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BOWDOIN, Maine (AP) — Four people were fatally shot at a house in Maine on Tuesday shortly before gunfire wounded three others on a busy highway, in a pair of crimes that are linked, authorities said. Hours later, a man was charged with murder. Police closed a portion of the interstate highway and residents and […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee Air National Guardsman was arrested after federal agents said he responded to an online ad for a hitman through a parody website that he thought was real. Josiah Garcia told an undercover FBI agent that he needed money and thought he would be good at killing people because of […]

A National Guard member in Tennessee who is accused of sending his resume to a website called Rent-A-Hitman is facing federal charges.

A local national guard member is facing federal charges after he reportedly sent his resume to a website called “Rent-A-Hitman.”

A California man who made violent anti-LGBTQ-related threats against dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster Inc. over its updated gender definitions was sentenced Thursday to a year in prison. The sentence imposed on Jeremy Hanson, 35, by a federal court in Massachusetts also included 30 days of home confinement, three years of probation and mental health treatment. Hanson […]

UPDATE, April 11: Memphis Police say one of the victims, a 31-year-old woman, died on April 10. This is now an ongoing homicide investigation. Police say there have been 89 murders and 110 homicides so far this year. *** MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A shooting on I-240 and Mt. Moriah Road sent two people to the […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man is in critical condition and another is unharmed after a shooting in Whitehaven on Saturday. Memphis Police responded to a shooting on the 2000 block of Shelby Drive shortly after 9:30 p.m. and found two victims. One person was transported to Regional One Hospital in critical condition and police said […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shots were fired on a Memphis interstate exit Friday morning, with one man telling police he shot at another driver who was pointing a gun at him. The shoulder of I-240 on the Getwell exit was lined with police cars Friday morning. In between, WREG crews saw a white truck with its […]

A former Maryland official has died after an agent-involved shooting in West Knoxville on Monday.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man is facing assault charges after police say he rammed and disabled his ex-girlfriend’s car on the interstate and fired several shots at her. Randy Johnson, 24, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault following the incident Monday near I-240 and Crump. Johnson was also treated for a gunshot wound […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man is charged with attempted murder after he allegedly shot at a car while driving on I-40. According to reports, on March 17, the victim told Memphis Police that he was driving eastbound on I-40 when the driver of a station wagon pointed a black handgun out of his window. The […]