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The driver of a sedan that slid into a rain-swollen ditch killing five Houston children will be charged Sunday with three counts of intoxication manslaughter, police said. Chanton Jenkins, 32, who failed a sobriety test, lost control of the vehicle Saturday while trying to answer a cell phone, authorities said. …

LINCOLN, Neb. – No, the judge said to a 23-year-old Nebraska prison inmate. You can’t call yourself “Sinner Lawrence Bilskirnir.” Court documents say Jonathan L. Thomas cited his Norse religion in seeking the name change, saying he “is a heathen and Thor is his ‘High God.”‘ But Lancaster County District …

PRICEVILLE, Ala. – A man who police say shot and killed his estranged wife, their daughter and two other relatives before burning down his house and committing suicide on the eve of their divorce trial gave no hints of the mayhem to come, police and court officials say. While Kevin …