1 hour ago Photos of police search for suspect who shot 2 state lawmakers, including one who died, in Minnesota

A man impersonating a police officer shot and killed Minnesota state legislator Melissa Hortman and her husband at their home in what Governor Tim Walz called “targeted political violence.”

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3 h. ago Minnesota police urge public to avoid ‘No Kings’ protest after Democratic lawmakers shot – live

Minnesota state patrol says ‘No Kings’ flyers were found in the shooting suspect’s vehicleDemocratic lawmaker killed in Minnesota in ‘politically motivated’ attacksIt will be a parade fit for a king – which is precisely why critics worry what message it will send the rest of the world about the future of democracy in America.On Saturday, there will be tanks on the streets of the nation’s capital as Washington hosts a celebration of the US army’s 250th anniversary, which happens to coincide with Donald Trump’s 79th birthday.North Korea: military parades. China: military parades. Russia: military parades.These aren’t parades to celebrate a victory and it’s certainly not to celebrate the United States army’s birthday. This is a parade to aggrandise Donald Trump’s ego. No one who knows either Trump or his pattern of behavior would think for a minute this is anything else. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Two Democratic lawmakers shot, one fatally, in ‘politically motivated assassination’ in Minnesota

Police say suspect dressed as law enforcement and shot at responding officers before escapingA prominent Democratic state lawmaker in Minnesota and her husband have been killed, and another Democratic state lawmaker and his wife were shot, in the early hours of Saturday.State representative Melissa Hortman has died, as has her husband, Mark, the state’s governor, Tim Walz, confirmed at a press conference on Saturday. He said the shooting “appears to be a politically motivated assassination”. Hortman was the top Democrat in the Minnesota house and the former speaker. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Democratic lawmaker killed and another wounded in Minnesota in ‘politically motivated’ attacks

Police say suspect was dressed as law enforcement and shot at responding officers before escapingA prominent Democratic state lawmaker in Minnesota and her husband have been killed in a politically motivated shooting, and another Democratic state lawmaker and his wife were shot in the early hours of Saturday.Democratic state representative Melissa Hortman has died, as has her husband, Mark, the state’s governor, Tim Walz, confirmed at a press conference on Saturday. He said the shooting “appears to be a politically motivated assassination”. Hortman was the top Democrat in the Minnesota house and the former speaker. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Minnesota politician and husband shot dead by person 'pretending to be police officer'

Senator Tim Walz says lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband have been killed while John Hoffman and his wife were injured after "targeted shootings".

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5 h. ago Minnesota politician and husband shot dead in home by man 'posing as a police officer'

State representative Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed and senator John Hoffman and his wife were injured by the gunman in the 'targeted shootings' which took place in their homes

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5 h. ago US politician and husband shot dead in 'politically motivated assassination' by suspect dressed as police officer

A US politician and her husband have been shot dead in a “politically motivated assassination,” while a second politician and his wife were wounded in a separate attack.

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5 h. ago Minnesota politician shot dead by 'person pretending to be police officer'

Senator Tim Walz says lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, in the US state of Minnesota, have been killed while John Hoffman and his wife were injured after "targeted shootings"

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12 h. ago 'Chimpanzee tore off my face and ate my eyes – this one thing still haunts me'

WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: Charla was viciously attacked by a chimpanzee named Travis, who ripped off her face, hands and eyes before he was shot dead by police, leaving her with horrific injuries

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12 h. ago Australian man shot to death at a villa on the tourist island of Bali

Indonesian police say an Australian man was shot dead at a villa on the tourist island of Bali, in an attack that also left another Australian man injured

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45 h. ago Jury finds New Orleans police officer who shot and killed puppy violated rights but has immunity

A New Orleans police officer who shot and killed a puppy violated its owners’ constitutional rights but had qualified immunity, a federal jury found

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3 d. ago Shocking moment British photographer films himself getting shot in the head by LA riot cops

Shocking footage has captured the moment LA police shot a British photographer in the head with a rubber bullet as the city was rocked by violent riots on Sunday evening. 

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4 d. ago Five killed in school shooting as teacher barricades herself in class with students

Gunshots were heard inside the school at around 10am before a suspect was shot, according to local media, as the police are currently searching the building 'meticulously'

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5 d. ago Trump has unleashed something terrifying in the US – that even he may be powerless to control | Gaby Hinsliff

The protests in LA are what everyone feared, and a warning to countries that flirt with populismShe was live on air to viewers back home, her TV microphone clearly in hand, when the rubber bullet hit her. The Australian reporter Lauren Tomasi was the second journalist after the British photographer Nick Stern to be shot with non-lethal rounds while covering protests in Los Angeles sparked by immigration raids. But she was the first to be caught on camera and beamed around the world. There’s no excuse for not knowing what the US is becoming, now that anyone can watch that clip online. Not when you can hear her scream and see the cameraman quickly swing away to film a panicking crowd.It was the scenario everyone feared when Donald Trump took office. Deportation hit squads descending on the kind of Democrat-voting communities who would feel morally bound to resist them, triggering the kind of violent confrontation that creates an excuse to send in national guard troops – and ultimately...

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5 d. ago A New Orleans police officer who fatally shot a puppy will face a jury lawsuit trial

A New Orleans police officer who shot and killed a puppy is being sued by the dog’s owners in federal court

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5 d. ago Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi shot with rubber bullet while covering Los Angeles protests

British photographer also injured as police used crowd-control rounds during escalating demonstrations over ICE immigration raids

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5 d. ago British photographer undergoes emergency surgery after being shot during LA protests

Nick Stern was documenting a stand-off between anti-Ice protesters and police when a 14mm ‘sponge bullet’ tore into his thigh

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5 d. ago British photographer, 60, is shot by police at LA riots and forced to undergo emergency surgery

Nick Stern, 60, from Hertford, had been taking pictures of a stand-off between protestors and armed police in the Californian city when a 14mm bullet pierced his thigh.

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6 d. ago Riot squad at scene after ‘two people stabbed’ in Munich as woman, 30, shot dead

A woman was shot and killed by police in Munich after she reportedly went on the rampage and attacked two people with a knife. The woman was shot and killed by police

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6 d. ago Woman, 30, shot dead by police after ‘attacking two people with knife’ in Munich

Munich police riot squad and the Criminal Investigation Department rushed to the scene after the woman attacked two people with a knife near the Oktoberfest grounds

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