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☆ Trial in Litigation Over ‘Forever Chemicals’ Delayed for Settlement Talks
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Kris Maher | Dan Frosch | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Settlement Talks Prompt Delay Request in 3M ‘Forever Chemicals’ Trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Kris Maher | Dan Frosch | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ With Psych Wards Full, Mentally Ill Accused of Crimes Languish in Jail
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( Dan Frosch | Elizabeth Findell | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Texas Shooter Used AR-15-Style Rifle in Attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-07 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | Dan Frosch | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Photo: LM Otero/Associated PressThe gunman accused of killing eight people in a mass shooting at a Texas mall on Saturday used an AR-15-style rifle in the attack and multiple other firearms were found at the scene, according to a law-enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation. More than 100 fired cartridges were also found at the crime scene, a suburban mall outside of Dallas, the official said.

A man killed eight people with an AR-15 style rifle in a mass shooting Saturday at the Allen Premium Outlets mall in Texas, officials said. Photo: WFAA/Associated PressAuthorities are investigating a Texas shooter’s possible links to white supremacist ideology, according to law-enforcement officials with knowledge of the probe, following a killing spree at a suburban Dallas mall on Saturday. The gunman was identified as Mauricio Garcia, 33 years old, the officials said. He is accused of killing eight people and injuring seven others after opening fire at Allen Premium Outlets in Allen, Texas, before being shot dead by a police officer. He used an AR-15-style rifle in the attack and multiple other firearms were found at the scene, according to the officials.

A man killed eight people with an AR-15 style rifle in a mass shooting Saturday at the Allen Premium Outlets mall in Texas, officials said. An officer engaged the suspect and “neutralized the threat,” police said. Photo: WFAA/Associated PressAuthorities looking into the motive for the mass shooting at a Texas mall on Saturday are investigating the gunman’s possible links to white-supremacist ideology, law-enforcement officials with knowledge of the probe said. The gunman is accused of killing eight people and injuring seven others after opening fire at Allen Premium Outlets in Allen, Texas. He used an AR-15-style rifle in the attack and multiple other firearms were found at the scene, according to law-enforcement officials with knowledge of the investigation.

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☆ Homelessness Shapes Denver’s Crowded Mayoral Race
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-02 | by ( Dan Frosch | Photographs Rebecca Slezak For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

DENVER—This city’s mounting homeless crisis is dominating a crowded mayoral election set for Tuesday, with over a dozen candidates offering competing plans on how to tackle an issue that has left residents sharply divided. Here, as with other communities across the country, the homeless population grew during the pandemic—in size and visibility. Tent encampments, once tucked from view under bridges or along the South Platte River, have sprouted up downtown and in residential neighborhoods where they line sidewalks near newly constructed condominiums. The one-two punch of Denver’s growth and rising housing costs has fueled the problem, advocates for people without housing say.

☆ Fentanyl Fuels Surge in Deaths Among Those Who Are Homeless
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( Jon Kamp | Dan Frosch | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The nation’s drug-overdose crisis is taking a heavy toll on homeless people, with data from hard-hit places such as Los Angeles and New York showing a surge in deaths, especially since the Covid-19 pandemic. The potent synthetic opioid fentanyl is a major factor, heightening the overdose risk among homeless drug users who researchers say are often disconnected from treatment and other health services. New national data also show that overall deaths among homeless people, who have for years suffered a higher mortality risk than the broader population, climbed markedly during the pandemic.

☆ How DNA Tied a Noted French-Horn Teacher to a String of Unsolved Sex Crimes
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Dan Frosch | Photographs Wes Frazer For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Santa Fe, N.M.—Within the world of devoted French-horn players in the U.S., Elliott Higgins was a pioneering figure. As a young hornist in the 1970s, he helped launch the first French-horn soloist competition in America, inspired by the performances of European players. He conducted the Albuquerque Philharmonic, and started a renowned annual French-horn workshop that drew top talent from across the country. And during summers, Mr. Higgins, with his wisps of white hair and crimson cheeks, could be found teaching aspiring players at his family’s music camp tucked away in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico.

☆ More Money for Mental-Health Programs Gets Bipartisan Support in Many States
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-05 | by ( Dan Frosch | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Pediatric emergency-department cases requiring psychiatric care have roughly tripled in the past 10 years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s health system. Governors and lawmakers in a number of states are pushing for billions of dollars in funding increases for mental health this year, as Republicans and Democrats alike say that a shortage of available services has reached crisis levels. The budget proposals seek to address the nationwide scarcity of mental-health workers, the mental-health needs in schools and growing demand for emergency services. They represent a rare bipartisan point of agreement for more government action and underscore how dire many think the problem has become.

MONTEREY PARK, Calif.—An eleventh person shot last weekend at a dance ballroom in Monterey Park, Calif. died Monday, officials said, as authorities continued to investigate why a 72-year-old man carried out the attack on a roomful of people celebrating the Lunar New Year. Law-enforcement officials named Huu Can Tran as the gunman. Tran took his own life Sunday morning after officers surrounded his vehicle in a shopping-plaza parking lot in Torrance, Calif., about 30 miles from where the shooting took place.

