The Senate Judiciary Committee is aiming this week to pass a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions, setting up a high-stakes debate on the Senate floor.More >>
The Senate Judiciary Committee is aiming this week to pass a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions, setting up a high-stakes debate on the Senate floor.More >>
Experts say the officer who killed a Long Island college student and a home invasion suspect on Friday was confronted with a split-second choice.More >>
The Long Island college student was being held in a headlock by a masked intruder with a loaded gun to her head, police said. Then the gunman took aim at an officer.More >>
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(RNN) - Tornadoes have touched down in Oklahoma and Kansas, leaving a trail of damage.There are no reports of fatalities or injuries, but homes and businesses are damaged in Witchita, KS and outside ofMore >>
A tornado outbreak in the Midwest caused heavy damage to homes and businesses and one death has been reported in Oklahoma. More >>
South Korea says North Korea has fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area.More >>
South Korea is analyzing whether projectiles North Korea fired into its eastern waters over the weekend are short-range missiles or a new type of artillery the country may be developing, officials said Monday.More >>
SEDALIA, MO (KCTV) -
A man who was living in Missouri illegally is accused of fatally beating his girlfriend's little girl.
Rafael Alejo "Saul" Rodriguez, 27, is charged in Benton County with second-degree murder and felony child abuse. He is accused of hitting 2-year-old Mia in the stomach and killing her, according to court records.
The child lived in Sedalia with her mother and brother. The child's mother took the child to Bothwell Hospital in Sedalia after she began vomiting and had difficulty breathing. The child was rushed to Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City where she died two days later.
Authorities said the children lived in an abuse home and the abuse turned deadly. Mia's brother told police that Rodriguez hit his sister as well as his mother, but said he never hit him, according to court records.
It wasn't clear from court records whether Rodriguez will be granted bond as a potential flight risk. Court records indicate that Rodriguez lives in Cole Camp with his family, but he is in the country illegally and his actual identification is not clear.
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