24 h. ago Locals' chilling theory for WHY fugitive father lasted so long in the New Zealand wilderness before fatal shoot

As for how Tom Phillips had managed to survive in the unforgiving elements for so long, the general consensus in Marokopa was that it wasn't due to bushcraft skills alone...

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3 d. ago Two DC teens arrested in congressional intern's fatal shooting

Two teenagers have been arrested on murder charges in the killing of a congressional intern who was struck by stray bullets during a shooting in the nation’s capital

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5 d. ago Trump’s aid cuts in east Africa led to unwanted abortion and babies being born with HIV – report

Doctors, nurses, patients and other experts describe the loss of decades of progress in beating the virus in 100 days after Pepfar was disruptedAid cuts in east Africa have led to cases of babies being born with HIV because mothers could not get medication, a rise in life-threatening infections, and at least one woman having an unwanted abortion, according to interviews with medical staff, patients and experts.A report by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) sets out dozens of examples of the impact of disruption to Pepfar – the president’s emergency plan for aids relief – in Tanzania and Uganda. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Boy, 11, shot dead after ‘ding dong ditch’ prank goes horribly wrong

The child’s fatal shooting in Houston is at least the second death in the U.S. this year linked to the prank

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1 week ago Scotsman Obituaries: Giles Havergal, artistic director who led the Citizens Theatre to global fame

Giles Havergal, theatre director, actor, writer and teacher. Born: 9 June 1938 in Edinburgh. Died: 23 August 2025 in Polegate, East Sussex, aged 87

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1 week ago 14 stabbings, 522 protest arrests, fatal shooting, and more in gruesome August across London

14 stabbings, 522 protest arrests, fatal shooting, and more in gruesome August across London  My London

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1 week ago Fletcher Merkel and Harper Moyski identified as fatal victims of Minneapolis school shooter Robin Westman as devastated father slams 'coward' killer

LIVE UPDATES: The victims of Wednesday's deadly shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school have been identified as eight-year-old Fletcher Merkel and 10-year-old Harper Moyski.

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1 week ago Fletcher Merkel and Harper Moyski identified as fatal victims of Minneapolis school shooter Robin Westman as devastated father slams 'coward' killer: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: The victims of Wednesday's deadly shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school have been identified as eight-year-old Fletcher Merkel and 10-year-old Harper Moyski.

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1 week ago Fletcher Merkel identified as fatal victim of Minneapolis school shooter Robin Westman as devastated father speaks: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: One of the two victims of Wednesday's deadly shooting at a Catholic school has been identified as eight-year-old Fletcher Merkles.

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1 week ago Fletcher Merkles identified as fatal victim of Minneapolis school shooter Robin Westman as devastated father speaks: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: One of the two victims of Wednesday's deadly shooting at a Catholic school has been identified as eight-year-old Fletcher Merkles.

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1 week ago Catholic school shooting took place just 10 minutes away from another, say cops

Two other shootings took place just hours before the fatal school shooting at the Annunciation Catholic Church, leaving two children dead as well as the gunman

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1 week ago Fire captain, 47, accused of ‘premeditated’ murder of his 29

Darin McFarlin faces five felony counts in the deaths of his girlfriend, Marissa Divodi-Lessa, and her young son, Josiah.

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1 week ago In idyllic Porepunkah, a manhunt this huge feels ‘surreal’ – and the alleged killer could be anywhere

A peaceful Victoria town has been rocked by the fatal shootings of two police officers, leaving locals shuttered indoors and police scouring bushland for the suspectWho is Dezi Freeman? Porepunkah shooting suspect called police ‘terrorist thugs’ and tried to arrest magistrateHow a police search warrant at a rural Victorian property ended in a day of tragedyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt would have been idyllic were it not for the sound of a police helicopter reverberating over the valley.By late afternoon on Wednesday the rain had slowed to a drizzle in Porepunkah. Mist curled around the foothills of Mt Buffalo. Cows and sheep grazed under a grey sky, unperturbed by the massive manhunt around them. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Australian police identify suspect in fatal shooting of officers as manhunt enters second day

Australian police have identified a suspect who shot and killed two police officers and seriously wounded a third as the search for the shooter entered day two in a vast, remote rural area in the country’s southeast

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3 w. ago 2nd Wyoming airman in a month is accused of manslaughter after a fatal shooting

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3 w. ago Mystery grows after three people found fatally shot in their cars in remote California desert

An investigation is underway to determine a motive for the fatal shootings

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3 w. ago Communities ‘have more confidence in police’ three years on from fatal shootings

Nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel, Ashley Dale, 28, and Sam Rimmer, 22, were murdered within a week in Merseyside in August 2022.

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3 w. ago New York man charged with cyberstalking a family member of slain UnitedHealthcare CEO

A New York man has been charged with cyberstalking a family member of slain UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, allegedly leaving threatening voicemails that expressed glee about the killing within hours of the fatal shooting

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3 w. ago Airman arrested in fatal shooting that led Global Strike Command to pause using Sig Sauer's M18s

An airman has been arrested in a shooting death last month at a Wyoming Air Force base

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3 w. ago Stoke Newington murder: Business run by victim of fatal Hackney shooting forced to close by police

According to Turkish newspaper Hurriyet, Mr Ozmen was gunned down as he closed up a coffee shop that he had been running for two weeks

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