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A fifth man was arrested in the US and charged with murder in connection with a shooting at Sweet 16 birthday party that killed four young people in Alabama, authorities announced. Willie George Brown Jr, 19, of Auburn, is charged with four counts of reckless murder, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said. A total of five defendants are now facing reckless murder charges in connection to the fatal shooting. READ MORE: Young girl and parents shot over 'stray ball' in US, neighbours say The shooting rampage at the Sweet 16 birthday killed four young people, ranging from ages 17 to 23, and shocked the small east Alabama city of Dadeville. In addition to the four slain, 32 others were injured, four of them critically. The party, at a dance studio just off the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The suspect was relatively easy to find. In a social media world that produces traceable digital fingerprints, it didn’t take long for federal authorities and journalists adept at sifting through data to land on the name of Jack Teixeira. Teixeira, 21, who served in the Massachusetts Air National Guard, was arrested Thursday in connection with the far-reaching leak of classified documents that have shaken capitals from Washington to Kyiv to Seoul with revelations of U.S. spying on allies and foes alike and the disclosure of sensitive military intelligence about the war in Ukraine. RELATED COVERAGE – Guardsman arrested in leak of classified military documents – Biden says nothing of 'great consequence' in Pentagon leaks – Leaked documents may have origin ...

A 16-month-old boy was fatally shot by his five-year-old sibling at a northwestern Indiana apartment. The older sibling accessed a handgun inside the Lafayette apartment on Tuesday afternoon and fatally shot the boy, who was identified as Isiah Johnson, police said. An autopsy was scheduled for Wednesday to determine the child's cause and manner of death. READ MORE: What we know about the Nashville shooter Audrey Hale Lafayette Police Lieutenant Matt Gard said someone outside of the apartment called 911 after the shooting to report that a child was not breathing. "There was one adult and two children inside the apartment," Gard told the Journal & Courier. No arrests had been made as of Wednesday morning and the case remains under investigation, police ...