An Oklahoma woman pleaded guilty this week to accidentally shooting and killing her teen daughter while trying to shoot a stray dog. Amanda Myrene Fields Moffett, 43, a Cherokee citizen of Nowata, was convicted in an Indian County federal court for the 2018 killing, the Justice Department said. She pleaded …
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Vaccine maker Novavax Inc on Monday said it has shipped millions of doses its updated COVID-19 shots to distributors after receiving the go-ahead from U.S. regulators. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the updated vaccine last week for emergency use in individuals aged 12 years and older, but batches …
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Jurors on Friday cleared an Iowa man charged with murder in the shooting deaths of two students at a Des Moines alternative school, a month after another man was convicted for his role in the killings. Bravon Tukes, 20, was acquitted of two counts of first-degree murder and single counts …
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A Nebraska police officer and a Chicago man were both injured during a confrontation on a bus in front of about 20 people early Tuesday after the man refused to get off and pulled a knife, authorities said. Officers were called to the Lincoln bus depot around 12:15 a.m. Tuesday …
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A Florida man has been found guilty of murdering his wife after a dispute over whether they should appear together on a home-renovation television show. FLORIDA MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER AFTER SHOOTING VICTIM DURING ROAD RAGE INCIDENT, WHO LATER DIED David Tronnes was found guilty of first-degree murder Wednesday for …
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A suspect holding a gun was fatally shot by Nebraska deputies after a lengthy chase, authorities said. The shooting happened Monday afternoon in Seward County. Names of the person killed and the deputies involved have not been released. LOUISVILLE OFFICERS SHOOT, CRITICALLY WOUND, BREAK-IN SUSPECT WHO DISREGARDED COMMANDS TO DROP …
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There are stories in the human bones at the American Museum of Natural History. They tell of lives lived — some mere decades ago, others in past centuries — in cultures around the world. But the vast collection of thousands of skeletal parts at one of the world’s most visited …
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President Biden signed what he called a “landmark” executive order (EO) on artificial intelligence, drawing mixed reviews from experts in the rapidly developing technology. “One key area the Biden AI [executive order] is focused on includes the provision of ‘testing data’ for review by the federal government. If this provision …
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A police officer charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain testified Wednesday that he put the 23-year-old Black man in a neck hold because he feared for his life after another officer said McClain grabbed for one of their guns. Prosecutors have refuted …
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A man accused of physically assaulting a woman at a U.S. research station in Antarctica was then sent to a remote icefield where he was tasked with protecting the safety of a professor and three young graduate students, and he remained there for a full week after a warrant for …
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