An eastern Alabama high
school student faces an attempted assault charge after authorities say
he planned to use homemade explosives in a terrorist attack on fellow
students at his school.
Authorities say 17-year-old Derek Shrout, a
student at Russell County High School in Seale, is to appear at a
Monday afternoon court hearing in Russell County.
Russell County
Sheriff Heath Taylor tells WTVM-TV that a journal found by a teacher and
turned over to authorities outlined the plans and named six students
and one teacher.
Taylor tells the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer that a
search of Shrout's home found several small tobacco cans and two large
cans, all with holes drilled in them and containing pellets. Taylor said
the devices were just "a step or two away from being ready to explode."
When Jodi Arias addresses the jury in her murder trial, the big question will be whether she pleads for mercy or repeats what she told a TV reporter minutes after her conviction: She would rather be executed than...
Jodi Arias begged jurors Tuesday to give her life in prison, saying she "lacked perspective" when she told a local reporter in an interview that she preferred execution to spending the rest of her days in jail.
Citing a lack of leads, a police agency said Monday that it is closing the active investigation of the disappearance of Susan Powell, a Utah mother whose now-dead husband was a prime suspect
The lawyer for the family of missing Utah woman Susan Powell said Tuesday that even as local police close the active part of their investigation into her disappearance, federal authorities continue to review the case - a...
The president of a New York police union defended an officer who accidentally killed a Hofstra University student during a standoff with an armed intruder, saying Tuesday the only person responsible for the...
The president of a New York police union defended an officer who accidentally killed a Hofstra University student during a standoff with an armed intruder, saying Tuesday the only person responsible for the woman's death...
Rescue crews are working through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood.
Helmeted rescue workers raced Tuesday to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared lots down to bare red earth and claimed 24 lives,...
Tuesday, May 21 2013 7:23 PM EDT2013-05-21 23:23:17 GMT
A large tornado is bearing down near Oklahoma City, part of a series of severe storms expected across portions of the Midwest.
Scientists concluded the storm was a rare and extraordinarily powerful type of twister known as an EF5, which is capable of lifting reinforced buildings off the ground, hurling cars like missiles and stripping trees completely free of bark.
A Senate panel says Apple Inc. is avoiding paying billions of dollars in U.S. taxes, but the world's most valuable company says it is complying with the laws and pays "an extraordinary amount" in taxes to the...
The Senate dragged Apple Inc., the world's most valuable company, into the debate over the U.S. tax code Tuesday, grilling CEO Tim Cook over allegations that its Irish subsidiaries help the company avoid billions in U.S....
As soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV, I had to leave the office right away. I had photographed about a dozen tornados in my decade in Oklahoma and if I didn't get into my car before the funnel cloud swept...
I left the office in Oklahoma City as soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV. I had photographed about a dozen twisters in the past decade, and knew that if I didn't get in my car before the funnel cloud hit, it would...
Tuesday, May 21 2013 2:07 PM EDT2013-05-21 18:07:37 GMT
We've all been touched by the devastation left behind by the Oklahoma tornado, and lots of FOX 5 viewers want to know how they can help.
We've all been touched by the devastation left behind by the Oklahoma tornado, and lots of FOX 5 viewers want to know how they can help. As it turns out, it can be as simple as sending a text message.
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