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UPPER DARBY, Pa. (AP) — Police in a Philadelphia suburb say five officers shot and killed a man wanted for making online threats against officers and FBI agents. Upper Darby police superintendent Michael Chitwood says the officers opened fire at a blockade when the unidentified man appeared ready to accelerate. Chitwood didn't say if the man, who hasn't been identified, had a weapon.
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — The police chief in Edmonton, Alberta, is calling nine deaths at three separate crime scenes a "senseless mass murder." The victims included two children. Police say the killings were apparently the result of a domestic dispute and that the killer, a male, is among the dead. His body was found in a restaurant in a nearby town.
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in central Florida say a fired church worker who opened fire on a pastor was wounded when the pastor shot back. The gunfight broke out at Living Water Fellowship Church in Kissimmee. Police say Pastor Terry Howell had been meeting with a maintenance worker who was terminated. The wounded man is in stable condition.
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner is standing by Majority Whip Steve Scalise (skuh-LEES'), after it was disclosed that Scalise gave a speech 12 years ago at a white supremacist group. At the time, Scalise was a Louisiana state representative. The group was founded by former KKK wizard David Duke. Boehner calls the appearance "an error in judgment" but says Scalise has his full confidence.
NEW YORK (AP) — With search teams pulling debris and bodies from AirAsia Flight 8501 out of the Java Sea near Indonesia, attention now shifts to the investigation to determine what happened. The jet went down Sunday as it was heading from Indonesia to Singapore, with 162 people aboard. Its last known location was about ten miles from where the wreckage is being found.
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