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AJC HOMEPAGE Odell Edwards wipes away tears as he sits with his wife, Charmaine Edwards The police on Monday changed their story about the shooting death of 15-year-old Jordan Edwards by a Balch Springs, Texas, officer.  The car in which Jordan was riding was not backing toward officers “in an aggressive manner,” as police initially described, Police Chief Jonathan Haber said. Rather, police video shows that the car was actually driving away when an officer fired his rifle into the vehicle, striking Jordan in the head, Haber said. Jordan was killed Saturday night as he and four other teenagers left the scene of a house party at the home of another teen. A neighbor had called police, saying he thought teenagers were drinking at the house. Attorney Lee Merritt, who is representing Jordan’s family, said during an earlier press conference Monday that police were "offering facts that they believe paint a picture that would justify the unjustifiable." ...

LEEDS, Ala. A 12-year-old girl died Sunday after authorities believe she was accidentally shot by a family member during a gathering in Alabama, according to multiple reports. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office on Monday identified the girl as Kayla Mendenhall, AL.com reported. Authorities told the news site that Kayla and an adult family member were wrestling when a gun worn by the adult discharged. Kayla was shot in the upper leg and died at a hospital. Police declined to comment further on the investigation. View image on Twitter  Follow carol robinson   ✔ @RobinsonCarol Kayla Mendenhall was in 6th grade at Leeds and loved by her teachers and classmates:  http://www. al.com/news/birmingha m/index.ssf/2017/05/12-year-old_girl_shot_killed_i.html  … 3:38 PM - 1 May 2017     3 3 Retweets     4 4 likes "It's just really difficult when a child is involved in something...

By BBN Staff: Yesterday, the bodies of the missing Canadian-American couple were discovered near a cane field in Chan Chen village in the Corozal district. Reports to BBN is that an on site post-mortem examination is being conducted on the bodies at this time. According to these reports, the bodies are in an advanced state of decomposition. Canadian national, Francesca Matus, 52, and her boyfriend, American national, Drew Devoursney, 36, were last seen on Tuesday night leaving a bar in Corozal town. Matus was to fly to Canada, Wednesday morning. A friend who was to take Matus to the airport, American national Joseph Milholen, reported to police that he called her several times but to no avail. Milholen also called Devoursney but received no response. Police and volunteers had organized search parties from Wednesday through to Monday. On Sunday, Matus’ white Isuzu Rodeo was discovered in a cane field in Paraiso village, Corozal.

OAK PARK HEIGHTS, Minn. A Minnesota woman saved money for years to buy her dream home to raise her children. But within minutes of closing on the house, she discovered a slithering intruder. Angie Whitley told WCCO that she has found approximately 95 snakes in her home over the last six months. Hundreds more have been discovered outside. Pest control experts believe that a garter snake den is located somewhere underneath Whitley's property.

THE LATE COUPLE An American man and his Canadian girlfriend who went missing in Belize were found dead this afternoon, local police confirmed to ABC News. Autopsies have not yet been performed and police have not released any information on what they believe happened. Drew DeVoursney, 36, and his girlfriend Francesca Matus, 52, were reported missing by their friend Joseph Milholen, who went to Matus' home in the Corozal district of Belize on Friday to take her to the airport because she was scheduled to fly home to Toronto. Milholen told police in Belize that he could not find her at her home, DeVoursney's bicycle was parked in her driveway and her car was gone. Milholen told local authorities that the last time he saw the pair was on Tuesday at a bar in Corozal Town. "That's the hardest part. It's just that we don't know anything. We don't know where he is or what's going on," Char DeVoursney, Drew DeVoursney's mother, told local ...

Former South Carolina police officer Michael Slager, right, walks from the Charleston County Courthouse under the protection of the Charleston County Sheriff's Department . COLUMBIA,S.C — A white former South Carolina police officer planned to plead guilty Tuesday to violating the civil rights of an unarmed black motorist he shot and killed as the man ran from a 2015 traffic stop, according to a copy of the plea agreement obtained by The Associated Press. The 13-page document also notes that as part of the deal, state prosecutors would drop a pending murder charge against Michael Slager, effectively bringing to a close both parallel cases against the former North Charleston police officer. Slager, 35, had been scheduled to appear in federal court Tuesday for motions ahead of his federal trial planned for later this month in the April 2015 death of Walter Scott. A bystander captured Scott's shooting on cellphone video, which was viewed millions of times. The 50-year-ol...

