A judge has approved new charges against Ian Cramer, the son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota, including an upgraded homicide count and drug possession charges, in connection to a crash that killed Mercer County Sheriff's Deputy Paul Martin. The case has been referred to the North Dakota Supreme Court, and if the charges are not dismissed, Cramer will face a jury trial. Sen. Cramer has not commented on the case.
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U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer's son, Ian Cramer, has been charged with manslaughter after a crash that killed a North Dakota sheriff's deputy. Court documents allege that Ian was traveling over 100 mph and had two flat tires when he slammed head-on into Deputy Paul Martin's squad car. Ian is facing multiple felony counts and his attorney has not yet responded to a request for comment. Sen. Cramer has stated that his son suffers from "serious mental disorders which have been compounded by substance abuse."
On Monday, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was rocked by a deadly shooting on campus, leaving students in a state of panic. In response, the student newspaper The Daily Tar Heel featured a string of real text messages exchanged by students during the hours of lockdown on its front page, accompanied by a headline that read “LOADING ERROR LOADING”. The paper’s coverage of the shooting was a fitting tribute to the life of Zijie Yan, and a reminder of the need for gun control measures to protect students and faculty on college campuses.
Over two weeks after devastating wildfires ripped through Maui, Hawaii, officials estimate that between 1,000 and 1,100 people remain unaccounted for. The FBI's Honolulu field office is working to clear people from the list, but only 104 families have submitted DNA samples to aid in the identification process. Emergency leaders are calling on families to provide DNA samples to help identify the remains of those discovered in the ashes.