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Funeral services are set for five of the six people killed in this week’s school shooting in Nashville, as the grieving city mourns the victims of the horrific attack on what should have been a normal day of school NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Funeral arrangements were disclosed Thursday for five of the six people killed in this week's school shooting in Nashville, as the grieving city mourns the victims of the horrific attack that transformed what should have been a normal day of school on a bright, sunny morning into wrenching tragedy. Heartbreaking new details continued to emerge about the lives of the three adults and three 9-year-old students who police say were killed during the shooting Monday at The Covenant School. The children have been identified as Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney. Also killed were Katherine Koonce, 60, the head of the school ; Mike Hill, 61, a custodian; and Cynthia Peak, 61, a substitute teacher. A funeral service for Evelyn was scheduled f...

A 1-year-old boy was allegedly fatally shot by his 5-year-old sibling at an apartment in Lafayette, Indiana, on Tuesday, police said. A 1 -year- old boy was allegedly fatally shot by his 5 -year- old sibling at an apartment in Indiana, police said. Police received a report of a shooting at an apartment complex in Lafayette around 3 p.m. local time on Tuesday. Police respond to a shooting at the Romney Meadows apartment complex in Lafayette, Indiana, March 28, 2023. WRTV MORE: 3-year-old boy fatally shoots himself with handgun left in nightstand Responding officers found the 1 -year- old dead from a gunshot wound at the residence, police said. "Detectives with the Lafayette Police Department determined that the child was shot by his five-year-old sibling, who was able to gain access to a weapon in the apartment," the Lafayette Police Department said in a statement. The weapon was a handgun, according to police. Police respond to a shooting at the Romney Meadows apartment c...

After spending 56 hours without power, a Buffalo couple ventured outside and found many birds stuck in a thick layer of ice encasing the waterfront of LaSalle Park. Buffalo residents helped free 16 birds stuck in ice along the waterfront of LaSalle Park after a deadly blizzard swept through the region over the weekend. Seamus Gallivan and Alex McArthur said the rescue mission was borne out of wanting to help somehow, while the city remained paralyzed by the historic winter storm. The couple says they spent 56 hours without power as a record 51 inches of snow fell. MORE: Buffalo storm victims: What we know about the lives lost “When we finally got power back on and kind of got out of survival mode, I was walking around the neighborhood with a shovel just looking for anyone who needed help. Things seemed pretty stable, so I walked into the park and came upon a guy who was sort of standing over something,” Gallivan told ABC News. That something was a gull stuck in a thick layer of ice ...

Documents related to Trump's tax returns from 2015-2020 have been publicly released by the Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee The Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee on Friday publicly released documents related to former President Donald Trump's tax returns covering the six years from 2015-2020. The move comes after committee members voted 24-16 last week to release the documents after sensitive information -- like bank account numbers and Social Security numbers -- had been redacted. Trump has long fought to keep his tax records private. MORE: Trump's tax returns show he paid no taxes in 2020, committee says Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., told reporters last Tuesday that the committee found there was no ongoing audit of Trump's tax returns during his presidency until the committee requested them, despite an IRS requirement that tax returns filed by a sitting president or vice president are subject to audit. Neal said...

The Mega Millions jackpot has soared to an estimated $685 million ahead of Friday night's drawing. The Mega Millions jackpot has soared to an estimated $685 million ahead of Friday night's drawing. The prize is the largest Mega Millions prize ever offered in the final week of any year, according to the lottery. The cash prize option is estimated to be $347.8 million. Mega Millions lottery entry tickets are seen in New York, Oct. 23, 2018. Brendan McDermid/Reuters The jackpot has grown over the 21 drawings since the lottery's jackpot was last won on Oct. 14, when two ticket winners split a $502 million prize. It's continued to climb since the most recent drawing ; after no tickets matched all six winning numbers in Tuesday's drawing , the jackpot was estimated to reach $640 million . Only six Mega Millions jackpots have been won this year. Winning tickets were in California, Florida, New York, Minnesota, Illinois and Tennessee. The Mega Millions jackpot has soar...

