA, Georgia — Two people were shot to death and nearly three dozen others were injured at a block party early Sunday morning in Georgia, according to state law enforcement officials. Deputies from the Dooly County Sheriff’s Office were on patrol at a neighborhood block party around 1:25 a.m. Sunday in Vienna when shots were
One Tesla employee is calling it “a feature we hope you never need.” Tesla on Thursday rolled out an over-the-air software update called “Emergency Drive Away” that would allow the vehicle to quickly shift into drive while plugged into a Supercharging station. Typically, a Tesla does not shift out of park if a cable is
