SANTA FE, Texas (AP) _ The mother of school shooting victim Shana Fisher says she thinks her 16-year-old daughter was intentionally targeted by Dimitrios Pagourtzi. Sadie Rodriguez says Pagourtzi repeatedly made advances toward Fisher in the four months leading up to the shooting. She says Pagourtzi was an ex-boyfriend of Fisher’s best friend. Rodriguez says:…
By JUAN A. LOZANO , Associated Press SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — Only weeks ago, a dozen students from Santa Fe High School in Texas offered support for survivors of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting by participating in a nationwide walkout seeking stricter gun control. On Friday, it was Parkland students who declared their solidarity…
WINDSOR, England (AP) — Meghan Markle reached 125 years back into the British monarchy’s vault to choose her wedding tiara. The diamond bandeau Markle wore was made for Queen Mary, who was crowned with husband King George V in 1911. The tiara was specifically designed to accommodate a brooch that was given to Mary in…
WINDSOR, England (AP) —Final preparations were being made inside the walls of Windsor Castle hours ahead of Saturday’s royal wedding between Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle. Florists were busy adding finishing touches to the floral decorations at St. George’s Chapel. A team of five workers was adding boughs of green foliage and white…
SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — Texas’ governor says the 17-year-old student believed to be behind a high school shooting that killed 10 people wrote in his journal of wanting to carry out such an attack. Republican Greg Abbott said Friday that the suspect “has information contained in journals on his computer, in his cellphone that…
SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — Law enforcement officers are responding to a high school near Houston after an active shooter was reported on campus. The Santa Fe school district issued an alert Friday morning saying Santa Fe High School has been placed on lockdown. Galveston County sheriff’s Maj. Douglas Hudson says units are responding to…
By FREIDA FRISARO , Associated Press DORAL, Fla. (AP) — A man shouting about Donald Trump entered the president’s south Florida golf resort early Friday, draped a flag over a lobby counter and exchanged fire with police before being arrested, police said. One officer received an unspecified injury, officials said. Police were notified of an…
WINDSOR, England (AP) — Prince Charles will walk Meghan Markle down the aisle when she marries his son Prince Harry — a gesture of welcome to the American actress as she joins the royal family. Kensington Palace said Friday that Markle asked the heir to the British throne to offer the supporting elbow Saturday at…
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and ERIC TUCKER , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Unlike the president, Robert Mueller hasn’t uttered one word in public about his Russia investigation in the year since he was appointed special counsel. And that is rattling just about everyone involved. What’s he up to? When will he bring the probe…
By SOPHIA YAN and CALEB JONES , Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted anew early Thursday with little sound and only modest fury, spewing a steely gray plume of ash about 30,000 feet (9,100 meters) into the sky that began raining down on a nearby town. The explosion at the summit came…