A mother has filed a federal lawsuit after her middle school daughter was allegedly strip searched. The mother of an Ohio middle school er is suing her daughter 's school district , alleging a nurse's aide strip searched the girl. The federal lawsuit, filed on Dec. 28, names Willoughby-Eastlake Schools Board of Education and three Eastlake School Middle employees as defendants. The lawsuit alleges violations of the teen's constitutional rights, failure to train school employees, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. On Sept. 27, the unnamed middle schooler — a current eighth grade student at Eastlake Middle School — was approached by another student who asked to leave her vape pen in the teen's gym locker, according to the lawsuit. The student "begrudgingly agreed," the lawsuit states. MORE: Schools getting more police but at the expense of counselors, nurses: Report Just before lunch the same day, the school 's principal Colleen Blauroc...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 shook Northern California's on New Year's Day, striking in the same area where a tremor struck about two weeks ago. An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 shook Northern California on New Year's Day, striking in the same area where a tremor killed two people and caused major damage less than two weeks ago, authorities said. Sunday's earthquake occurred at 10:35 a.m. and its epicenter was pinpointed nine miles east of Rio Dell in Humboldt County, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage. Route 211 was temporarily closed as inspectors checked a bridge that crosses the Eel River in Humboldt County for damage, according to the California Department of Transportation. A home damaged by an earthquake can be seen in Rio Dell, Calif., Dec. 20, 2022. Godofredo A. Vã¡squez/AP, FILE The shaker caused a power outage in the Rio Dell area, about 245 miles...

The suspect accused of murdering four University of Idaho students in November was identified through DNA using public genealogy databases. Police identified Bryan Christopher Kohberger as the suspect accused of murder ing four University of Idaho students in November through DNA using public genealogy databases , law enforcement sources told ABC News. Local police and the FBI tracked him to Pennsylvania through his vehicle. The FBI surveyed the house in the Pocono Mountains for four days prior to the arrest. The 28-year-old was arrested Friday morning for the murders of roommates Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Madison Mogen, 21; and Xana Kernodle, 20 as well as Kernodle's boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, 20. MORE: Idaho murders: 28-year-old PhD grad student arrested in Pennsylvania Kohberger is a graduate student at Washington State University, located less than 10 miles away from the University of Idaho, Moscow Police Chief James Fry said at a Friday news conference. The murder weapon has not b...

Authorities say an airline ground crew worker was pulled into the engine of a plane during a fatal accident at an Alabama airport MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- An airline ground crew worker was pulled into the engine of a plane during a fatal accident at an Alabama airport, authorities said. The National Transportation Safety Board released the additional information about the Saturday accident at the Montgomery Regional Airport that claimed the life of an employee for a subsidiary of American Airlines. The agency said in a statement that the “aircraft was parked at the gate with the parking brake set when a ground support personnel was ingested into the engine.” The accident is under investigation and a preliminary report is expected in two or three weeks, the agency said. The accident involved an Embraer 170 aircraft operated by regional carrier Envoy Air, a subsidiary of American Airlines. The flight was set to depart Montgomery for Dallas-Fort Worth before the accident , accor...

The suspect in the Idaho college student murders looked "a little bit more disheveled" around time of the incident, a recent student said. As pictures of Bryan Kohberger, the suspect in the murder s of four University of Idaho student s, were published in the media, Hayden Stinchfield thought he looked familiar. The man in the mug shot looked just like a teaching assistant for Stinchfield's criminal law class last semester at Washington State University, he told "Good Morning America." "Initially, I didn't believe it," Stinchfield said. "Like, I had to go double check, you know, with the names and everything, because I saw Bryan when I saw the picture -- and I was, like, all right, that looks like my T.A." This photo provided by Monroe County (Pa.) Correctional Facility shows Bryan Kohberger. Arrest paperwork filed by Pennsylvania State Police in Monroe County Court, on Dec. 30, 2022, said Kohberger, 28, was being held for extradition i...

A Louisiana police officer who killed two high school cheerleaders in a car crash while in pursuit of a suspect has been charged with homicide. A Louisiana police office r who allegedly caused a car crash that killed two high school cheerleaders on New Year's Eve while he was in pursuit of a suspect has been charged with homicide. Officer David Cauthron, 42, of the Addis Police Department allegedly ran a red light during the chase and crashed into a vehicle with three young passengers inside "at a very high rate of speed," according to a statement from 18th Judicial District Attorney Tony Clayton. MORE: 1 woman dead, 2 children injured in car crash with deputy chasing robbery suspect Cauthron was charged with two counts of negligent homicide. The crash occurred just across the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge, according to the district attorney's office . The officer was pursuing 24-year-old Tyquel Zanders, after Zanders allegedly stole his father's veh...

Body camera shows the moment the Indiana State Police unknowingly pulled over the University of Idaho murders suspect as he drove cross-country after the crimes. Newly obtained body camera video shows the moment the Indiana State Police unknowingly pulled over the suspect in the University of Idaho murder s as he drove cross-country after the crimes. Bryan Kohberger, 28, was a Ph.D. student in Washington State University's department of criminal justice and criminology at the time of the murders. Washington State is less than 10 miles away from Moscow, Idaho, where four University of Idaho college students were murdered. Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students, is escorted to an extradition hearing at the Monroe County Courthouse in Stroudsburg, Pa., Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. Matt Rourke/AP, Pool MORE: Idaho murders: Suspect Bryan Kohberger agrees to extradition, mouths 'I love you' to family After Kohberger's semester ended this...