A massive wildfire raging out of control in the rugged mountains straddling the California-Nevada border, tearing through tens of thousands of acres was initially determined by US Forest Service officials to not be a threat and allowed to burn. [Source]
The 19-year-old woman who was found dead in the woods near an Orlando apartment complex died of "homicide by undetermined means," according to an autopsy report by the Orange County Medical Examiner's office.
The 22-year-old suspect in a deadly mass shooting at a Colorado supermarket has been deemed "incompetent to stand trial currently" by a doctor, according to Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty, following a second court-ordered competency evaluation.
Five young climate activists are on their seventh day of a hunger strike outside the White House, to demand government action on climate to match the severity of the crisis.
An Atlanta Police Department sergeant has been fired following a department investigation into a social media video showing the sergeant kicking a woman in her head, according to a release from APD.
