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The victim's sister was driving the car at the time of the shooting, and is the registered owner of both the vehicle and the gun.

The owners of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, Massachusetts, have announced that they will close the plant by June 2019.

Whitney Beall, 23, was arrested by police in Lakeland, Florida, on Oct. 9.

This week, an overwhelming majority of digital journalists working for Al Jazeera America (AJAM) voted to be represented by the The NewsGuild of New York, Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 31003. AJAM joins a growing number of digital outlets that have recently organized, including The Guardian U.S., Gawker, Vice and Salon, This was the first of these organizing drives where management forced a government-supervised election, while other outlets have voluntarily recognized union organizing efforts. AJAM management initially challenged the voting eligibility of nine senior journalists, claiming they were supervisors. But a few hours after the ballots were counted and the lopsided outcome was announced, management dropped its objections and agreed they were part of the new bargaining unit.

Missing 6-year-old Alexis Lynn Johnson has been located safe and the suspect in her alleged abduction is in police custody.

Authorities have not said if the man was shot by police or killed himself. He wasn't immediately identified.

The mandatory life sentences of a thousand inmates who committed their crimes as juveniles could be reduced, depending on the outcome of this case.

An incident caught on cellphone at a child's birthday party in Douglasville, Georgia, led to 15 men and women being indicted on street gang charges.

For this interview, President Barack Obama was the one asking the questions.

"They did not die in vain," Kansas City's fire chief said, adding that two people were rescued from the building before it collapsed.