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This undated photo shows Ryan Coles, who is accused of killing his parents Friday, Aug. 26, 2016. (Salem County Correctional Facility) A suburban Philadelphia couple were beaten to death by their own son in their New Jersey home, authorities said Saturday. Edward Coles Jr., 58, and wife Rosemarie Coles, 55, of West Deptford, were found dead by another family member Friday moing. The couple's son, 28-year-old Ryan Coles, was arrested on murder and weapons charges. His bail was set at $1 million. The Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office said that the couple died from "blunt head trauma" and alleged that Ryan Coles had bludgeoned his parents "with his hands and an unknown object." Neighbor...

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump tweeted Saturday about the fatal shooting of NBA star Dwyane Wade's cousin, in another apparent attempt to persuade black voters to back him in November. "Dwyane Wade's cousin was just shot and killed walking her baby in Chicago," Trump tweeted. "Just what I have been saying. African-Americans will VOTE TRUMP!” Nykea Aldridge, 32 was shot and killed Friday afteoon while pushing a baby in a stroller on Chicago's South Side. Chicago Police said Aldridge was shot in the head and arm by two men outside an elementary school. The shooters appeared to be targeting a third man, police also said. The baby in the stroller wasn't hurt, and authoritie...

Rescue crews aided by sniffer dogs dug through crumbled homes in Italy Thursday looking for earthquake survivorsas the death toll topped 241 and officials anguished over how to secure their ancient towns and mode cities from the country's highly seismic terrain. Hundreds of people were injured in the quake that struck at 3:36 a.m. Wednesday, investigators said. At least 470 aftershocks have since rattled the area, triggering more damage to centuries-old buildings in Amatrice. One aftershock had a magnitude of 5.1. After a night of uninterrupted, flood-lit search efforts, firefighters and rescue crews worked in teams around the hard-hit area in central Italy, pulling chunks of cement,...

Joshua Robertson, left, and Brittany Humphrey. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department) Authorities in Southe Califoia searched Tuesday for a man and a woman suspected of killing a woman, kidnapping her three small children and leaving the state. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement that warrants have been issued for Joshua Robertson, 27, and Brittany Humphrey, 22. Robertson and Humphrey are suspected of killing Kimberly Harvill, whose body was discovered Sunday in brush along a remote road in northe Los Angeles County in the unincorporated Lebec area near Interstate 5. Authorities believe the pair also kidnapped Harvill’s three children, 2-year-old Josly Watk...

Zachary Anderson, 26, has been arrested in the disappearance of Alayna Jeae Ertl, 5, who was found dead Aug. 20, 2016. (Meeker County Sheriff’s Office via AP) The body of a 5-year-old Miesota girl was discovered Saturday just hours after authorities had issued an Amber Alert saying she had been abducted by a family friend. The body of Alayna Jeae Ertl was found in Cass County, about 200 miles north of Mieapolis. The suspect in her disappearance, family friend Zachary Anderson, 26, has been arrested and his vehicle confiscated, police say. “This is not a stranger-type situation,” said Meeker County Sheriff Brian Cruze told WCCO-TV. “The suspect is a co-worker, family friend of the child’s...

Toya Graham caught smacking son last year during Baltimore riot. A mother who was widely praised after she was caught disciplining her son on video for taking part in the Baltimore riots last year said Monday that her family is now homeless after an accidental fire. Fox Baltimore reported that the fire occurred Saturday. Toya Graham said the same son she was caught reprimanding on video last April accidentally started the fire when he was frying chicken tenders. Mom, caught on video smacking & pulling son from riots, says family homeless now after fire, accidentally set by son pic.twitter.com/q2r4KxwkTw — Keith Daniels Fox45 (@KeithDFox45) August 15, 2016 "I had stepped away to the ...

Leaders from three Chicago gangs reportedly met last week to discuss plans to kill police officers in response to the officer-involved shooting death of 18-year-old Paul O’Neal. The Chicago Sun-Times, citing an alert issued to Chicago officers, reported Monday that the meeting to...

Leaders from three Chicago gangs reportedly met last week to discuss plans to kill police officers in response to the officer-involved shooting death of 18-year-old Paul O’Neal. The Chicago Sun-Times, citing an alert issued to Chicago officers, reported Monday that the meeting to...

Leaders from three Chicago gangs reportedly met last week to discuss plans to kill police officers in response to the officer-involved shooting death of 18-year-old Paul O’Neal. The Chicago Sun-Times, citing an alert issued to Chicago officers, reported Monday that the meeting to...

Leaders from three Chicago gangs reportedly met last week to discuss plans to kill police officers in response to the officer-involved shooting death of 18-year-old Paul O’Neal. The Chicago Sun-Times, citing an alert issued to Chicago officers, reported Monday that the meeting to...

May 7, 2016: Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson wears a body camera in Chicago. (Reuters) Leaders from three Chicago gangs reportedly met last week to discuss plans to kill police officers in response to the officer-involved shooting death of Paul O’Neal. The Chicago Sun-Times, citing a...

