PITTSBURGH (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions says the Justice Department intends to file hate crime and other charges against the man accused in a Pittsburgh synagogue shooting that killed 11 people. In a statement Saturday, Sessions said the killings were “reprehensible and utterly repugnant to the values of this nation.” That echoes earlier comments…
By MARC LEVY and MARK GILLISPIE , Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — A shooter opened fire during a baby naming ceremony at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday, killing 11 people. At least six other people were wounded, including four police officers who dashed to the scene, authorities said. Police said a suspect was in custody…
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The social media site Gab.com says the shooter at a Pittsburgh synagogue had a profile on their website. The company says the account was verified after Saturday’s shooting and matched the name of the gunman mentioned on police radio communications. A law enforcement official identified the shooter to The Associated Press as…
By GENE PUSKAR , Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — A shooter opened fire during a baby naming ceremony at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday, and people with knowledge of the investigation said at least 10 people were killed. At least six other people were wounded, including four police officers who dashed to the scene, authorities…
By MICHAEL BIESECKER and STEPHEN BRAUN , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Cesar Sayoc is an amateur body builder and former stripper, a loner with a long arrest record who showed little interest in politics until Donald Trump came along. On Friday, he was identified by authorities as the Florida man who put pipe bombs…
By DAVID CRARY , AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — No one has been hurt or killed. But the wave of mail bombs targeting prominent Democrats this week has angered and dismayed some of the people affected personally by past acts of political violence in the United States. In the past 60 years alone,…
NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the cancellation of Megyn Kelly’s NBC morning show (all times local): 4 p.m. A lawyer for Megyn Kelly says that she remains an employee of NBC News following the cancellation of her morning show and negotiations about “next steps” are ongoing. Attorney Bryan Freedman did not elaborate on…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A crane as tall as the Verruckt water slide in Kansas City, Kansas, is now in position to dismantle the attraction where a 10-year-old boy was killed more than two years ago. A spokeswoman for the Schlitterbahn water park told the Kansas City Star that demolition work is expected to…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal authorities took a man into custody Friday in Florida in connection with the mail-bomb scare that earlier widened to 12 suspicious packages, the FBI and Justice Department said. The man was identified by law enforcement officials as Cesar Sayoc, 56, of Aventura, Florida. He was arrested at an auto parts store…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on pipe bombs sent to prominent critics of President Donald Trump (all times local): 11:42 a.m. A law enforcement official says the person in custody in connection with package bombs sent to prominent Democrats is a man in his 50s. Two other law enforcement officials said the man was taken…