The home of the former school resource deputy who stayed outside the Florida high school as last week’s massacre unfolded was being protected Friday by law enforcement officials -- even as President Trump called out the ex-cop, suggesting he was a "coward."   Reporters who attempted to approach the West Palm Beach home of ex-Broward County Sheriff's Office Deputy Scot Peterson were reportedly met with resistance from at least six…

LOS ANGELES, California -- The Los Angeles Fire Department says a 15-year-old boy shot in a middle school classroom has been transported to a trauma center in critical condition. A 15-year-old girl with a gunshot wound has been transported in fair condition also Thursday morning, a department statement says. Also, a 30-year-old woman who had minor injuries but was not shot. Officer Drake Madison says reports of gunfire came in…

California (state) -- A General Motors Chevy Bolt and a Tesla Model S - have been involved in separate road accidents in California. Culver City's fire service said the Tesla had "ploughed into the rear" of one of its fire engines parked at the scene of an accident on Monday. The car's owner subsequently claimed it had been in Autopilot mode at the time. The GM incident resulted in a…

On Sunday a family of four from Baytown checked into a resort hotel near the Gulf of Mexico for a one-night stay. However, 10 hours later the hotel where families go to relax and enjoy the beach was the scene of unimaginable violence.   A 37-year-old wife fatally shot her husband and two kids, ages 5 and 10, since they lay in bed in their room, then shot herself in…

CALIFORNIA(state) -- New restrictions will go into effect next month regarding buying, selling and transporting ammunition in California.   A law enacted in 2016 has several provisions related to the purchase of ammunition that will take effect on January 1, 2018.   Proposition 63 requires anyone selling ammunition to have a license from the Department of Justice. Ammunition purchased over the internet must go through a licensed ammunition dealer.  …

MANHATTAN, NEW YORK -- A 27-year-old man set off a pipe bomb attached to his body during the morning rush hour on Monday, at New York City's main bus terminal, the police said.   The blast echoed through the subway tunnels just off Times Square and filled parts of the Port Authority Bus Terminal with smoke as commuters fled into the streets to escape what the authorities quickly concluded was an act…

Trader Joe's has recalled some of its packed poultry salads over concerns they may contain pieces of glass or hard plastic.   In a statement, the chain of grocery stores said the salads potentially affected had the use-by dates 11/10 through to 11/21 and the USDA inspected code P-40299.   According to the statement: "products with different 'inspected' codes are produced in separate facilities and are not impacted by this…

Five people were killed and two children were hospitalized because of the shooting on Tuesday morning. The shooting started at a home and moved to an elementary school in Tehama County. The sheriff's department said that the shooter was also killed by law enforcement.   Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston said multiple shots were fired about 8 a.m. at Rancho Tehama School on the outskirts of Corning.   Johnston said "I…

LOWER MANHATTAN, NEW YORK -- "He did this in the name of ISIS, and along with the other items recovered at the scene was some notes that further indicate that," John Miller, deputy commissioner of intelligence and counterterrorism of the NYPD, said this morning of the attack that killed eight. "He appears to have followed almost exactly to a 'T' the instructions that ISIS has put out on its social…

Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's former presidential campaign manager has been charged with conspiring to cheat the US in his dealings with Ukraine.   The 12 charges that brought against Mr. Manafort and Rick Gates, one of his business associates, include conspiracy to launder money.   They stem from an investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the US election.   It has appeared that another adviser to Mr. Trump admitted this…