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csreed/iStock(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) -- Hundreds of prospective jurors are headed to a Maryland courthouse Friday as jury selection begins in the trial of the suspected Capital Gazette newspaper gunman.On June 28, 2018, four journalists -- Wendi Winters, Rob Hiaasen, Gerald Fischman and John McNamara -- and a sales assistant -- Rebecca Smith -- were gunned down at The Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis in what became the largest killing of journalists […]

FILE - Harry Collins/iStock(ESTES PARK, Colo.) -- Officials are warning Colorado residents to stay far away from elk while visiting parks after one was seen charging at a crowd of people and ramming into a woman.A spokesman for the Colorado Parks and Wildlife told ABC News that the animals are currently in their breeding season and “will very aggressively defend their harems (also known as their family unit).”“People need to […]

vmargineanu/iStock(ANDREWS, S.C.) -- More than 70 federal, state and local authorities are now investigating the shooting death of United States Postal Service carrier Irene Pressley, who was shot to death in rural South Carolina.Pressley, 64, was “on route" delivering mail in Andrews, S.C., when she was shot and killed on Sept. 23. She had been with USPS for nearly 22 years.“We’re bringing the full force of law enforcement at all […]

alacatr/iStock(LODI, Calif.) -- A skydiver died after she crashed into the rear of a big rig trailer on a California highway, officials said.The skydiver, who authorities identified as a 28-year-old woman, was out with a group around 2 p.m. Thursday when the fatal accident occurred on Highway 99 near Lodi, according to a statement from the California Highway Patrol (CHP).The woman slammed into the right-hand shoulder of the southbound highway, […]

smolaw11/iStock(SPRINGFIELD, Va.) -- Police are investigating assault claims levied by a black sixth grader who said several white classmates, all male, held her down and forcefully cut her dreadlocks.Amari Allen, 12, said classmates at Immanuel Christian School, a private school in Springfield, Virginia, called her hair "ugly" and "nappy" while they pinned her down and cut her dreadlocks during recess. Officials at Immanuel Christian School, where the vice president's wife, […]