Cranbrook, British Columbia • A lawyer whose client is on trial for polygamy in Canada argued Monday that evidence in the case was collected amid confusion over the legality of the country's laws on plural marriage. Attorney Blair Suffredine is asking a judge to lift a polygamy charge against Winston Blackmore. Blackmore and James Oler each face one count of polygamy. Both men have served as bishops for the religious settlement of Bountiful, British Columbia, which follows the teachings of a Mormon offshoot sect, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ and Latter-Day Saints. Blackmore is accused of marrying 24 women. Oler is accused of having four wives. Suffredine said in court that evidence against Blackmore was collected from 1990 to 2011, a period when the constitutionality of Canada's laws prohibiting polygamy was unclear. The law was upheld in 2011. Following years of legal wrangling, a criminal trial for Blackmore and Oler began last month, more than 25 year...

West Valley City police are searching for a driver they believe hit and killed a bicyclist Sunday afternoon. Police believe the man, 32-year-old Dylon S. Cooke, of Salt Lake City, was driving on 3500 South near 5500 West when he hit bicyclist John Kinn, according to a WVCPD news release. Kinn died at the scene. Police said Cooke's vehicle was abandoned in a parking lot near 3450 South and 5600 West, and its driver — who they believe was Cooke — fled on foot. Cooke is described in the news release as a black man who is about 6-foot-1 and weighs about 200 pounds. His black hair was worn in "medium-length dreadlocks ... tied back into a ponytail" at the time of the incident, police say. Anyone with information on Cooke's whereabouts is asked to contact West Valley City police at 801-840-4000.

       An unexplained illness has claimed the lives of 12 people in Liberia since April 23, the World Health Organization reported Monday. Twenty-one people have fallen ill, including an unknown number of children, and three remain hospitalized at Francis Grant Hospital in Sinoe County.        Symptoms of the illness include headache, diarrhea, vomiting and confusion, according to Fadela Chaib, a spokeswoman for the WHO. Health officials immediately tested the victims for Ebola, yellow fever and Lassa fever, but they were all ruled out.Most of the ill attended a funeral for a Christian leader in Greenville on April 22.        "April 25, we got a call from the Sinoe County health team about a series of unexplained deaths," said Sorbor George, communication director for Liberia's Ministry of Health, adding that samples have been sent to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.       ...

A memorial service held today May 2 for two soldiers killed on the line of control, allegedly "mutilated" by Pakistan Army troops. Pakistan denies any involvement. (New Delhi)The bodies of two Indian soldiers allegedly killed while patrolling the Kashmir border were flown home Tuesday, as the Indian Army vowed revenge for what it called a "despicable act." India has accused Pakistani soldiers of mutilating the soldiers' bodies on May 1 after firing rockets and mortars along the Line of Control (LOC) in the Poonch district of Kashmir. Asked whether the soldiers killed by artillery fire, an Indian Army official said the cause of death was unclear, adding that more information would come from the autopsy. The official declined to go into detail about how or exactly when the mutilation occurred. In a statement, Pakistan's army vehemently denied that Pakistani troops had crossed the border or mutilated the soldiers. It said was "a highly profession...

      An FBI translator with a top-secret security clearance traveled to Syria in 2014 and married a key ISIS operative she had been assigned to investigate, CNN has learned.       The rogue employee, Daniela Greene, lied to the FBI about where she was going and warned her new husband he was under investigation, according to federal court records.       Greene's saga, which has never been publicized, exposes an embarrassing breach of national security at the FBI—an agency that has made its mission rooting out ISIS sympathizers across the country.       It also raises questions about whether Greene received favorable treatment from Justice Department prosecutors who charged her with a relatively minor offense, then asked a judge to give her a reduced sentence in exchange for her cooperation, the details of which remain shrouded in court-ordered secrecy. DENIS CUSPERT The man Greene married was no ordinary terrorist...