A woman has died after being critically wounded in a murder-suicide that killed one of her daughters and injured another last week in Kansas City, Kansas, a police spokeswoman said Monday. Penny Smith, 50, of Kansas City, Kansas, died Sunday of injuries suffered in the shooting that occurred shortly before 11 p.m. at a home … Read more
There were no threats identified following an initial sweep of St. John’s Prep in Danvers amid an investigation into a report of a person with a gun on campus Monday. Local and state police descended upon the school on Spring Street shortly before 2 p.m. and immediately ordered students and staff to shelter in place. … Read more
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Enel North America announced Monday it plans to build a solar cell and panel manufacturing facility in eastern Oklahoma that would employ about 1,000 people after the Legislature agreed to a $180 million incentive package to help lure the company. The company will invest $1 billion in the project, which includes … Read more
A 2-year-old died after she was left in a car for about 14 hours, Florida officials say. Her parents have been arrested and charged. Dispatchers received a call from a screaming woman just before 4 p.m. on Tuesday, May 16, Holmes County Sheriff John Tate said during a May 17 news conference. When deputies arrived, … Read more
A woman died at the hospital after being found with gunshot wounds in the breezeway of a building in the Canyon Creek Apartments and Townhomes in south Kansas City, a police spokeswoman said. Police responded shortly before 3 a.m. Monday to investigate the sound of gunfire at the apartments in the 9300 block of Bales … Read more
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Japanese drugmaker Daiichi Sankyo said on Monday it will invest around 400 million reais ($80 million) to expand its Brazilian operations, part of a plan to boost its healthcare unit including launching new products in the coming years. The company, which markets several types of medicines including Hirudoid cream, said in … Read more
A former Fuquay-Varina nurse was sentenced Monday to four years in prison and three years of supervised release for tampering with opioid painkillers intended for surgery patients. Melissa Elizabeth Chacona pleaded guilty to the charges in March last year, the federal court of Eastern District of North Carolina announced. Federal indictment documents reviewed by The … Read more
The four suspects charged with murder in the slaying of a man outside a party in the Five Points neighborhood on March 5 have been identified as alleged members of a street gang. State Attorney General Chris Carr announced Monday that the suspects are believed to be members of the Everybody Killa or EBK gang. … Read more
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s Education Department, long considered a bureaucratic behemoth, will be decentralized to better serve students, officials said Monday. The announcement comes amid continuing criticism that the department is inefficient, corrupt and struggling to stem an increase in dropouts. “We want the day-to-day decisions to be made at the … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it won’t get involved in a dispute over a California animal cruelty law that bars foie gras from being sold in the state, leaving in place a lower court ruling dismissing the case. Foie gras is made from the enlarged livers of force-fed ducks and geese, and … Read more