Ava Kelley

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Minnesota authorities identify plane crash victim as U.S. Bank executive

3 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | David K. Li |Ava Kelley

U.S. Bank vice chair Terry Dolan was the only person on board a single-engine airplane that crashed and exploded over the weekend, a Minnesota medical examiner confirmed Tuesday. Dolan, 63, was killed when the SOCATA TBM7, which had taken off from Des Moines, Iowa, fell from the sky Saturday in Brooklyn Park, about 5 miles short of its destination at the Anoka County-Blaine Airport in Minneapolis. The plane crashed into a house, which burned to the ground.
‘Slender Man’ stabbing accomplice Morgan Geyser to be released from psychiatric hospital

Jan 10, 2025 | 7news.com.au | David K. Li |Halle Lukasiewicz |Ava Kelley
'Slender Man' attacker set to be released after 7 years in Wisconsin mental hospital

Jan 10, 2025 | nbcnews.com | David K. Li |Halle Lukasiewicz |Ava Kelley

Jan. 10, 2025, 4:28 PM UTCThe Wisconsin woman, who at age 12 conspired with a friend to brutally stab a classmate to please fictional horror character "Slender Man," is well enough to be released from a psychiatric hospital, a judge ruled Thursday.
Wisconsin father who faked kayak death and fled overseas is back in US, charged with obstruction

Dec 12, 2024 | 7news.com.au | David K. Li |Kailani Koenig |Ava Kelley

The Wisconsin husband and father of three accused of hatching an elaborate plan to fake his death before he turned up with a woman in Eastern Europe returned to US soil and was arrested, authorities said Wednesday. Ryan Borgwardt, handcuffed and wearing an orange jumpsuit, appeared Wednesday afternoon before a Green Lake County judge and was charged with obstruction of an officer.
Report details St. Louis high school gunman Orlando Harris' struggle with mental health before 2022 shooting

Oct 29, 2024 | nbcnews.com | Minyvonne Burke |Ava Kelley

Oct. 29, 2024, 5:36 PM UTCSt. Louis police on Monday released a detailed report about a 2022 school shooting that left a student and teacher dead, publicly revealing for the first time the gunman’s struggle with his mental health and hospitalizations over suicide attempts. The 456-page document also outlines concerns raised by Orlando Harris’ family and their attempts to get help.
Cincinnati Zoo worker loses part of thumb after primate bite

Oct 26, 2024 | msn.com | Dennis Romero |Ava Kelley

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Cincinnati Zoo worker loses part of thumb after primate bite

Oct 26, 2024 | nbcnews.com | Dennis Romero |Ava Kelley

Oct. 27, 2024, 4:09 AM UTCA Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden worker's thumb was partially amputated after a bonobo attacked during morning feeding Friday, the zoo said. The employee has been stabilized at a hospital and was being treated, the zoo said in a statement Friday afternoon. The bonobo bit through a protective mesh barrier as the primate care worker was giving food and medicine to the animals during morning rounds, the zoo said.
Kentucky sheriff accused of gunning down judge is retiring, lawyer says

Sep 30, 2024 | yahoo.com | Tim Stelloh |Ava Kelley |Melanie Kucera

A lawyer for the Kentucky sheriff accused of fatally shooting a judge in his chambers announced the law enforcement official’s retirement Monday after the state’s governor threatened to remove him from office. In a statement, the lawyer for Shawn “Mickey” Stines, 43, said the decision was effective immediately and was not a concession to the first-degree murder charge Stines faces in connection with the Sept. 19 shooting of Letcher County District Judge Kevin Mullins at a courthouse in Whitesburg.
The Power of the Party

Sep 22, 2024 | liberalpatriot.com | Ava Kelley

President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory was decided by just 123,000 votes across four key swing states: Georgia (which Biden won by 0.2 percent), Arizona (+0.3 percent Biden), Wisconsin (+0.7 percent Biden), and Pennsylvania (+1.2 percent). In Arizona, Biden won by a grand total of 10,500 votes—the narrowest margin of any state. Current polling suggests the 2024 election will be another nail-biter.
4 killed in shooting on Chicago public transit train

Sep 2, 2024 | yahoo.com | Mirna Alsharif |Ava Kelley

Mirna Alsharif and Ava KelleySeptember 2, 2024 at 6:42 PM·1 min readFour people were killed in a shooting on a Chicago Transit Authority train early Monday. The Forest Park Police Department got a 911 call around 5:27 a.m. about victims with gunshot wounds on a train at the Blue Line station at 711 Desplaines Avenue, Forest Park, it said on Facebook. Police found four people with gunshot wounds, they said.