3 h. ago PSNI chief to be shown sensitive files relating to Jock Davison’s death

The 47-year-old was shot dead in the Markets area of Belfast in May 2015.

Events

11 h. ago Furious woman shot man dead for honking at her when traffic light turned green, prosecutors say

Authorities said Deborah Benefiel became enraged when Kenntrell Settles laid on his horn and sped past her on an Indianapolis roadway.

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17 h. ago Daughter's devastating discovery after parents and dog shot dead in home

An inquest has heard how a man shot his wife and their dog before turning the gun on himself in a murder-suicide at their home in the UK

Society

20 h. ago More than £140,000 could be awarded for community projects if councillors give green light

Officers recommend grants be allocated to Life Church, Active Communities and Renfrew Association of Growers and Gardeners.

Economics

25 h. ago Woman accused of following and fatally shooting driver who honked at her at green light: ‘A moment of anger should not cost someone their life’

The Indianapolis woman allegedly followed and yelled at the man who hinked at her before firing a gun into his car, killing him

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26 h. ago Mum shot dead by 'obsessed boyfriend' who kidnapped baby daughter

Savannah Kulla, 29, was shot by her ex-partner Anthony Deschepper and he allegedly dumped her body in a car park, before police launched a manhunt to find him

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27 h. ago Drug dealer admits murder of woman who was shot dead during gang turf war

Marcus Huntley, 21, shot dead Joanne Penney, 40, after she opened the door of a flat in south Wales on March 9 this year.

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28 h. ago Daughter found parents and dog dead after all had been shot, inquest hears

'I knew there was nothing I could do. I knew my mother wasn't with us anymore.'

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29 h. ago Former paratrooper in 70s CLEARED of double murder on Bloody Sunday more than 50 years ago

Thirteen civil rights protesters were shot dead by soldiers in Londonderry on Bloody Sunday in what was one of the darkest days of what became known as the Troubles.

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29 h. ago British army veteran known as Soldier F not guilty of Bloody Sunday murders

Soldier F was on trial in relation to events in Derry in 1972 when Parachute regiment shot dead 13 civil rights protestersA British army veteran has been found not guilty of murder in relation to Bloody Sunday, when the Parachute regiment shot dead 13 civil rights protesters in Derry in 1972.Soldier F was on trial for two murders and five attempted murders during a defining event of Northern Ireland’s Troubles. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago Woman shot dead on doorstep victim of rival crime gangs 'clash', court hears

Joanne Penny was shot in the chest in what the prosecution say was part of a turf war between rival drug dealers

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53 h. ago Woman shot dead as part of drug gang turf war, murder trial told

Joanne Penney, 40, was shot in the heart when she opened the door of a flat in Talbot Green, near Cardiff.

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56 h. ago Ruth Ellis' grandchildren call for posthumous pardon for last woman to be hanged in Britain saying she was physically and emotionally abused by her lover before she shot him dead

The nightclub hostess, was executed on July 13, 1955, aged 26 after being convicted of murdering her lover, racing driver David Blakely.

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3 d. ago Man United can make audacious transfer swoop for striker who 'said yes' before

Ruben Amorim could have a chance at completing a Manchester United transfer that was first mooted more than a decade ago, and the player has already given the green light

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4 d. ago ‘A punch in the face’: Germany’s dash for gas raises questions over climate targets

Plans for a fossil fuel project in Wadden Sea nature reserve have angered local people and campaigners, as political enthusiasm for renewables wanesPeering out on a clear day from the windswept dunes that dapple the north-western tip of Germany, on a gull-shaped island in the Wadden Sea nature reserve, tourists hoping to spot seals may soon see a dark metal platform rise out of the water.The planned structure is one of several fossil fuel projects that Germany is pushing to build despite a legal deadline to stop polluting the atmosphere with carbon emissions in 20 years’ time. The joint Dutch-German venture, which received the green light from regional authorities last month, seeks to extract 13bn cubic metres of gas from just outside a protected area at the marine border between the two countries. Continue reading...

Society

5 d. ago Let the suffocation commence as Celtic green light pursuit to leave rivals unable to breathe

Celtic pick up their Premiership campaign at Dundee on Sunday after Rodgers admitted their were "nowhere near" the levels they want last time out.

Politics

6 d. ago ‘Indecency has become a new hallmark’: writer and historian Jelani Cobb on race in Donald Trump’s America

In a new essay collection, the dean of Columbia University’s graduate school of journalism makes a compelling argument that everything is connected and nothing is inevitable about racial justice or democracy“From the vantage point of the newsroom, the first story is almost never the full story,” writes Jelani Cobb. “You hear stray wisps of information, almost always the most inflammatory strands of a much bigger, more complicated set of circumstances.”The dean of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in New York could be reflecting on the recent killing of the racist provocateur Charlie Kirk. In fact, he is thinking back to Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African American student from Florida who was shot dead by a white Latino neighbourhood watch volunteer in 2012. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago The Taliban bring back stadium executions: Afghan who murdered a man and his heavily pregnant wife is publicly shot dead in front of thousands

An Afghan who murdered a man and his heavily pregnant wife has been executed by a relative of the victims (Pictured, the execution of an alleged murderer in Kabul in 1998)

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7 d. ago A veteran marine was found shot dead after working an Uber shift. Now three teens have been arrested

The Texas teens allegedly shot the Marine veteran, who was driving for Uber, and dragged his body to the side of a Harris County road

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7 d. ago Plans to demolish London shopping centre and build 1,700 homes given green light

Lewisham Shopping Centre to be demolished to make way for towers up to 35 storeys high

Economics