A gunman opened fire at a southwestern Ohio Walmart on Monday night, wounding four people — three of them critically — and then apparently killed himself, police said. On Tuesday, Beavercreek police identified the shooter as 20-year-old Benjamin Charles Jones of Dayton. The first 911 call to the Beavercreek police dispatch center came in at…
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Authorities scour Maine for Lewiston shooter Robert Card on third day of manhunt
LISBON, Maine — Hundreds of law enforcement officers on Friday again descended on southern Maine in search of an Army reservist suspected of massacring 18 people this week in the close-knit city of Lewiston. Officials had urged residents to stay indoors as they hunted for a man they have identified as Robert Card, 40. Card…
Emily Noble death: Ohio relied on forensics expert at trial. Was it the right call?
In the late summer of 2020, four months after Emily Noble was reported missing, her badly decomposed remains were discovered in a wooded area near her home in Westerville, Ohio, a town just outside Columbus. A USB cord was wrapped around her neck. Authorities turned to a well-known strangulation expert, Dr. Bill Smock, who concluded…
Bruce Springsteen postpones rest of shows this year because of peptic ulcer disease
Bruce Springsteen will not be able to perform for the rest of this year, the rock icon announced Wednesday, as he continues to fight peptic ulcer disease. Earlier this month, the 74-year-old Springsteen called off a string of September shows in the hopes of recovering enough to resume touring with an eight-gig Canadian run starting…
The Check-In: A long weekend in Napa Valley
There’s something special about Napa Valley. It isn’t one thing that makes this region of Northern California stand out — just like a good wine, it’s a blend of things, like the world-renowned wineries, the vineyards that stretch as far as the eye can see, the cutting-edge culinary scene, and the enthusiastic people who run…
Public safety: SCOTUS upholds Biden regulation for ‘ghost guns’
First Look Public safety: SCOTUS upholds Biden regulation for ‘ghost guns’ In a rare win for gun reform advocates, the Supreme Court reinstated a Biden administration rule to rein in the proliferation of firearms without serial numbers. The number of ghost guns reported at crime scenes has increased tenfold in five years. | View caption…