It's Academic: December 19, 2020

• 19-year-old pleads guilty to brutal 2025 murder of Maryland garden center owner

  

• 3 Baltimore men charged in deadly Howard County shooting

  

• Southern California politicians, leaders react to Cesar Chavez allegations of sexual abuse

  

• Hearing for alleged Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray postponed until April

  

• Colorado hit-and-run suspect injured after crashing just 2.5 miles from first crash, police say

  

• Pennsylvania PUC seeks $2.7 million in civil penalties from UGI over West Reading chocolate factory explosion

  

• Tenants displaced by 2023 Queens fire sue landlord over stalled repairs

  

• Tow truck driver killed on I‑20 in Dallas; driver accused of intoxication manslaughter, authorities say