☆ Worst Avian Flu in U.S. History Is Hitting Poultry, Wild Birds, Even Bears
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-22 | by ( Dan Frosch | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Nearly a year after it began, the worst avian-influenza outbreak in U.S. history is continuing to decimate poultry flocks across the Midwest and Colorado, frustrating efforts to keep the virus from affecting the nation’s egg prices and supply. In South Dakota, the highly contagious bird flu, typically transmitted by the feces, mucus and saliva of wild birds, first hit commercial poultry farms in March 2022 and has continued to affect flocks. Within the last month, egg-laying hens and turkeys at several local farms were infected, leading to the deaths of more than 1.3 million poultry over that period, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data. Nearly four million poultry have died in the state since the start of the outbreak.

☆ Failed GOP Candidate Provided Guns, Cash in Attacks on New Mexico Democratic Officials, Police Say
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Joseph De Avila | Dan Frosch | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Investigators said a confidential witness implicated a former Republican candidate for the New Mexico state legislature in a series of drive-by shootings targeting Democratic officials, according to details of the arrest warrant. Solomon Peña , 39, who lost his race for state representative to his Democratic opponent in November, was arrested Monday, Albuquerque, N.M., police said. Before the shootings, Mr. Peña showed up uninvited at the homes of some of the Democratic lawmakers, claiming to have evidence of election fraud, they said.

☆ Losing New Mexico Candidate Arrested Over Shootings at Democrats’ Homes
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Dan Frosch | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A former Republican candidate for the New Mexico state legislature was arrested Monday for his suspected involvement in a string of recent drive-by shootings at the homes of several Democratic elected officials. Solomon Peña , 39, who lost his race for state representative to his Democratic opponent in November, helped orchestrate the shootings and participated in at least one of them, Albuquerque police said. The homes of two county officials and two state legislators, including the New Mexico House speaker, were hit in the drive-by shootings, according to police. Nobody was hurt in the incidents, which took place over the past several weeks, though the homes sustained damage.

☆ Times Square Machete Attack Highlights Challenge of Preventing Lone Wolves
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Sadie Gurman | Dan Frosch | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The 19-year-old alleged Islamic extremist charged with attacking three New York City police officers with a sword is the latest example of what law-enforcement officials say continues to be one of their most challenging threats: attacks by people acting alone. The mother of accused attacker Trevor Bickford called police near their home in Maine in early December after her son, who had recently converted to Islam, expressed a desire to go to Afghanistan and join the Taliban, said Thomas Galati , NYPD’s chief of intelligence and counterterrorism. The Federal Bureau of Investigation interviewed him, requested that he be prevented from traveling overseas and continued to investigate, Mr. Galati said.

☆ New York Machete Attack Highlights Challenge of Preventing Lone Wolves
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Sadie Gurman | Dan Frosch | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

When homicides surged across America during the pandemic, murders of Black women and girls rose more dramatically than other groups. At the same time, the proportion of those killings solved by police fell faster than other demographics in nearly two dozen cities. Some 2,077 Black women and girls were killed in 2021, a 51% increase over 2019 and the largest jump of any racial or gender group during that period, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Overall, the number of killings nationwide increased 34% during that time frame.

☆ Homelessness Worsens in Older Populations as Housing Costs Take Toll
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( Dan Frosch | Photographs Kyle Green For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ North Carolina Power Outage Leaves 33,000 Without Electricity After Substation Attack
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Dan Frosch | Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Duke Energy workers examine an electrical substation that authorities said was hit by gunfire, causing the local power outages. About 33,000 customers were without power Sunday evening in Moore County, N.C., after what authorities said was an intentional act of vandalism on local substations. A spokesman for Duke Energy, which provides power to the area, said its equipment was seriously damaged and the outages could last for days.

☆ Attack on North Carolina Power Substations Leaves 45,000 Without Electricity
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( Dan Frosch | Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Duke Energy workers examine electrical substation that authorities said was hit by gunfire, causing the local power outages. About 45,000 people are without power Sunday in Moore County, N.C., after what authorities said was an intentional act of vandalism on local substations. A spokesman for Duke Energy, which provides power to the area, said its equipment was seriously damaged and the outages could last for days.

☆ Colorado Springs Suspect Had Firearms Despite Violent Threats Made Last Year
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Dan Frosch | Nicole Friedman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Authorities are probing how the suspected gunman in the deadly shooting at an LGBT nightclub in Colorado Springs over the weekend was able to obtain the firearm used in the attack given the man’s troubled history, according to two law-enforcement officials familiar with the matter. Over a year ago, police confiscated firearms from the suspect, 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich , after he held his family hostage at gunpoint, according to the officials. During the June 2021 incident, Mr. Aldrich’s mother told police her son was threatening to hurt her with a homemade bomb, weapons and ammunition, according to an El Paso County Sheriff’s Office account of the incident at the time.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Authorities are probing how the alleged gunman in the deadly shooting at an LGBT nightclub in Colorado Springs over the weekend was able to obtain the firearm used in the attack given the man’s troubled history, according to two law-enforcement officials familiar with the matter. The suspect, Anderson Lee Aldrich , was arrested on murder and hate-crime charges, according to court records. Five people were killed and 25 injured when a gunman, identified by police as Mr. Aldrich, opened fire inside the nightclub late Saturday.

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