PORTLAND, Ore. — A man who police say fatally stabbed two people who tried to stop him from yelling anti-Islamic slurs on a Portland light-rail train spent time in prison for robbery and kidnapping charges years ago, according to court records and a defense attorney.
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Music legend Gregg Allman, whose bluesy vocals and soulful touch on the Hammond B-3 organ helped propel the Allman Brothers Band to superstardom and spawn Southern rock, died today, a publicist said. He was 69.
CLEVELAND — A white Ohio man faces an ethnic intimidation charge after police say he uttered racial slurs at a black man and his young son outside a Cleveland grocery store.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Bunning, who went on to serve in Congress, has died. He was 85.
CLYDE — Hitless through three innings, Elyria scored a run after two were out in the fourth and went on to a 3-0 victory over Whitmer Saturday in a Division I regional softball final at Clyde's Joe Wilson Field.
Admirers of those who serve America in uniform — and today in particular those who died — gathered to watch a patriotic parade through downtown Toledo and then place wreaths at the Civic Center Mall.
WASHINGTON — Police in Washington are searching for two suspects in connection with a shooting early today that left one person dead and seven people injured.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Authorities today identified a 35-year-old Portland man as the suspect in the fatal stabbing of two people on a Portland light-rail train in Oregon.
NAVAL AIR STATION SIGONELLA, Sicily — President Trump is recapping his first foreign trip and saluting U.S. military personnel at an event before he returns to Washington.
BEL AIR, Md. — As Cpl. Kevin Phillips pulled up to investigate a suspected opioid overdose, paramedics were already at the Maryland home giving a man a life-saving dose of the overdose reversal drug Narcan. Drugs were easy to find: a package of heroin on the railing leading to a basement; another batch on a shelf above a nightstand.
RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia State Police special agent died today after being shot by a man sitting in a car in a Richmond public housing complex, police said. The shooting suspect fled on foot, sparking an overnight manhunt that ended with the man’s arrest about an hour after the agent’s death.
COLUMBUS — Authorities say a search for a missing Ohio 6-year-old boy ended when his body was found in a country club pool outside of Columbus.
DAYTON, Ohio — Memphis Belle, the fabled World War II bomber, goes on display next spring at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.
WASHINGTON — A lawyer for Trump adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner says Kushner stands ready to talk to federal investigators as well as Congress about his contacts and his role in Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign.
A South Carolina real estate agent accused of killing seven people over 13 years — four in 2003 and three found last year on his property — pleaded guilty Friday to seven counts of murder.
TAORMINA, Sicily — Down to the final day of his lengthy first international trip, President Donald Trump will lift off for Washington having rattled some allies and reassured others, returning to a White House that sits under a cloud of scandal.
TAORMINA, Sicily — Seven wealthy democracies have reached a deal at their annual summit to give the Trump administration time to tell them whether the United States plans to stay in the Paris climate agreement, a source close to the summit said today.
MANCHESTER, England — Britain reduced its terrorism threat level a notch, from “critical” to “severe,” as authorities said major progress has been made in unravelling the plot behind the Manchester bombing. More arrests are expected.
AGALAWATTE, Sri Lanka— Sri Lanka has appealed for outside help as the death toll from floods and mudslides rose today to 100 with 99 others missing.
KATHMANDU, Nepal — A small plane carrying only crew members and cargo crashed near Mount Everest today, injuring all three people on board, Nepalese officials said.
CAIRO — The death toll in the attack by gunmen on a bus transporting Christians to a monastery south of Cairo rose to 29, Egyptian authorities said today.
LONDON —Air travelers faced delays today because of a worldwide computer systems failure at British Airways, the airline said.
Robinson Elementary students Alexis Thomas, 11, Marissa Griffin, 11, Jeremiah Williams, 7, Jameyiah Horton-Williams, 9, Diashanae Williams, 14, Gerald Bramwell, 9, and Honestii Adkins, 6, from left, display stuffed animals collected during a teddy bear drive for victims’ families and survivors of the terrorist bombing this week in Manchester, England.
AMHERST, Ohio — Keypathwa Gibson entered the blocks for the 400-meter dash at a Division I regional simply hoping for a top-four finish and a chance to run at the state meet in Columbus.