• What to know about serial killer Ted Bundy and his rampage of violence
    Ted Bundy’s rampage of violence spanned at least four years and left dozens of victims behind, including at least 30 women and girls who were killed — and several others who escaped or survived despite serious injuries. Though the serial killer has been dead for nearly 40 years, the tally of his confirmed victims continues […]
  • Florida vice mayor shot dead, husband jailed as suspect
    By Daniel Trotta April 1 (Reuters) – The vice mayor of Coral Springs, Florida, was shot and killed on Wednesday and her husband was taken into custody as the lone suspect in what police called a case of domestic violence, officials said. Nancy Metayer Bowen, 38, was the first Black woman and first Haitian American […]
  • Baby killed by a stray bullet after drive-by attack in Brooklyn, police say
    NEW YORK (AP) — A 7-month-old baby in a stroller was killed by a stray bullet Wednesday afternoon when a man on a moped shot at a group of people on a Brooklyn sidewalk, authorities said. The shooting was believed to be gang-related and the child an unintended victim, police said. “There are no words […]
  • Man charged in connection with some of ‘Texas Killing Fields’ deaths of dozens of women
    HOUSTON (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a man allegedly connected to some of the deaths linked to the “Texas Killing Fields,” an area near Houston where the bodies of dozens of women were found beginning in the 1970s, saying they have solved a piece of a tragic mystery that has inspired books, movies and a […]
  • DHS boss rescinds restrictive $100,000 approval process, giving hope to FEMA relief efforts
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Wednesday rescinded a rule that DHS expenditures over $100,000 be personally approved by his office, ending a widely criticized policy implemented by his predecessor Kristi Noem that critics said put a particular burden on the Federal Emergency Management Agency ’s work aiding disaster response and recovery. […]