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An Ohio woman killed three members of her family last month before turning the gun on herself while deputies “were attempting to serve civil paperwork” police said. The Clermont County Sheriff’s office believe Theresa Cain, 46, killed Ethan Cain, 13, Steven Cain, 50, and William Felton, 74. Police did not …

Finally, the bounty arrived.  Hillsides, canyons and peaks in the West have seen blankets of snowfall in recent days and months, an answer to years of wishes and prayers in drought-stricken states.  In parts of the central Sierra Nevada, nearly 12 feet of snow fell in a week’s time. In …

Hollywood tough guy Tom Sizemore, who won acclaim for “Saving Private Ryan” before his career spiraled amid drug abuse and domestic violence allegations, died Friday, his manager said. He was 61. Sizemore died in his sleep at St. Joseph’s Hospital Burbank, his manager Charles Lago said in a statement Friday. …

A former U.S. Army soldier was sentenced Friday to 45 years in prison, the maximum, for plotting what prosecutors described as a “murderous ambush” overseas on members of his own troop. Eric Melzer, a 24-year-old from Kentucky, shared location and layout information about a sensitive U.S. military installation to the …

Former President Donald Trump has asked for a months-long delay before the start of the New York attorney general’s $250 million civil fraud trial against him, his three eldest children and the Trump Organization. In a court filing on Friday, Trump’s lawyers argued that the current deadline for discovery in …

Alex Murdaugh taking the stand was a “fatal” move for him in his double murder trial — and the Snapchat video that placed him near the scene of his wife and younger son’s deaths was the final “nail” that sealed the case, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson said Friday …

Tornado sirens sounded in Dallas and other parts of Texas on Thursday, and high winds overturned multiple tractor-trailers as severe weather struck parts of the state and others, officials said. No deaths had been immediately reported. The Texas utility Oncor said more than 170,000 homes and businesses were without power …

A man who was paralyzed in 2021 when a Florida police officer shot him in the back with his service weapon instead of a stun gun has filed a federal lawsuit alleging excessive force and negligence. Michael Ortiz, 43, was paralyzed from the waist down after he called 911 while …

WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice said Thursday that former President Donald Trump can be sued by police officers over the violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Attorneys for the Justice Department’s civil division said in a court filing in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District …

NEW DELHI — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov chatted briefly on the sidelines of a Group of 20 meeting in India on Thursday, the first meeting between the top diplomats since Russia invaded Ukraine. Their encounter involved less than 10 minutes of discussion, …