WASHINGTON, D.C. — Police in the nation’s capital are investigating a Sunday afternoon shooting that left a woman hospitalized and sparked an urgent search for a suspect who fled the scene in a black Mercedes. The Metropolitan Police Department said officers from the Fourth District rushed to the 5700 block of 2nd Street NE around…
LEXINGTON, KY — A 26-year-old Estonian national has been sentenced to more than two years in federal prison for helping launder millions in a massive $10 billion fraud ring tied to a criminal organization operating out of Russia, federal officials announced. Aleksandr Lis pleaded guilty earlier this year to conspiracy to commit money laundering, admitting…
CHEYENNE, WY — The National Weather Service in Cheyenne is warning residents and holiday travelers to prepare for a turbulent start to Thanksgiving week, as powerful winds topping 60 mph are expected to blast across Wyoming’s most heavily traveled corridors, including I-80 and I-25, beginning Monday afternoon. High Wind Warning for Monday Into Early Tuesday…
AMARILLO, TX — The holiday week will begin mild across the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles, but the National Weather Service warns that two major cold fronts will drop temperatures sharply by week’s end. Monday and Tuesday will offer a brief warm-up, followed by a steady slide into December-like cold as the weekend approaches. Mild Start…
GEORGETOWN, KY — A tense barricade situation in a Georgetown mobile home park ended Sunday afternoon after a teenage suspect surrendered to authorities following hours of negotiations and multiple gunshots fired — including one that struck a deputy’s shield, officials said. The standoff unfolded at the Sawyier Pointe mobile home park on Laurie Lane, where…
BIRMINGHAM, AL — A University of Alabama at Birmingham football player — and former University of Kentucky recruit — has been arrested after allegedly stabbing two teammates just hours before their scheduled matchup against the University of South Florida. UAB officials confirmed the attack happened Saturday morning at the school’s Football Operations Building, leaving two…
LOUISVILLE, KY — A late-night police response to a reported armed robbery in Louisville’s Southside neighborhood turned deadly after officers fatally shot a suspect who allegedly fled and pulled out a handgun, according to the Louisville Metro Police Department. The incident unfolded just before 10 p.m. Saturday in the 100 block of East Southland Boulevard,…
MADISON, WI — A Wisconsin woman who was just 12 years old when she nearly killed a classmate in a notorious 2014 stabbing incident has been captured after authorities say she cut off her GPS monitoring bracelet and fled a supervised group home. 23-year-old Morgan Geyser, who once played a central role in a violent…
SIMI VALLEY, CA — A California man will spend the rest of his life behind bars after a jury found he intentionally hid inside his estranged wife’s apartment, ambushed her when she stepped out of her bedroom, murdered her, and later buried her in the Antelope Valley desert. The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office announced…
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY, AL — A 20-year prison sentence was handed down this week to an Alabama woman whose impaired driving caused a 2021 head-on collision that claimed the life of a pregnant mother of four and seriously injured her children. The case centers on 36-year-old Audra Rogers, a well-known pageant titleholder and powerlifter who was…