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Mooresville Teacher Missing In Mexico

It has been one week since a Woodlawn School teacher and Davidson College graduate vanished in Mexico.

Police Search For Motive In Florida Yoga Studio Slayings

What was supposed to be a routine Friday night ritual of socializing, dining and exercising in an upscale shopping center a few miles from Florida’s Capitol turned into a chaotic scene after a gunman shot two people to death and wounded five others at a yoga studio before killing himself.

Officials: 2 Dead, 4 Critically Wounded At Florida Yoga Studio

Tallahassee Police say two people are dead, including the gunman, and four are wounded after a shooting at a yoga studio Friday evening.

Alec Baldwin Charged With Assault In Alleged Parking Dispute

Alec Baldwin was arrested Friday and charged with assault and harassment after allegedly striking a man in the face during a dispute over a parking spot outside his New York City home, authorities said.

In North Carolina, GOP Banks On Trump To Save House Seats

North Carolina Republicans are trying to hold onto key U.S. House seats that, if lost, would signal a good Election Night for national Democrats.

Feds Say Heroin, Fentanyl Remain Biggest Drug Threat To U.S.

Drug overdose deaths hit the highest level ever recorded in the United States last year, with an estimated 200 people dying per day, according to a report by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Most of that was the result of a record number of opioid-related deaths.

Google Employees Walk Out To Protest Treatment Of Women

Google engineers and other company workers around the world walked off the job Thursday to protest the internet company’s lenient treatment of executives accused of sexual misconduct.

Pittsburgh Synagogue Suspect Pleads Not Guilty

The anti-Semitic truck driver accused of gunning down 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue pleaded not guilty on Thursday to federal charges that could put him on death row.

Official: Mafia Hit Man Suspected In Whitey Bulger’s Slaying

A Mafia hit man who is said to hate “rats” is under suspicion in the slaying of former Boston crime boss and longtime FBI informant James “Whitey” Bulger, who was found dead hours after he was transferred to a West Virginia prison, an ex-investigator briefed on the case said Wednesday.

Alabama, Clemson, LSU, Notre Dame Top 1st CFP Rankings

If you don’t like the first College Football Playoff selection committee rankings, don’t worry. Saturday’s slate of huge games guarantees major changes are coming next week.

Trumps Pay Tribute At Synagogue Where 11 Were Fatally Shot

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump paid homage Tuesday to each of the 11 people slain in the worst instance of anti-Semitic violence in American history.

Whitey Bulger, Boston Gangster, Found Dead In Prison At 89

James “Whitey” Bulger, the murderous Boston gangster who benefited from a corrupt relationship with the FBI before spending 16 years as one of America’s most wanted men, died in federal prison. He was 89.

Trump: End Birthright Citizenship For Some US-Born Babies

President Donald Trump is making another hardline immigration play in the final days before the midterm elections, declaring that he wants to order an end to the constitutional right to citizenship for babies born in the United States to non-citizens.

McKeithen Family Speaks Out For First Time In New York Times Report

The family of 16-year-old Bobby McKeith who was fatally shot at Butler High School on Monday is speaking out for the first time.

Loved Ones Remember Legacies Of Synagogue Shooting Victims

They were professors and accountants, dentists and beloved doctors serving their local community.

Pentagon Sending 5,200 Troops To Border Week Before Midterms

The Pentagon said Monday it is sending 5,200 troops to the Southwest border in an extraordinary military operation ordered up just a week before midterm elections in which President Donald Trump has put a sharp focus on Central American migrants moving north in slow-moving caravans that are still hundreds of miles from the U.S.

Indonesia: No Survivors On Lion Air Jet That Crashed Into Sea Off Jakarta

A search and rescue agency official says he's not expecting any survivors from the Lion Air plane that crashed into seas off Jakarta with 189 people aboard.

Police: Synagogue Gunman Said He Wanted All Jews To Die

“I just want to kill Jews,” Robert Bowers told an officer, according to one of the documents.

Mattis: Military Already Moving Equipment To Southern Border

The U.S. military has already begun delivering jersey barriers to the southern border in conjunction with plans to deploy active duty troops there, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Sunday as a caravan of Central Americans slowly heads across Mexico toward the United States.