44 h. ago Lawyer says an Alabama teen who was killed by police was shot in the back

Attorneys for the family of an Alabama teenager who was shot and killed by a police officer last month say an independent autopsy determined he was shot in the back

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3 d. ago California professor shot and killed in Greece by masked gunman in broad daylight execution

Przemyslaw Jeziorski, a UC Berkeley business professor, was shot and killed by a masked gunman in Greece in broad daylight on July 4.

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3 d. ago California professor shot and killed in Greece by masked gunmen in broad daylight execution

Przemyslaw Jeziorski, a UC Berkeley business professor, was shot and killed by a masked gunman in Greece in broad daylight on July 4.

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3 d. ago California professor accused of assault after he was ‘kidnapped’ during ICE protests at cannabis farm raid

Witnesses says masked agents tackled Jonathan Anthony Caravello as he moved tear gas canister from wheelchair

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4 d. ago Israeli airstrike kills at least 10, including six children, at Gaza water station, say health officials

Nine killed in separate bombing of a home on Sunday and 31 others shot dead near aid distribution site on SaturdayMiddle East crisis – live updatesAn Israeli airstrike has killed at least 10 people, including six children, who were waiting to collect water in Gaza, Palestinian health officials have said.A separate airstrike on Sunday hit a home, killing nine people, and 31 others were shot dead near an aid distribution site on Saturday, marking another bloody weekend as the conflict’s death toll exceeded 58,000. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Horror as loving couple are brutally executed by their son leaving family ripped apart

David and Teresa 'Teri' Pabst, both 64, were executed by their adult son James in their home in Middleton, Wisconsin.

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7 d. ago Landmark ruling finds Russia shot down MH17 with 38 Australians on board

Europe’s top human rights court finds Boeing 777 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down by Russia in July 2014Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEurope’s top human rights court delivered damning judgments Wednesday against Russia in four cases brought by Kyiv and the Netherlands, finding Moscow shot down flight MH17, killing all passengers, including 38 Australians.Judges at the European court of human rights ruled that Russia was responsible for widespread violations of international law, from shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014 to the murder, torture, rape, destruction of civilian infrastructure and kidnapping of Ukrainian children after Moscow’s full-scale invasion of 2022.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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8 d. ago NYPD commissioner won't fire officer who killed a man during traffic stop

New York City’s police commissioner has declined to fire a police officer who shot and killed a man during a traffic stop

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9 d. ago Man with assault rifle killed after shooting at Texas border patrol facility

Ryan Louis Mosqueda fired dozens of rounds at federal agents, injuring a police officer before authorities shot himA man with an assault rifle fired dozens of rounds at federal agents and a US border patrol facility in Texas on Monday, injuring a police officer, before authorities shot and killed him.Authorities identified the shooter as Ryan Louis Mosqueda, believed to be 27, who they said shot at agents exiting the building, which is near the US-Mexico border. McAllen police chief, Victor Rodriguez, said Mosqueda had a “utility vest” in addition to the rifle when federal agents returned fire. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Outkast rapper Big Boi's uncle is fatally shot in horrific road

The Outkast member Big Boi suffered a family tragedy when his uncle was shot and killed in a road-rage incident in Atlanta, Georgia.

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1 week ago Alabama killer who shot store clerk in the head set to be executed by nitrogen gas

Proponents say nitrogen gas executions are painless, while critics say it amounts to torture

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2 w. ago Four dead and 14 hurt after gunmen open fire on crowd outside a Chicago club in mass shooting: Suspects remain free

Four people were killed and 14 others were shot outside a party for rapper Mello Buckzz in Chicago.

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2 w. ago 'Audio recording of Russian military suggests Putin's troops shot down Azerbaijan plane on Christmas Day, killing 38 passengers'

Flight J2-8243 crash landed just short of Aktau airport on December 25, killing 38 people. Investigators believe it was shot down by a Russian missile.

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2 w. ago Tupac's ashes rolled into blunt and smoked by loved ones after he was shot

Rapper Tupac Shakur was unexpectedly shot and killed by an unknown gunman back in 1996 and his family and friends had a rather unusual way of honouring his memory

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2 w. ago Two elderly men were killed in an ambush in the park. Now cops say they have arrested the suspect

Investigators have not determined a motive in the attack, but have said it does not appear to have been a robbery gone wrong

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2 w. ago Family seeks body camera footage from fatal police shooting of a Black teen in Alabama

Family members of a Black teenager shot and killed by police in an Alabama suburb of Birmingham want to see the body camera footage of the shooting

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2 w. ago South Carolina deputy shot and killed in what sheriff says was an ambush

A deputy in South Carolina has been killed in an ambush while attempting to arrest a suspect

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2 w. ago Nearly 20 years ago a woman was shot dead as she left the gym. Cops say they just arrested her killer

Danick Adams was shot and killed while leaving a gym in 2008

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2 w. ago Audio of firefighter calling for help after two colleagues killed: 'Everybody's shot'

Two firefighters were killed and another was seriously injured after they were ambushed and shot by a sniper in camouflage while responding to a wildfire near Coeur d'Alene, Idaho at Canfield Mountain early Sunday afternoon

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2 w. ago Peter Thiel’s Palantir poses a grave threat to Americans | Robert Reich

Working with the Trump administration, the data company could be used to target the president’s opponentsDraw a circle around all the assets in the US now devoted to artificial intelligence.Draw a second circle around all the assets devoted to the US military.The 1920s were the last decade in American history during which one could be genuinely optimistic about politics. Since 1920, the vast increase in welfare beneficiaries and the extension of the franchise to women – two constituencies that are notoriously tough for libertarians – have rendered the notion of ‘capitalist democracy’ into an oxymoron.Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a professor of public policy emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a Guardian US columnist. His newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com Continue reading...

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