Eleven people were stabbed at a Walmart in Traverse City, Mich. on Saturday — with six in critical condition — in what a Michigan sheriff said appeared to be a random act. A suspect was in custody, authorities said.

Around 4:45 p.m., a 42-year-old man entered the store and used a folding knife to stab 11 people, the Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement on social media. A sheriff’s deputy arrived within minutes and took the man into custody, and people in the store also helped apprehend the suspect and treat victims, the sheriff’s office said.

The victims’ ages weren’t immediately released.

Munson Healthcare said via social media that 11 people were being treated at the region’s largest hospital in northern Michigan. Spokesperson Megan Brown said all were stabbing victims. Six people were critical and five were in serious condition late Saturday, she said.

Sheriff Michael Shea said the weapon involved appeared to be a folding-style knife. Shea said the suspect is believed to be a Michigan resident but declined to share further details. Michigan State Police had said earlier in the day that the suspect was in authorities’ custody.

Southeast, Midwest under heat advisories

Even by the standards of Florida and the Carolinas, the steamy heat wave on tap for the region Saturday into the coming week is a little extreme.

The National Weather Service issued heat advisories for a large swath of the East Coast from central Florida to Virginia through much of the weekend. Highs in the upper 90s F were forecast for central Florida, with heat indexes reaching 105 degrees F to 110 degrees F.

The outlook was similar up through Georgia and the Carolinas into Virginia.

A hot, humid weekend was also in store for the Midwest. Extreme heat watches were out for eastern Nebraska, western Iowa and southern Minnesota. Heat indexes were expected to reach 96 F on Saturday and go even higher on Sunday in Minnesota.

Parts of Iowa were hit by storms Saturday morning that dumped between 2 and 5 inches of rain in some areas and triggered flash flood warnings.

Suspect arrested after N.M. dorm shooting

A shooting early Friday at a University of New Mexico dormitory killed a 14-year-old boy, wounded a 19-year-old and prompted the evacuation of hundreds of students and a campuswide search for the suspect, who has since been taken into custody.

University officials lifted a shelter in place order late Friday afternoon, saying there was still an active investigation and that the main campus in Albuquerque would remain closed. They said students were allowed to eat at the dining hall and return to their dorms but otherwise should avoid the crime scene.

New Mexico State Police Chief Troy Weisler said officers took a male suspect into custody about 2:30 p.m. John Fuentes, 18, was booked on the charges of first-degree murder, aggravated battery, aggravated assault and tampering with evidence, according to the New Mexico State Police. Fuentes will be held without bond and remain in custody until his conditions of release are determined by the district court.

Four people, including the suspect, were playing video games inside a dorm room belonging to one of them when the shooting began, Joseph Silva, chief of the University of New Mexico Police Department, said at a news conference.

The 14-year-old was fatally shot, and the others fled the room, Weisler said. A 19-year-old male sought treatment at a hospital and said he was shot on campus.

ICE arrests pastor for overstaying visa

A pastor from Maryland’s Eastern Shore has been arrested by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement and transported to a detention facility in Louisiana after the agency said he overstayed his visa.

Daniel Fuentes Espinal, a 54-year-old father of three originally from Honduras, has been pastor of the Iglesia del Nazareno Jesus Te Ama in Easton since 2015. His family fled violence in Honduras in 2001, when ICE said Fuentes Espinal was granted a visa to remain in the U.S. for six months.

Fuentes Espinal’s daughter, Clarissa Fuentes Diaz, was eight years old when she left Honduras with her father and was recently notified she would become a U.S. citizen. She told multiple news outlets that Fuentes Espinal, who also works in construction, was followed to a Lowe’s hardware store on the day of his arrest and taken into custody while running routine errands.

At least four killed in Russian attacks

At least two civilians died in Russian attacks in the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk, according to Dnipropetrovsk Gov. Serhiy Lysak on Telegram on Saturday.

A man was killed by artillery fire in the Nikopol district. Lysak said three more people were injured by remote-controlled drones in the Synelnykove district.

In the eastern region of Donetsk, another civilian was killed in a drone attack in the city of Kostiantynivka, according to the military administration chief of the industrial city, Serhij Gorbunov. In a post on Facebook, he urged the remaining residents to leave the city and move to safer areas as the front line is only a few kilometers from the city limits.

A civilian was killed by a Ukrainian drone in the western Russian border region of Kursk, an official said earlier.

Muslim boy’s killer dies early in prison sentence

An Illinois landlord convicted of fatally stabbing a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy died in custody, authorities said Saturday. He was 73.

The landlord, Joseph M. Czuba, died two months into his 53-year prison sentence, according to the Will County Sheriff’s Office. He was convicted on murder and hate crime charges in the attack, which authorities said was motivated by anti-Muslim hate. It was not clear exactly when, where or how Czuba died.

The killing took place in October 2023, days after Hamas attacked Israel. According to authorities, Czuba stabbed 6-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi and his mother, Hanan Shaheen in their home, killing Wadee and severely wounding Shaheen, who escaped to a bathroom and called 911. The judge who sentenced Czuba on May 2, Amy Bertani-Tomczak, called the attack “brutal and heinous.”

In Shaheen’s testimony before the jury that convicted Czuba, she said she had rented a pair of bedrooms from him in Plainfield Township, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, for two years with no major issues. But after the Oct. 7 attacks, Czuba — who lived in the same building — began making hateful remarks about Muslims and asked Shaheen and her son to move out of the property, Shaheen said.

Feds raid home of ‘TikTok Cult’ pastor

A California home linked to a pastor featured in the Netflix docuseries “Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult” was raided Friday by federal agents in relation to an investigation into sex trafficking, money laundering and other accusations, according to authorities.

Property records show the home in Tujunga is linked to multiple owners, including Robert Shinn, pastor of the Shekinah Church and the subject of a 2024 docuseries. He operates a talent agency that purportedly helps social media stars and TikTok dancers find jobs.

Those featured in the docuseries call Shinn an abusive cult leader.

On Friday, agents with the U.S. Postal Service, Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Department of Labor served a warrant at the home around 6 a.m., according to the El Monte Police Department, which provided assistance along with the FBI.

The search was related to allegations of sex trafficking, money laundering, tax evasion and COVID-19 pandemic-era-related fraud. SWAT officers were at the scene to assist, according to the El Monte Police Department.

— From news services