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The teenager accused in the mass stabbing at a high school outside Pittsburgh could face what amounts to a life sentence if he is convicted, an expert on Pennsylvania criminal law said Thursday.
Franklin Regional High School student Brett Hurt describes how he went from goofing around with another student in the hallway, to lying on the floor, with a stab wound in his back.
Momentum is building to raise the minimum wage. Several states already have taken action—Connecticut has boosted it to $10.10 by 2017, the Maryland legislature just approved a similar measure, Minnesota lawmakers just reached a deal to hike it to $9.50. A few cities have been more ambitious—Washington, D.C., and its surrounding counties raised it to $11.50, Seattle is considering $15.00.
Police say 20 potential victims have now come forward as they continue to investigate a possible serial highway shooter in the Kansas City area. KSHB's Brendaliss Gonzalez reports.
Authorities hold a news conference to discuss the case involving a North Carolina man who was rescued after being a target of a kidnapping plot.
A student stabbed in the back during the rampage at a high school outside Pittsburgh said that he wondered: “Will I survive or will I die?”The student, Brett Hurt, was the first victim to speak publicly since the attack.
The 16-year-old charged in the stabbing spree at a Pennsylvania high-school is being held in the general population section of a juvenile detention center with a dozen other minors, officials said.
Police in Kansas City investigate another highway shooting, the most recent in a string of 14. KSHB's Jenna Hanchard reports.
Here are some headlines from the working families’ news we're reading today (after the jump).
A crew traveling in a medical helicopter escaped with no serious injuries after the aircraft crashed on a hospital roof in New Mexico on Wednesday.
