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A 33-year-old man was shot and killed early Sunday morning in what was believed to be a targeted slaying, the Sun Prairie Police Department said. Around 1:30 a.m., officers headed to the 400 block of South Bird Street for a report of a man being shot in an apartment complex parking lot , according to police. Sun Prairie police spokesman Jon Lothe said a “specific person of interest” in the homicide has been identified. It is the first homicide in the city since 2015. Lothe said several people who were at the scene when the shooting happened have been identified and were being interviewed by police with the help of the Dane County Sheriff ’s Office. He said investigators have received copies of the apartment building’s security camera footage and would be reviewing them. The Wisconsin State Crime Laboratory also was assisting in the homicide investigation, Lothe said. Investigators had set up a canopy tent behind one of the buildings, located at 425 S. Bird St., o...

PARKVILLE, Md. (WMAR) - Bra Angah-McCray, better known as Alexandra, made a new home in Maryland after immigrating from Africa. Over the years, she and her two children have helped several others do the same. "Alexandra was very loving, very caring and that's just a moment that we'll never ever have again," said best friend Bine Fofana. Now, her new family is trying to say goodbye. Alexandra, 26, along with her two kids, 4-year-old Aimee and 3-year-old Adriel, did not survive a fire in their Holly Lane apartment early Sunday morning . RELATED: Mother, 2 children killed in Hillendale apartment fire "Every since then I have not been the same," Fofana said, "I feel like I lost a part of me. She's my sister, my guardian angel."  Every Sunday, the group of friends played soccer in Baltimore's Radecke Park and ate dinner together. The goal was to make a home away from home for several people who relocated to Baltimore from Africa. "Alex was...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Latest on the Spain attacks (all times local): 5:15 a.m. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has asked people to pray for a young Australian boy who is missing after a vehicle attack on a popular Barcelona promenade that killed 13 people. Turnbull said Saturday that the boy's mother was badly injured and is in a hospital following Friday's attack at the Las Ramblas promenade . Turnbull says the boy's family is searching for him. He did not release the boy's name. Turnbull says: "All of us as parents know the anguish his father is going through, and his whole family is going through, as they rush to seek to find him in Barcelona." Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says four Australians were injured in the attack. ___ 2:35 a.m. Police in Catalonia say they have searched two buses in their hunt for violent extremists believed responsible for a pair of deadly attacks in the northwestern region of Spain. Police say o...

An Oxford University worker has been charged with murder after a man's body was discovered in an apartment with more than 40 stab wounds . Andrew Warren, 56, a senior treasury assistant at the institution's Somerville College, is accused alongside Professor Wyndham Lathem , 42, of murdering Trenton Cornell -Duranleau. The 26-year-old's body was discovered on the tenth floor of a Chicago apartment building with 47 stab wounds .  The charges of first-degree murder come after a post-mortem examination of the victim's body — who is believed to have been in a relationship with Lathem — found he had methamphetamines in his system.  Oxford University financial officer Andrew Warren " class="blkBorder img-share" /> Northwestern University professor Wyndham Lathem" class="blkBorder img-share" /> Chicago police escorted fired Northwestern University professor Wyndham Lathem (right), 42, and Oxford University financial officer Andrew Warr...

BARCELONA, Spain The Latest on the Spain attacks (all times local): 11:30 p.m. Police in the southern French city of Nimes have arrested a man unlawfully carrying a pistol into a train station, but say he is not linked to the attacks in Barcelona. After an evacuation and police operation at the train station Saturday night , the historic city quickly returned to normal, with police returning to their posts. A national police spokesman said the operation began when a passenger alerted police to a man with a weapon. Police quickly found and arrested him, said the spokesman, who was not authorized to be publicly named. The spokesman said the man has no apparent connection to Thursday's attacks around Barcelona, about 380 kilometers southwest of Nimes. French authorities increased checks of its border with Spain after the attacks, and one suspect is believed at large. 10:50 p.m. Catalan regional police say they are mounting major road blocks throughout the northeastern regio...