Nation Oct 31 Maine sheriff's office received warning about mass shooter 5 months before rampage Documents released from the sheriff on Monday gave the most detailed timeline yet of other warning signs and failed efforts to stop the gunman months before he killed.
Nation Sep 27 Investigators use these clues to solve mystery of how small fire grew into deadly Maui inferno Melted remains of an old car tire. Two burned trees. A stump of an abandoned utility pole. These are among the pieces of evidence investigators are examining as they seek to solve the mystery of last month’s Maui wildfire.
Nation Aug 27 Bare electrical wire, leaning utility poles seen as possible cause of deadly Maui fires In the first moments of the Maui fires, when high winds brought down power poles, slapping electrified wires to the dry grass below, there was a reason the flames erupted all at once in long, neat rows — those wires…
Nation Aug 15 Videos of downed power lines before deadly Maui wildfire raise questions about how it started Hawaiian Electric Co. faces criticism for not shutting off the power amid high wind warnings and keeping it on even as dozens of poles began to topple.
Nation Feb 07 In years leading to killing of Tyre Nichols, Memphis police lowered the bar for hiring In the years leading up to Tyre Nichols' deadly arrest, Memphis police have been dogged by a confluence of dangerous trends, including a chronic shortage of officers and a struggle to bring in recruits.
Nation Nov 21 LGBTQ nightclub shooting suspect evaded Colorado's 'red flag' gun law The suspect in the Colorado Springs gay nightclub shooting allegedly threatened his mother with a homemade bomb last year. Yet despite that scare, there's no public record that police or relatives tried to trigger Colorado's "red flag" law.
Nation Oct 29 Suspect in assault at Pelosi home had posted about QAnon, other conspiracy theories The man accused of breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's California home and severely beating her husband with a hammer appears to have made racist and often rambling posts online, including some that questioned the results of the 2020 election, defended former…
Politics Oct 17 House panel calls Donald Trump's bills to Secret Service 'exorbitant' Donald Trump's private company arranged for the Secret Service to pay for rooms at his properties in excess of government-approved rates at least 40 times during his presidency — including two charges for more than $1,100 per night.
Politics Sep 02 'Red flag' laws get little use even as mass shootings, gun deaths soar An AP analysis found many U.S. states barely use "red flag" laws that allow police to take guns away from people threatening to kill, a trend blamed on lack of awareness of the laws and a reluctance to enforce them…
Nation Jul 19 Uvalde school shooter left trail of warning signs ahead of attack The gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas left so many hints that he was violent and obsessed with notoriety that former classmates began calling him "school shooter."…