(AP) 13 killed in Washington Navy Yard shooting rampageBy ERIC TUCKER, BRETT ZONGKER and LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated PressWASHINGTONA former Navy man launched an attack Monday morning inside a building at the Washington Navy Yard, spraying gunfire on office workers in
(AP) Police: Cop shot unarmed man in Charlotte 10 timesMITCH WEISSAssociated PressCHARLOTTE, N.C.An unarmed man seeking help after a car crash over the weekend was shot 10 times by the Charlotte police officer who’s now charged in his death, investigators
(AP) DC Navy Yard shooter was reservist until 2011By ERIC TUCKER, BRETT ZONGKER and LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated PressWASHINGTON **UPDATE**: Reuters reports an anonymous Navy official said Alexis “received a general discharge from the Navy Reserve in 2011 after a series
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Aaron Alexis, the 34-year-old suspected shooter behind Monday’s rampage at the U.S. Navy Yard in Washington, received a general discharge from the Navy Reserve in 2011 after a series of misconduct issues, a Navy official said. Read
(AP) Obama orders flags lowered for shooting victimsWASHINGTONThe White House says President Barack Obama is ordering flags to be lowered to half-staff to honor victims of a shooting at the Washington Navy Yard. A proclamation Obama signed Monday says flags
Aaron Alexis, the man identified as the shooter at the Washington Navy Yard, was a Buddhist according to one of his friends. Former roommate Nutpisit Sathamtewakul, who owns Happy Bowl Thai in White Settlement, told local media that Alexis worked
(AP) First lady: Obama will ‘shake his groove thing’By DARLENE SUPERVILLEAssociated PressWASHINGTONMichelle Obama says the beats and melodies in Latin music are so irresistible that even President Barack Obama “will shake his groove thing” Monday night.Gloria Estefan, Romeo Santos, Lila
(AP) Zach Johnson rallies to win BMW ChampionshipBy DOUG FERGUSONAP Golf WriterLAKE FOREST, Ill.Zach Johnson won the rain-delayed BMW Championship on Monday and now has a chance to win something bigger. Johnson rolled in two birdie putts over the closing
(AP) In Hernandez case, a Conn. house holds cluesBy PAT EATON-ROBBAssociated PressBRISTOL, Conn.Two friends of Aaron Hernandez were hanging out at the blue Cape-style house in Bristol when the NFL star beckoned them for an outing that ended with another
(AP) Officials: Navy Yard shooter ID’ed as Aaron AlexisBy ERIC TUCKER and JESSE J. HOLLANDAssociated PressWASHINGTONFederal law enforcement officials say the man accused in a shooting rampage at the Washington Navy Yard that left at least 12 people dead has
A US Navy commander told Monday how he saw a co-worker shot in the head just a few feet from him, during mass shooting on a Washington base that left at least 12 people dead. Navy officer Tim Jirus told
(AP) Police: Man in tan outfit not Navy Yard suspectBy ERIC TUCKER, BRETT ZONGKER and LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated PressWASHINGTONPolice say a man in a tan, military-style outfit who had been sought in connection with the shooting rampage at the Washington
The United States declared Monday that a UN report into a chemical weapons attack in Syria makes it clear that Bashar al-Assad’s regime was responsible.
(AP) Senate postpones votes in response to shootingWASHINGTONThe Senate is postponing scheduled votes until Tuesday in response to the deadly shooting at the Washington Navy Yard. Moments after the Senate returned to work on Monday, Majority Leader Harry Reid announced
By DARLENE SUPERVILLEAssociated PressWASHINGTONMichelle Obama says the beats and melodies in Latin music are so irresistible that even President Barack Obama “will shake his groove thing” Monday night. Gloria Estefan, Romeo Santos, Lila Downs, Marco Antonio Solis and other top
(AP) Runner-up concedes NYC Democratic mayoral primaryBy JONATHAN LEMIRE and JENNIFER PELTZAssociated PressNEW YORKNew York City mayoral candidate Bill Thompson conceded the Democratic primary race to front-runner Bill de Blasio on Monday, averting a runoff and clearing the way for
(AP) Obama warns GOP against creating ‘economic chaos’By JIM KUHNHENNAssociated PressWASHINGTONIn a blistering warning to congressional Republicans, President Barack Obama said it would be the “height of irresponsibility” for lawmakers to cause another economic crisis just five years after the
As Americans ran from gunfire at the Navy Yard in Washington DC, commentator David Frum took to Twitter to talk gun control and suggest that gun control opponents were to blame for the shooting:
(AP) Obama: ‘Cowardly act’ at Navy Yard kills patriotsBy NEDRA PICKLERAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama is mourning what he called “yet another mass shooting” in the United States that he says took the life of American patriots.Obama promised to make sure,
Firing at the United States in the midst of the shootings at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., Russian parliamentary foreign affairs committee member Alexey Pushkov tweeted, “A new shootout at Navy headquarters in Washington – a lone gunman and
(AP) Officials: At least 1 shooter dead at Navy YardBy ERIC TUCKER and LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated PressWASHINGTONOfficials say at least one shooter has died at the Washington Navy Yard, where several people were killed and as many as 10 were
By THOMAS BEAUMONTAssociated PressCHICAGOHe has never been elected to anything, not even “student council in high school,” as he boasts. He has little patience for schmoozing. In dealing with people, he admits to being “pretty blunt” – more suited to
By ERIC TUCKER and BRETT ZONGKERAssociated PressWASHINGTONSeveral people were injured in a shooting Monday morning at a building at the Washington Navy Yard, the U.S. Navy said, and authorities searched for an active shooter.A defense official, who spoke to The
By NAHAL TOOSIAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanAfghanistan’s presidential race kicked off Monday as election authorities began accepting the nominations of would-be candidates, the start of a wide-open race whose winner will oversee the final phases of the withdrawal of U.S.-led troops amid
Troops on Monday stormed a central Egyptian town held for over a month by hardline supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi who had launched a campaign against Christian residents, officials said. Soldiers and police entered the town of Delga
