Four teenagers have been charged in a drive-by shooting that mistakenly killed a 5-year-old girl as she slept inside a trailer home in southwest Albuquerque last week, authorities said Monday. City police said the girl wasn’t targeted and a teenage …

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Oregon authorities say a registered sex offender, who allegedly used social media to lure “single women with young daughters” and assault them, may have more victims throughout the Pacific Northwest. Antonio Arredondo, 37, is tied to multiple sexual assault cases …

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At least seven people were killed in shootings in Chicago’s weekend violence – including at least three teens – and more than three dozen other people wounded across Illinois’ largest city.  Two of those killed were students who were supposed …

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Louisiana police have tracked down a Texas man accused of assaulting and murdering his 11-year-old neighbor, Maria Gonzalez. Authorities in Shreveport, Louisiana, took Juan Carlos Garcia Rodriguez, 18, into custody Saturday after Harris County, Texas, officials charged him with capital …

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A Texas felon wanted in the shooting of three law enforcement officers within a 24-hour span was taken into custody Thursday evening, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. Terran Green, 34, was arrested without incident at 11:43 p.m. Thursday …

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