Christopher Ruddle

Prosecutors allege safety failures at a city sewer project led to the 2023 death of worker Javier Romero. SAN FRANCISCO — A San Francisco construction company and three of its supervisors face criminal charges over a 2023 trench collapse that killed worker Javier Romero, with prosecutors alleging the defendants failed to follow excavation safety rules before the trench gave way. The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office has charged D’Arcy & Harty Construction Inc., site safety …

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Homicide detectives are investigating the Saturday night shooting, with no arrests or suspect information announced as of Tuesday. EASTVALE, Calif. — One person was killed and six others were wounded after gunfire broke out at a house party in Eastvale late Saturday, authorities said, leaving homicide investigators working to determine what led to the shooting and who was responsible. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Jurupa Valley Station were sent to the 7000 block of …

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The child’s family says body-camera footage is essential to evaluating the state’s conclusion that an officer’s use of force was justified. JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi finding that a Senatobia police officer was justified in the shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley has shifted attention to evidence the public has not seen, as the child’s family renews demands for body-camera footage and questions whether the vehicle involved posed an immediate threat. Mississippi’s attorney general concluded …

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Investigators connected a newborn found near a Fort Worth dumpster to two motel residents before making arrests Monday. FORT WORTH, Texas — A relative’s welfare call and surveillance recordings from a west Fort Worth motel helped investigators identify two people arrested after a newborn was discovered near a dumpster, according to an arrest affidavit and police records. Avia Cantrell, 23, was booked on a charge of capital murder of a person younger than 10, and …

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Investigators say surveillance video and license plate readers helped lead authorities to the married suspects at an Illinois hotel. ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — A Texas husband and wife have been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Alyssa Wilson as she drove on Interstate 170 in St. Louis County, authorities said. St. Louis County Prosecutor Melissa Price-Smith said Willie Herndon, 42, faces charges of first-degree murder and armed criminal action in Wilson’s …

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Relatives described Thelma Candelaria as a devoted caregiver whose final morning began with the exercise routine she had embraced. ELOY, Ariz. — The family of Thelma Candelaria is remembering the 47-year-old caregiver and mother after her routine morning run ended in a fatal collision with a Union Pacific train near an Eloy railroad crossing. Candelaria died shortly after 6 a.m. Oct. 15 near Sunshine Boulevard and Frontier Street, according to the Eloy Police Department. Her …

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Police identified Marvis Davis after a North Edgewood Street stabbing that led to a SWAT response and his arrest. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — A 52-year-old man has been charged with murder and related offenses after 53-year-old Mark Burton was fatally stabbed inside a West Philadelphia home, police said, marking a new stage in an investigation that began with an armed-person call and a brief barricade. Philadelphia police identified the accused man as Marvis Davis, 52, after …

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The animals were removed from Andria Hanafin’s home as her son faces a first-degree murder charge in her fatal shooting. READING, Mass. — Eighty-four cats removed from the home of a Massachusetts woman found fatally shot are now being cared for by an animal welfare organization as her community mourns her death and her 22-year-old son faces a first-degree murder charge. MSPCA-Angell said it took custody of the cats from the Reading home where 49-year-old …

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The gunfire came days after federal appeals judges questioned the government about the legal limits of the continuing Guard deployment. WASHINGTON — A shooting that wounded a National Guard member during an attempted intervention in a street fight has put renewed attention on the Guard’s day-to-day role in Washington as a federal appeals court considers a challenge to the legality of the deployment. The Guard member was shot in the leg late Sunday near Eastern …

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Authorities said all three victims were adults and suffered injuries that were not considered life-threatening. AUGUSTA, Ga. — Three adults were wounded Saturday evening when gunfire erupted in the tailgate area outside Lucy C. Laney High School following the school’s homecoming football game, authorities said. A woman was taken into custody at the scene. The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to the school at 1339 Laney Walker Blvd. at about 6:05 p.m. Oct. …

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