11 h. ago Shooting of Israeli embassy staffers underscores US ‘era of violent populism’

This is the latest act of violence in a string of incidents that have affected Jewish, Arab and Muslim communitiesUS politics live – latest updatesThe killing of two staff of the Israeli embassy in Washington DC comes as the war in Gaza has splintered the American body politic alongside the ongoing rise in political violence.A shooter, identified as Elias Rodriguez, shot the two people, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, outside the Capital Jewish Museum on Wednesday after they left an event hosted by the American Jewish Committee. Rodriguez reportedly chanted “free, free Palestine” while being detained by security. Continue reading...

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47 h. ago Washington shooting LIVE: Two people killed in 'depraved anti

Terrorism police have rushed to the scene in Penn Quarter, Washington DC and have asked people to avoid the area while they investigate the shocking attack

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47 h. ago Washington shooting: Terrorism police swarm city street as two people killed in horror attack

The man and the woman were shot dead outside the Capital Jewish Museum near Penn Quarter, Washington DC, and police have warned members of the public to avoid the area

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6 d. ago Difference 10 years makes: Filmmaker shoots people at 50 and a decade later... the results are astounding

Dutch photographer and filmmaker Jeroen Wolf went about capturing 50 of his school friends to mark their 50th birthdays. He then returned 10 years later...

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7 d. ago New ‘historically accurate’ digital replica will allow films to be set within Auschwitz

The Auschwitz Memorial has created the model ‘to provide the industry with credible resources’, but it raises ethical questions over what type of films could be set thereThe Auschwitz Memorial has launched a “historically accurate” digital replica of the former concentration camp for filmmakers to set their pictures in, breaking a long-held taboo around shooting features at the grounds where an estimated 1.1 million people were murdered by the Nazi regime.At the Cannes film festival on Thursday, he organisers of the Picture from Auschwitz project said they have harnessed “cutting-edge 3D scanning technologies” to build a digital model of the concentration camp that matches the site in its current state “down to every single brick”. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Grand jury indicts Florida State student accused in a mass shooting on campus

A grand jury has indicted a Florida State University student on murder charges for the killings of two people and the wounding of six others in a mass shooting on campus last month

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1 week ago Florida State student accused in a mass shooting on campus to remain jailed

A judge has ordered the Florida State University student accused of killing two people and wounding six others in a mass shooting on campus last month to remain jailed without bond

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1 week ago Man accused in Florida State shooting out of hospital and booked into jail on murder charges

Authorities say a man accused of fatally shooting two people and wounding six others during a shooting last month at Florida State University has been discharged from a Tallahassee hospital and charged with murder

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2 w. ago ‘I’ve met people with tattoos of it’: Andy Vella on shooting Robert Smith for the Cure’s Boys Don’t Cry cover

‘The guitar, the hair, the mystery – I think I captured who the Cure are with this picture. When I showed it to Robert and the band’s manager, they jumped up and down’I think this is the Cure image that’s most reproduced. I’ve met people with tattoos of it. It’s been bootlegged, like, millions of times. The bootlegs are rubbish, though – half the time someone’s obviously cut the stencil out with a scalpel, and it’s so crude.This image was used for the cover of Boys Don’t Cry when it was rereleased in 1986. It was taken during the video shoot, which featured three boys playing the band when young. I used to just go to those shoots as a fly on the wall, grabbing shots where I could – you try to not get in the way. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘I’ve met people with tattoos of it’: Andy Vella on shooting the Cure’s Boys Don’t Cry album cover

‘The guitar, the hair, the mystery – I think I captured who the Cure are with this picture. When I showed it to Robert Smith and the band’s manager, they jumped up and down’I think this is the Cure image that’s most reproduced. I’ve met people with tattoos of it. It’s been bootlegged, like, millions of times. The bootlegs are rubbish, though – half the time someone’s obviously cut the stencil out with a scalpel, and it’s so crude.This image was used for the cover of Boys Don’t Cry when it was rereleased in 1986. It was taken during the video shoot, which featured three boys playing the band when young. I used to just go to those shoots as a fly on the wall, grabbing shots where I could – you try to not get in the way. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘I’ve met people with tattoos of it’: Andy Vella on shooting the Cure’s Boys Don’t Cry cover

‘The guitar, the hair, the mystery – I think I captured who the Cure are with this picture. When I showed it to Robert Smith and the band’s manager, they jumped up and down’I think this is the Cure image that’s most reproduced. I’ve met people with tattoos of it. It’s been bootlegged, like, millions of times. The bootlegs are rubbish, though – half the time someone’s obviously cut the stencil out with a scalpel, and it’s so crude.This image was used for the cover of Boys Don’t Cry when it was rereleased in 1986. It was taken during the video shoot, which featured three boys playing the band when young. I used to just go to those shoots as a fly on the wall, grabbing shots where I could – you try to not get in the way. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Lawyer signals teen accused in Georgia school shooting that killed 4 is likely to plead guilty

A lawyer says the teen accused of killing four people in a shooting at Georgia’s Apalachee High School is moving toward pleading guilty

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2 w. ago Bail is set at $2 million for a man charged with killing four people in Minneapolis

The father of one of four people killed in a mass shooting that shook the Native American community in Minneapolis says it will take a long time to heal

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2 w. ago Man goes on trial accused of 8 killings in metro Phoenix in 2017

Lawyers are scheduled to make opening statements at the trial of a man charged with carrying out a string of shootings that killed eight people in the Phoenix area over a three-week span in 2017

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3 w. ago Police suspect 2 shootings that left 4 dead in Minneapolis were connected and gang related

Police strongly suspect that a pair of shootings three blocks apart in Minneapolis that left four people dead and two others seriously injured were connected and were gang related

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3 w. ago Teenage 'hitman' is arrested after Swedish barber shop 'executions' saw three shot dead as they were having their hair cut amid spiralling gang violence in the country

Swedish police have arrested a teenager following a deadly barber shop shooting that saw three people die as they got their hair cut. 

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3 w. ago Swedish police apprehend murder suspect after three killed in Uppsala shootings

Swedish police said on Wednesday they have apprehended a suspect following a shooting in which three people were killed in the city of Uppsala on Tuesday.

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3 w. ago Uppsala attack: police hunt under way after three people shot dead

Masked suspect reported to have fled on electric scooter after killings at hair salon in Swedish university city Three people were killed in a shooting in the Swedish city of Uppsala on Tuesday, police said.A large area was cordoned off in the centre of Uppsala, a university city 45 miles north of Stockholm, after witnesses described hearing multiple shots at about 5pm local time and seeing people running in different directions and hiding. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Sweden shooting horror: Armed police descend on university city after three people killed and more gunned down on eve of spring festival

Swedish police said on Tuesday that multiple people in the city of Uppsala were found with injuries that indicated there had been gunfire.

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3 w. ago Swedish police say 3 people are dead after a shooting in Uppsala

Swedish police say that three people are confirmed dead after a shooting in Uppsala, a city near Stockholm, and are “investigating the incident as a murder.”

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