Minnesota defendant pleads guilty in lawmaker shootings

 

Minneapolis — Vance Boelter pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to charges tied to the June 14, 2025 shootings that killed former Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, at their Brooklyn Park home and wounded State Senator John Hoffman and his wife in Champlin; the...

New Hampshire Supreme Court Reverses Father’s Murder Conviction

 

Concord, N.H. The New Hampshire Supreme Court on Thursday reversed the second-degree murder conviction of Adam Montgomery, accused of killing his 5-year-old daughter Harmony in 2019, whose body has not been found. Montgomery had been convicted in 2024 and sentenced to a minimum of 56 years; the court remanded the...

Four Clarksville Area Residents Remembered in Recent Notices

 

Clarksville, TN — Four local residents died between May 12 and June 10, 2026: Katherine (Kathy) Ann Blackburn (May 12), Marvin Douglas Roberts (June 4), Joan Clark (June 8), and Barbara Jean Gehlert (June 10). The notices provide ages or birth dates, survivor lists, personal interests, and, in one case,...

Shreveport Announces Checkpoint, Seeks Retail Feedback, Honors Businesses

 

Shreveport officials announced multiple community actions this week: the Shreveport Police Department will conduct a sobriety checkpoint in west Shreveport on Saturday, June 20, from approximately 9 p.m. until 4 a.m., and the City of Shreveport launched a downtown retail feedback survey inviting residents, workers and investors to share input...

Heat advisories issued across Michigan, DC, and New York

 

Michigan and portions of the East Coast received heat advisories this week as the National Weather Service warned of dangerous heat indexes. On Thursday, June 11, NWS issued a Michigan advisory covering multiple counties predicting upper 80s to lower 90s and heat-index values near 100; forecasts also noted the potential...

United States conducts renewed precision strikes on Iran

 

Washington, United States – The U.S. military launched an additional round of precision strikes against targets inside Iran early Thursday, following President Donald Trump’s public pledge to hit the country “hard” in response to continued hostilities. The action came after a U.S. military helicopter was shot down near the coast...

Garden Grove plant searched after massive chemical evacuation

 

GARDEN GROVE, California – Federal Bureau of Investigation agents executed a court-authorized search warrant on June 10, 2026, at the GKN Aerospace manufacturing facility in Garden Grove, intensifying a federal probe into a major industrial chemical emergency that triggered the evacuation of about 50,000 residents last month. The plant, operated...

United States uncovers China-based anti-AI data campaign

 

OpenAI has disclosed a China-based online influence operation aimed at undermining public support for new artificial intelligence data centers across the United States. In a security report released this week, the company details a network of automated accounts, active on X, Facebook, and local community forums, that spread misleading claims...

Midwest sees storms, then warming ahead of weekend

 

Omaha experienced heavy storms early Thursday, producing torrential downpours, frequent lightning and pockets of non-severe hail across the metro; active warnings were issued south of the city, including in Fremont County until 5:15 a.m., with reports citing the potential for quarter-sized hail and wind gusts near 60 mph. Following Thursday's disturbance,...

United States Xbox chief orders sweeping restructuring, layoffs

 

Redmond, Washington – Microsoft’s Xbox division is preparing for a major restructuring after its chief executive circulated an internal directive on Wednesday, June 10, calling for a “reset” of operations and warning that current performance levels “cannot continue.” The directive, sent to senior leadership, underscores mounting concern over what the...