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6 people killed in Mississippi rampage, including 7-year-old girl

WEST POINT, Miss. — A 24-year-old Mississippi man killed six people — his father, brother, uncle, 7-year-old cousin, a church pastor and the pastor's brother — at three locations during a Friday night rampage in a rural area, authorities said. Daricka M. Moore was arrested at a police ...

Virginia man pleads not guilty to charges in DC pipe bomb case

WASHINGTON — A Virginia man has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of planting two pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Democratic and Republican national parties on the eve of the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. Brian J. Cole Jr., of Woodbridge, Virginia, entered the plea at a ...

Congress is debating the possible consequences for ICE, Noem after woman’s killing

WASHINGTON — The killing of a Minnesota woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer is reverberating across Capitol Hill where Democrats, and certain Republicans, are vowing an assertive response as President Donald Trump's aggressive deportation operations spark protests ...

Anti-ICE protesters assemble across the US after shootings

MINNEAPOLIS — A large crowd of people marched in Minneapolis on Saturday to protest the fatal shooting of a woman by a federal immigration officer there and the shooting of two people in Portland, Oregon. Minnesota leaders urged demonstrators to remain peaceful. The protest was one of ...

VR headsets are ‘hope machines’ inside California prisons

CHOWCHILLA, Calif. — Jacob Smith has been in prison for two decades but he and other inmates are still taking regular trips to far-flung, exotic locales. No passport required, just a virtual reality headset. "I went to Thailand, man!" Smith recalled with a grin, describing the first time he ...