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NEWPORT NEWS — Shortly after a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher at Richneck Elementary School on Jan. 6, a reading specialist was restraining him in the ensuing chaos. “I shot that b**** dead,” the boy said, according to court documents. “I did it.” The boy’s statements were contained in search warrant affidavits that were filed by a detective in Newport News Circuit Court on Jan. 12 but were

ROANOKE, VA – A male individual was found injured following a shooting that occurred early Sunday at about 1:25 a.m. The Roanoke Police were informed about shots being fired near 8th Street and Gilmer Avenue NW by the City of Roanoke E-911 Center. Officers on the scene found an adult male with what looked like serious gunshot wounds outside a residence on the 900 block of Gilmer Avenue NW.

CHICAGO — A 43-year-old man has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a 9-year-old girl in the city’s Portage Park neighborhood. Michael Goodman faces one felony count of first-degree murder. He is expected in court Tuesday. According to police, Serabi Medina was shot in the head in the 3500 block of North Long Avenue around 9:40 p.m. Saturday. The 9-year-old was transported to

Earlier this week several wildfires engulfed parts of the Hawaiian island of Maui, killing at least 96 people, burning more than 2,000 structures, and forcing people to flee into the ocean for safety.

The wildfires, now among the deadliest in US history, burned hundreds of acres in Hawaii and utterly decimated Lāhainā, the tourism heart of the island and the largest city in its west.