4 d. ago Hamilton police arrest 3rd suspect after bystander killed during gunfight

A third person has been arrested after a young, innocent bystander was struck and killed by a stray bullet during a gunfight in Hamilton, Ont., earlier this year.

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5 d. ago Nepal internet crackdown part of global trend toward suppressing online freedom

Nepal’s crackdown on social media companies, which led to protests and police killing at least 19 people, is part of a yearslong decline of internet freedoms around the world as even democracies seek to curtail online speech. The Himalayan country’s government said last week it was blocking several social media platforms including Facebook, X and […]

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5 d. ago Police say man killed retired Auburn University professor at public park

AUBURN, Ala. — A retired veterinary professor at Auburn University was killed over the weekend while walking her dog at a popular park in Auburn, Ala., authorities said. Julie Gard Schnuelle, 59, was attacked and killed Saturday morning in Kiesel Park, located about eight kilometers from campus, according to the Auburn Police Department. She had […]

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6 d. ago Nepal police open fire on protesters outside Parliament, killing 11

Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Nepal's capital Monday to vent their anger against a decision by authorities to block most social media platforms.

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6 d. ago New Zealand dad who evaded authorities with 3 kids for years is shot dead by police

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A man who evaded authorities with his three children in the remote New Zealand countryside for nearly four years was shot and killed by a police officer Monday, law enforcement said. One child was with Tom Phillips at the time of the confrontation and the other two children were found […]

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8 d. ago York police chief defends advice after father killed protecting family during home invasion

'When it comes to defending property, material items can be replaced — but lives cannot,' York Regional Police Chief Jim MacSween says

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8 d. ago York police chief defends advice to ‘comply’ with intruders after father killed protecting family

But Jim MacSween understands why his advice not to take matters into your own hands when confronted by violent criminals angered some people

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9 d. ago Two Canadians dead in Lisbon streetcar crash, Portuguese police say

Police in Portugal say two Canadians are among the 16 people killed when a streetcar derailed Wednesday. The dead also included five Portuguese nationals, three British citizens, two South Koreans, one American, one French, one Swiss and one Ukrainian, police said in a statement. The list of nationalities was published following forensic identification. The French […]

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1 week ago French police kill suspect after 5 hurt in Marseille knife attack

MARSEILLE — French police on Tuesday killed a man suspected of stabbing five people in the southern port city of Marseille, one of whom is in critical condition, a public prosecutor said. The assailant, a Tunisian national with legal status in France, stabbed several people at a hotel that had just evicted him for non-payment, […]

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2 w. ago Australian police urge gunman to surrender after officers killed

Porepunkah (Australia) (AFP) — Australian police told an on-the-run gunman accused of killing two officers to “lay down your firearms” Friday, as they hunted him for a fourth day in rugged, forested bushland. The heavily armed 56-year-old suspect, Dezi Freeman, fled into the bush Tuesday after opening fire on a team of 10 police officers […]

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2 w. ago Police shot and killed a charging dog, and injured its owner, when the dog attacked police on the Oneida Nation on the Thames, police reported Thursday.

Police shot a charging dog as officers were investigating an incident involving two pit bulls on Oneida Nation on the Thames, Ontario Provincial Police say. On Tuesday at about 8 p.m., Oneida police responded to an animal complaint on Bodkin Road, police say. One resident was walking their dog when two unleashed pit bulls charged, […]

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2 w. ago Accused killer, victims lived in same homeless encampment in Barrie, police say

Barrie cops would not say how victims were killed, what motive accused may have allegedly had

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2 w. ago 2 men who were killed and dismembered knew attacker: Barrie police

Barrie police say the killing of two people who were then dismembered was not random and that the accused and victims were known to one another.

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2 w. ago Family ‘shocked’ after Ontario man gunned down in targeted mall killing, police say

The family of a victim is speaking out after their son was shot and killed inside a shopping mall in Scarborough in the family washroom.

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2 w. ago Police renew call for help solving 1988 slaying of woman in her home

Monday marked the 37th anniversary of the still-unsolved stabbing death of Morag Davies, 45, who was attacked and killed in her own bedroom on Aug. 25, 1988. Sarnia police have renewed their call for the public’s help solving the case. This story on her family’s ongoing push for justice was first published in the Aug. […]

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3 w. ago Rollover crash involving tour bus near Buffalo leaves multiple dead, others injured

PEMBROKE, N.Y. — A tour bus returning to New York City from Niagara Falls with 51 passengers crashed and rolled Friday on an interstate highway, killing and injuring multiple people, police said. The bus apparently lost control on I-90 near Pembroke, about 40 kilometers east of Buffalo. People inside were ejected as the windows shattered. […]

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3 w. ago Elderly ‘bear attack’ victim was actually killed by son: Police

An elderly man who was believed to be killed by a bear was actually stabbed to death by his son, Japanese police say. Fujiyoshi Shindo, 93, was found in a bedroom by his wife, collapsed and bleeding from multiple wounds in their Daisen, Akita Prefecture home on Monday afternoon, according to local media. He was […]

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3 w. ago 'Devastating' court ruling rejects B.C. ostrich farm’s bid to prevent avian flu cull

The unanimous ruling by the three-judge panel says the 'stamping out' policy of the CFIA, in which infected poultry flocks are killed entirely, is reasonable

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3 w. ago Police arrest 13 in connection with killings of Mexico City mayor’s staff

MEXICO CITY — At least 13 people allegedly involved in the killing of two members of Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada’s staff in May were arrested Wednesday for their alleged roles in what authorities described as a meticulously planned hit on two people close to the capital’s leader. Three of those arrested allegedly were directly […]

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3 w. ago Man involved in neighbour dispute shot and killed by Vancouver police

Police say man was armed when he was shot in east Vancouver

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