2 h. ago South Carolina ‘high school alumni party’ ends in tragedy after four killed and 20 injured in bar shooting, reports say

Hundreds of people were at the bar when shots rang out, police said

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2 h. ago South Carolina bar mass shooting leaves multiple dead with 20 injured and four fighting for life

Four people were found dead at the scene on St. Helena Island, South Carolina, and 20 people were injured. Four of them were taken to hospitals in critical condition

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4 h. ago Four killed and 20 injured in early morning shooting at South Carolina bar

Hundreds of people were at the bar when shots rang out, police said

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5 h. ago Four killed and 20 injured in horrific mass shooting at bar in US

Local police said victims and witnesses were forced to run for cover during the 'tragic and difficult' incident

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6 h. ago Mass shooting leaves four dead and 20 injured after shots fired at restaurant

A large crowd of revellers had gathered at Willie's Bar and Grill on St. Helena Island, South Carolina, before shooting broke out leaving four dead and at least 20 injured

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6 h. ago At least four dead and 20 injured in mass shooting at South Carolina restaurant

AT least four people have been killed and 20 injured in a mass shooting in South Carolina. Gunfire broke out at Willie’s Bar and Grill on St Helena Island in Beaufort County in the early hours of Sunday morning. "Upon arriving at the scene deputies made contact with a large crowd of people, several of...

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26 h. ago Six people dead with multiple injured in three shootings at Mississippi homecoming weekends

Four people were killed in an attack in Leland, while two were killed in Heidelberg, amid a third attack in Rolling ForkSix people were killed and 18 others injured in three separate shootings at high school football homecoming celebrations in Mississippi, according to a number of local officials on Saturday.The most fatal incident took place around midnight on Friday in Leland, where four people died, John Lee, the mayor of the small city in Washington county, western Mississippi, said on Saturday morning. At least 16 were wounded in that incident, with four in critical condition airlifted to the state capital of Jackson and 12 others treated at local hospitals. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago Six people dead in shootings during two separate Mississippi homecoming gatherings

Sixteen people were injured in attack in Leland, while another two were killed in shooting in HeidelbergFour people have been killed and 16 others injured in a shooting in western Mississippi during a high school football homecoming celebration, according to local officials early on Saturday.The incident took place around midnight on Friday, John Lee, the mayor of Leland, a small city in Washington county, said to the Guardian in a telephone interview on Saturday morning. At least 12 of the wounded were being treated at nearby hospitals. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago Four people dead in shooting during Mississippi homecoming celebration

Sixteen people were also injured in attack that occurred after high school football game in small city of Leland Four people have been killed and 16 others injured in a shooting in western Mississippi during a high school football homecoming celebration, according to local officials early on Saturday.The incident took place around midnight on Friday, John Lee, the mayor of Leland, a small city in Washington county, said to the Guardian in a telephone interview on Saturday morning. At least 12 of the wounded were being treated at nearby hospitals. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago One killed and several injured in Israeli airstrikes on south Lebanon

A number of vehicles were destroyed in pre-dawn airstrikes

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43 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Power restored to Kyiv after Russia drone attacks

Zelenskyy says attacks targeted energy infrastructure as winter looms; boy killed as drones and missiles hit Zaporizhzhia. What we know on day 1,326Power was restored to 270,000 consumers in Kyiv after attacks from Russia knocked it out, Ukraine’s energy minister Svitlana Hrynchuk wrote on Facebook on Friday. People in Kyiv heard blasts throughout Thursday night and many woke up without power on Friday after the huge air attack targeted Ukraine’s energy system. Images posted online showed firefighters working to tackle burning blocks of flats. Hrynchuk did not say how many people had lost power. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said the Russian strikes targeted civilian and energy infrastructure as Ukraine prepares for winter temperatures.Russian drones and missiles damaged 12 apartment buildings in the south-eastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing a seven-year-old boy and injuring four people, according to the regional governor. The Kyiv mayor, Vitali Klitschko, sa...

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45 h. ago Man who threatened to kill himself with a gun is left with life

Police were called by his family on Friday morning to a home in Walthamstow, north-east London , to report that he had a gun and was making threats to harm himself, Scotland Yard said.

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48 h. ago Arrest made in Alabama capital city shooting that left 2 dead and 12 injured last weekend

A juvenile male has been arrested for his role in a shooting that killed two people and injured 12 others in Montgomery, Alabama

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53 h. ago One dead and 19 missing explosion at bomb factory that 'could be felt 40 miles away'

A horror blast at an explosives factory in the US has killed at least one person and injured many more. At least 19 staff were "unaccounted for" after the explosion, officials said

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54 h. ago Bukayo Saka gives honest ‘it killed me’ injury admission after Thomas Tuchel lays down gauntlet

Bukayo Saka has had a stop-start season for Arsenal and the England winger has now admitted he is far from his best after returning from a hamstring injury

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56 h. ago Bath mats, candles and underpants: would Basquiat have loved or hated all the merch?

New book The Making of an Icon examines artist whose works have become almost ubiquitousIt seems like a new Jean-Michel Basquiat fashion collaboration drops online most weeks, from a £20 Uniqlo crew neck T-shirt to a kimono or a sports bra. But more than 35 years since his death in 1988, would the New York artist have been flattered or horrified by the mass marketing of his art?Basquiat’s premature death at 27 means that questions will remain as to whether he would have signed off on things like bathmats on Redbubble or Ligne Bath’s Trumpet candle. How would he, for example, have felt about a Basquiat collaboration with MeUndies underpants – with the tagline: “Jean-Michel Basquiat taught us all to look inward and find our authentic self. MeUndies always strives for authenticity.” Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Two years of displacement and destruction in Gaza – photo essay

Enas Tantesh’s photography captures not only the despair and insecurity but also moments of normality and human connectionOver the past two years in Gaza, the world has witnessed one of the worst onslaughts against a civilian population in recent history and has been unwilling or unable to stop it.More than 66,200 people have been killed and nearly 169,000 injured, meaning that about one in 10 of Gaza’s Palestinian population have been casualties of Israel’s military campaign.After the Israeli army destroyed a mosque and wrote on it in Hebrew, someone from Gaza wrote on the dome: ‘A promise we will construct it.’ Gaza City, 24 February 2025 Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Inside a parents’ group chat about raising kids in violent times

The Guardian’s parenting WhatsApp group discusses the recent spate of school shootings and political violence – and how they explain it to their kids“I have been emotionally at my wit’s end with the violence.”Gabriela Rangel is a glass dispatch coordinator in California City, California, and mother to a five-year-old. Like many parents across the nation, she was horrified to learn about the 27 August shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Two children were killed and 17 other people were injured. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Inside a US parents’ group chat about raising kids in violent times

The Guardian’s parenting WhatsApp group discusses the recent spate of school shootings and political violence – and how they explain it to their kids“I have been emotionally at my wit’s end with the violence.”Gabriela Rangel is a glass dispatch coordinator in California City, California, and mother to a five-year-old. Like many parents across the nation, she was horrified to learn about the 27 August shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Two children were killed and 17 other people were injured. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Jamaica imposes curfews after two deadly shootings rattle the island

Shootings left six people dead, including a four-year-old, and nine others injured amid suspected gang violenceAuthorities in Jamaica have imposed curfews after two recent shootings in which six people, including a four-year-old child, were killed and nine others injured as suspected gang violence rattles the Caribbean island.The most recent shooting took place on Tuesday night after unidentified gunmen drove past a group of people in the capital, Kingston, and opened fire. Six people, including two nine-year-old children and two teenagers, were shot, according to the Kingston Central police superintendent Beresford Williams. Continue reading...

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