The 10-year-old son of a Kansas state lawmaker died in an "apparent accident" Sunday on a water slide billed as the world's largest at a water park in Kansas City, Kansas, according to officials and the boy's family. Kansas City Chief of Police Terry Ziegler said on Twitter that his officers were working "an apparent accident death investigation." Authorities did not immediately identify the child who died at Schlitterbahn Waterpark, but state Rep. Scott Schwab and his wife released a statement saying it was their son Caleb Thomas Schwab. "Since the day he was bo, he brought abundant joy to our family and all those he came in contact with," said the statement, which asked for privacy a...

The 10-year-old son of a Kansas state lawmaker died Sunday on a water slide billed as the world's largest at a water park in Kansas City, Kansas, according to officials and the boy's family. Authorities did not immediately identify the child who died at Schlitterbahn Waterpark, but state Rep. Scott Schwab and his wife released a statement saying it was their son Caleb Thomas Schwab. "Since the day he was bo, he brought abundant joy to our family and all those he came in contact with," said the statement, which asked for privacy as the family grieves. Schlitterbahn spokeswoman Winter Prosapio said the child died on one of the park's main attractions, Verruckt, a 168-foot-tall water slid...

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Tuesday that President Barack Obama was "the worst president, maybe in the history of our country" after Obama called Trump "unfit to serve" and "woefully unprepared to do this job" earlier in the day. "I think he's been a disaster. He's been weak, he's been ineffective," Trump said on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor." "I believe I know far more about foreign policy than he knows. Look at Ukraine. He talks about Ukraine [and] how tough he is with Russia, in the meantime they took over Crimea." Earlier Tuesday, Trump said that Obama and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clintonhave “single-handedly destabilized the Middle East” whil...

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Tuesday that President Barack Obama was "the worst president, maybe in the history of our country" after Obama called Trump "unfit to serve" and "woefully unprepared to do this job" earlier in the day. "I think he's been a disaster. He's been weak, he's been ineffective," Trump said on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor." "I believe I know far more about foreign policy than he knows. Look at Ukraine. He talks about Ukraine [and] how tough he is with Russia, in the meantime they took over Crimea." Earlier Tuesday, Trump said that Obama and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clintonhave “single-handedly destabilized the Middle East” whil...

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Tuesday that President Barack Obama was "the worst president, maybe in the history of our country" after Obama called Trump "unfit to serve" and "woefully unprepared to do this job" earlier in the day. "I think he's been a disaster. He's been weak, he's been ineffective," Trump said on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor." "I believe I know far more about foreign policy than he knows. Look at Ukraine. He talks about Ukraine [and] how tough he is with Russia, in the meantime they took over Crimea." Earlier Tuesday, Trump said that Obama and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clintonhave “single-handedly destabilized the Middle East” whil...

ELLICOTT CITY, Md. – Historic, low-lying Ellicott City, Maryland, was ravaged by floodwaters Saturday night, killing two people and causing devastating damage to homes and businesses, officials said. Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman told The Associated Press by phone Sunday that the body of a man had been recovered, along with a woman's body that was recovered earlier Sunday in the Patapsco River. Everyone else had been accounted for, he said. The town about 14 miles west of Baltimore received 6.5 inches of rain, according to the National Weather Service, and most of it fell Saturday evening between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. [embedded content] Videos posted on social media showed floodw...

SAN DIEGO – San Diego police were trying to determine whether a shooting that killed a veteran officer and wounded another was a deliberate attack. Jonathan DeGuzman, a 16-year veteran of the force, died Thursday night when a gunfight erupted after he and his partner stopped someone on a street in a blue-collar area of town. Hours later, a trail of blood led to a wounded suspect who remained hospitalized in critical condition, while a second man described only as a potential suspect was captured after an hours-long SWAT standoff Friday. The death of DeGuzman, 43, came as departments around the country are on high alert following the killing of officers this month in Dallas and Baton Ro...

SAN DIEGO – San Diego police were trying to determine whether a shooting that killed a veteran officer and wounded another was a deliberate attack. Jonathan DeGuzman, a 16-year veteran of the force, died Thursday night when a gunfight erupted after he and his partner stopped someone on a street in a blue-collar area of town. Hours later, a trail of blood led to a wounded suspect who remained hospitalized in critical condition, while a second man described only as a potential suspect was captured after an hours-long SWAT standoff Friday. The death of DeGuzman, 43, came as departments around the country are on high alert following the killing of officers this month in Dallas and Baton Ro...

SAN DIEGO – San Diego police were trying to determine whether a shooting that killed a veteran officer and wounded another was a deliberate attack. Jonathan DeGuzman, a 16-year veteran of the force, died Thursday night when a gunfight erupted after he and his partner stopped someone on a street in a blue-collar area of town. Hours later, a trail of blood led to a wounded suspect who remained hospitalized in critical condition, while a second man described only as a potential suspect was captured after an hours-long SWAT standoff Friday. The death of DeGuzman, 43, came as departments around the country are on high alert following the killing of officers this month in Dallas and Baton Ro...