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Nikolas Cruz, awaiting trial on charges he gunned down 17 people at a high school in Parkland, Fla., was able to register to vote while behind bars since he has yet to be convicted of a crime that would bar him from voting, a spokesman for Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said.

Lori Mueller, a school superintendent in Baraboo, Wis., said the district is investigating a photo that was posted on social media and taken earlier this year at a non-school event depicting more than 60 high school boys giving what appears to be a Nazi salute.

Michael Rogers, 46, a homeless man in Melbourne, Australia, is insisting he isn't a hero for ramming a shopping cart into a knife-wielding attacker who was later shot and killed by police after one person was fatally stabbed and two others wounded.

Christopher Lindner, 29, accused of breaking into a home in Augusta, Ga., rummaging around and then jumping naked into bed with its two residents, was arrested on criminal trespassing and other charges after he chased the couple out of the house, deputies said.

Navar Beverly, 40, accused of killing his stepfather in Bowie, Md., and then posting a picture of himself with the body on social media, won't face a criminal trial after a judge ruled he's mentally incompetent to stand trial and poses a danger to himself and others.

Robert Hysop, 49, of Branson, faces kidnapping and other counts after being accused of abducting two Christian college students and forcing them to perform sex acts on each other at gunpoint after they violated curfew and were locked out of their campus.

Rosa Maria Da Cruz is on trial in Tulle, France, on charges she hid the existence of her developmentally disabled toddler and deprived her of food and care, after a garage mechanic discovered the then-2-year-old girl living in the trunk of her mother's car, authorities said.

Donald Jones, 22, of Pearl River, La., faces a negligent homicide charge after being accused of accidentally killing Zachary Swanson, 23, when he shot toward a wild hog and struck his friend, who wasn't wearing "hunter's orange" clothing, deputies said.

Josh Taylor, a police spokesman in North Port, Fla., said two women suffered cuts and other injuries after attacking each other with shards from a broken coffee mug in front of dozens of elementary school students waiting at a bus stop.

A Section on 11/13/2018

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