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The legal team for the family of a 1-year-old who was fatally shot as police in Mississippi responded to a shoplifting call at a Walmart said Wednesday that a preliminary autopsy indicated that the bullet that hit him entered through the car’s side, raising new questions about whether the shooting was justified.

Former NBA player Malik Beasley pleaded not guilty Wednesday to criminal charges stemming from an alleged sports betting scheme in which prosecutors say he manipulated his on-court appearance to benefit bettors.

Devastating flash floods in the Texas Hill Country last July Fourth killed 25 girls, two teenage counselors and the longtime director of Camp Mystic.

Two people climbed to the top of the Empire State Building early Wednesday afternoon.

The mother of Baltimore Ravens defensive end Calais Campbell was found dead in an Atlanta, and his brother is a suspect in the death, police said.

Authorities arrested four adults on felony child endangerment charges after discovering 16 children in dire need of medical treatment Tuesday in a rural southern Ohio home.

A man kidnapped and killed a U.S.

DETROIT — Nature’s oven was on high Tuesday for millions of people in the Midwest and Great Lakes states as intense heat and humidity baked the regions with no immediate relief before the misery shifts to the eastern U.S.

A 6-year-old girl is recovering after being bitten by a rabid bat outside her Wisconsin home — before her brother killed the animal with a homemade “Braveheart”-inspired sword, her family and health officials said Tuesday.

Two sisters and their friend were arrested and charged with murder in the fatal stabbing of a 32-year-old woman, police in Texas said.