The Spokane Valley City Council voted to sue one of its own members this week in the continuing drama over the actions of City Councilman Al Merkel. The extraordinary measure is aimed at forcing ...

BERLIN (AP) — Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country's center-right leader, the front-runner in Germany's election next month, ...

Priscilla McCullough, 12, died after accidentally shooting herself while playing with her mother's gun. She was found bleeding on the floor by her 11-year-old sister ...

Showing up over Zoom in jail-issued clothes, 52-year-old Steven Merkel appeared before a judge Tuesday afternoon. The Walworth County man is being held on referred charges for first-degree ...

Steven D. Merkel Jr., 52, is charged with first-degree reckless homicide in connection with the death of 8-year-old Michael Meagher GoFundMe A Wisconsin man who was arrested after authorities ...

Steven Merkel was charged with first-degree reckless homicide, use of a dangerous weapon, in the deadly shooting on Monday, according to a criminal complaint filed by the Walworth County District ...

According to the statement he provided police, Merkel admitted to showing Meagher the guns he owned "because it made the defendant look cool." He first showed Meagher a stun gun, then going to his ...

PROSECUTORS SAY 52 YEAR OLD STEVEN MERKEL SHOT NINE YEAR OLD MICHAEL MAYER EARLY MONDAY MORNING. MERKEL TOLD DETECTIVES HE WAS SHOWING THE BOY HIS GUN AND TOOK THE MAGAZINE OUT OF HIS HANDGUN AND ...

Michael Meagher was shot Monday in the Town of Geneva, southwest of Milwaukee. Two officers discovered the boy shortly before 2:30 a.m. and began life-saving efforts. Emergency responders rushed the ...