59 m. ago Oklahoma man is accused of gunning down priest outside of a Kansas Catholic church

Community members called the priest’s death ‘heartbreaking’ and a ‘tragedy’

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7 h. ago A man is in custody after the fatal shooting of a beloved Kansas priest

Authorities say a 66-year-old Oklahoma man has been detained in connection with the fatal shooting of a Catholic priest at a church rectory in northeast Kansas

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20 h. ago A man has shot and killed a Catholic priest at his parish rectory in northeast Kansas

Church officials say a Catholic priest has been shot and killed in the northeastern Kansas town of Seneca

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28 h. ago Man kills mother in moving car, then kills passing motorist and injures others, Maine police say

State police in Maine say a passenger in a car fatally shot his mother before shooting at passing vehicles, killing another motorist and injuring two others, before dying by suicide

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4 d. ago The original hot priest! Farewell Richard Chamberlain, TV eye

From vestment-ripper The Thorn Birds to the steamy Dr Kildare, the actor – who has died at 90 – was known for playing devastatingly attractive and unattainable menRichard Chamberlain, who has died at 90, achieved exceptional television celebrity by playing devastatingly attractive men whose professions made them unavailable to women.In The Thorn Birds – a 1983 miniseries that achieved huge ratings for ABC in the US and BBC One in the UK – he was Ralph De Bricassart, a Catholic priest whose vow of celibacy is tested beyond breaking point over four decades by Meggie, a young woman whom he meets on an Australian sheep farm. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Selena Quintanilla’s family after her killer Yolanda Saldívar is denied parole: ‘Justice continues to stand’

Tejano music icon was fatally shot and killed in 1995 by a fan, who is currently serving a life sentence

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8 d. ago Missing Emile Soleil mystery deepens as grandparents' lawyer issues update following three days of police questioning after Catholic priest friend of the family's suicide was revealed

The custody period for Philippe and Anne Vedovini, both 59, came to an end early on Thursday morning, following 72 hours of questioning about Émile Soleil.

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8 d. ago Tragic twist in case of Kentucky woman who shot and killed El Paso Uber driver over fears he was kidnapping her

A tragic twist comes just one month before the murder trial of a Kentucky woman who shot and killed an El Paso Uber driver after fearing he was kidnapping her.

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9 d. ago Emile Soleil murder suspect family's Catholic priest, 85, 'committed suicide' days before the toddler's grandparents were arrested

Father Gilliot frequently expressed his emotional angst during the saga, and allegedly 'took his own life' last Saturday at his home in Aix-en-Provence, it emerged today.

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1 week ago Four alpacas shot dead in ‘senseless’ killings on Cambridgeshire farm

Owner decries ‘horrific’ attack on animals as police launch investigation

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1 week ago The dogs that SHOT their owners: Extraordinary times pets have opened fire

They might be known as man's best friend but a surprising number of dogs have pulled the trigger on their owners.

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1 week ago Priest urges Catholics to watch Meghan's Netflix show as PENANCE and 'drink in the mediocrity'

Father Brendan Kilcoyne (pictured) discussed the Duchess of Sussex 's new Netflix show With Love, Meghan in a video on YouTube, branding the programme 'b***** awful'.

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1 week ago Man shot in the head and killed during London attack is named

Police rushed to Waverley Road, Tottenham, at 8.45pm on Thursday, March 20, following reports that two men had been shot.

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1 week ago She shot and killed Latin superstar Selena 30 years ago. Now she’s up for parole and could be set free

Yolanda Saldívar fatally shot Grammy-winning Latin superstar Selena Quintanilla-Perez, 23, in a Texas hotel room on March 31, 1995. Thirty years later, she is up for parole. Andrea Cavallier delves into the tragic killing

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1 week ago She shot and killed Latin superstar Selena 30 years ago. Now her parole has been denied

Yolanda Saldívar fatally shot Grammy-winning Latin superstar Selena Quintanilla-Perez, 23, in a Texas hotel room on March 31, 1995. Thirty years later, she is up for parole. Andrea Cavallier delves into the tragic killing

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2 w. ago 'Monstrous' killer who shot woman in head as she shielded five week old baby executed

Wendell Arden Grissom was executed by lethal injection nearly two decades after he shot Amber Dawn Matthews in the head as she shielded her friends newborn baby

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2 w. ago 'Monstrous' killer who shot woman in head as she shielded five week old baby has been executed

Oklahoma carried out its first execution of 2025 on Thursday, March 20, giving a lethal injection to a confessed killer who had said in his first interview with police that he wanted the death penalty

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2 w. ago Clergy abuse survivor begs New Orleans not to release child molester: ‘It’s just not right’

Tim Gioe, abused as a child by disgraced priest Pat Wattigny, appeals to Louisiana department of correctionsA Catholic clergy abuse survivor who helped convict the priest who molested him while he was growing up outside New Orleans is pleading with officials to not grant the disgraced cleric parole at a hearing scheduled for June – just 24 months after he pleaded guilty and in return received a five-year prison sentence.“Please, please do not let this man out,” the survivor, Tim Gioe, wrote to a Louisiana department of corrections official after recently being informed of a parole hearing for Pat Wattigny that is tentatively scheduled for 12 June. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Clergy abuse survivor begs Louisiana not to release child molester: ‘It’s just not right’

Tim Gioe, abused as a child by disgraced priest Pat Wattigny, appeals to state’s department of correctionsA Catholic clergy abuse survivor who helped convict the priest who molested him while he was growing up outside New Orleans is pleading with officials to not grant the disgraced cleric parole at a hearing scheduled for June – just 24 months after he pleaded guilty and in return received a five-year prison sentence.“Please, please do not let this man out,” the survivor, Tim Gioe, wrote to a Louisiana department of corrections official after recently being informed of a parole hearing for Pat Wattigny that is tentatively scheduled for 12 June. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago British teenager who killed family and planned school massacre gets minimum 49 years in prison

A 19-year-old British man who shot and killed his mother and two younger siblings and who wanted to carry out a high-profile school shooting has been told he will not be eligible for parole for at least 49 years

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