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Mom Shot, Killed by 2-Year-Old Son at Walmart
(HAYDEN, Idaho) — A young mother was shot and killed by her 2-year-old son Tuesday in an Idaho Walmart, police said.Lt. Stu Miller of the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office said that the boy ...
Syndicated Author Dec 31, 2014

What’s Next for AirAsia Crash Investigation
(NEW YORK) — Now that investigators believe they have zeroed in on the crash area for the missing AirAsia jetliner, they will treat the area like a crime scene as first they try to recover bodie...
Syndicated Author Dec 30, 2014

Greek Navy Dispatched to Migrant Ship After Distress Call
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece was sending a navy frigate and a helicopter Tuesday to locate a cargo ship believed to be carrying hundreds of migrants in the northern Ionian Sea after authorities ...
Syndicated Author Dec 30, 2014

WATCH: LAPD Autopsy Shows Police Shot Mentally Ill Man 3 Times
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An autopsy report released on a 25-year-old black man killed in a confrontation with Los Angeles police appears to affirm initial statements by officers about the struggle tha...
Syndicated Author Dec 30, 2014

Amid Finding AirAsia Jet, Search for Missing Malaysia Airline Flight Carries On
SYDNEY (AP) - As hundreds of search crews frantically scour the waters off Indonesia where AirAsia Flight 8501 went down, a couple of ships a few thousand kilometers (miles) to the south are quietly c...
Syndicated Author Dec 30, 2014

WATCH: Crippled Greek Ferry Ordered Back to Italy Under Criminal Investigation
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Italian prosecutors on Tuesday ordered the crippled Greek ferry Norman Atlantic back to Italy as part of a criminal investigation, saying they fear more bodies will be fou...
Syndicated Author Dec 30, 2014

WATCH: Mystery of Lost AirAsia Flight Solved, Victims’ Bodies Found in Ocean
PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia (AP) — Family members of those aboard AirAsia Flight 8501 collapsed in agony Tuesday as images of debris and a bloated body flashed across Indonesian television screens,...
Syndicated Author Dec 30, 2014

AirAsia Passengers Who Missed Flight 8501 Share Shock, Relief
(NEW YORK) — It has been more than 48 hours since AirAsia Flight QZ8501 disappeared over the Java Sea, and while the search continues for the missing, there are lucky ones. Twenty-three people w...
Syndicated Author Dec 29, 2014

WATCH: New York Mayor Bill de Blasio Booed at Police Graduation Ceremony
(NEW YORK) — New York's Mayor Bill de Blasio was greeted with boos and catcalls at a graduation ceremony for new police officers Monday where he told the cadets they can be "part...
Syndicated Author Dec 29, 2014

WATCH: Lost AirAsia Jet Denied New Path Before Disappearing from Radar
SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) — The plane sought permission to climb above threatening clouds. Air traffic control couldn't say yes immediately — there was no room. Six other airliners wer...
Syndicated Author Dec 29, 2014
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