Charles Starkweather was born on November 24, 1938 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Starkweather, although poor, grew up in a loving home. But at school, Starkweather had problems. Teased by his classmates, he developed his physical strength through gymnastics....

Less than an hour before he killed eight people and himself in a mall shooting spree, a troubled teenage gunman called the woman who had taken him in to tell her about a suicide note — but she said Thursday she never thought he would...

The teenage gunman who went on a shooting rampage in a department store, killing eight people, may have smuggled an assault rifle into the mall underneath clothing, police said Thursday.Police Chief Thomas Warren said the young man "appeared to be concealing something balled up in...