2 h. ago Shootings of people who mistakenly go the wrong house test limits of stand your ground laws

The fatal shooting in early November of a house cleaner who mistakenly went to the wrong address in Indiana feels hauntingly familiar

Society

6 h. ago Portland 24 Hour Fitness gym shooting as two people shot with gunman on loose

A major incident has seen emergency services swarm the popular 24 Hour Fitness in Portland, Oregon, as police confirm two people were shot by a gunman on the loose

Events

7 h. ago Two Australian police officers were killed in an ambush. It was deemed terrorism – but an inquest says otherwise

Six people died during the shootings at a remote property in Wieambilla, Queensland. A coroner says a family’s shared paranoid delusions drove their attackThree years ago on a remote Australian property, a trio of paranoid, deluded conspiracy theorists lay in wait.The three members of the Train family spent a year preparing ambush positions for a confrontation with Queensland police at their home in Wieambilla, 270km west of Brisbane, believing the battle marked the end of the world. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago ‘Suffering, betrayal, impending doom’: Spain’s alienated youth – in pictures

Magnum photographer Lúa Ribeira worked intensely with young people – shooting them in dystopian landscapes on city limits to reflect their feelings of disconnection Continue reading...

Politics

4 d. ago Florida gun owners can now open carry in the original stand your ground state – why this has experts worried

Open carry increases the visibility – and perceived legitimacy – of guns in everyday life

Politics

5 d. ago Urgent search for gunman after two killed, including young boy, in New Jersey shooting

New Jersey police are urgently searching for a suspect after two people - including a child - were killed in a shooting that left three others injured.

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5 d. ago The TRUTH behind Sarajevo's 'human safaris': Shocking testimonies of men who watched 'elite, wealthy hunters' shoot civilians after paying huge sums for a chance to murder women and children

Prosecutors in Milan have opened an investigation into Italian tourists who allegedly paid £70,000 to shoot innocent people in 'human safari' hunting trips to Sarajevo, with extra charged to kill children.

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6 d. ago Feds charge more people in connection with July shooting at Texas detention center

Federal prosecutors in Texas have charged six more people with a new terrorism-related charge in the July shooting outside an immigration detention center near Dallas

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9 d. ago Tourists 'paid £70,000 to shoot people in human safari hunting trip' during war

Shocking case in Italian courts claims rich foreigners took weekend trips to Bosnia to kill innocent civilians and children during the conflict, which saw more than 11,000 killed by snipers and shelling between 1992 and 1996

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9 d. ago Man accused of shooting two people tells police 'a cockroach told me to do it'

Officers were allegedly told by a suspect accused of shooting two men that a "cockroach ordered" him to do it. The US man is now facing murder charges after being apprehended by authorities

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9 d. ago Tourists 'paid £70,000 to shoot innocent people in "human safari" hunting trips to Sarajevo

Prosecutors in Milan have opened an investigation into Italian tourists who allegedly paid £70,000 to shoot innocent people in 'human safari' hunting trips to Sarajevo, with extra charged to kill children.

Economics

1 week ago Indiana woman who was at wrong home address to clean fatally shot by resident

Officers found Maria Florinda Rios Perez De Velasquez dead after she accidentally went to a wrong propertyAuthorities in Indiana are considering whether to charge a homeowner who they say shot and killed a woman after she mistakenly went to the wrong address where she thought she was turning up to clean a property.Police officers found Maria Florinda Rios Perez De Velasquez, 32, dead just before 7am Wednesday on the front porch of a home in Whitestown, an Indianapolis suburb of about 10,000 people. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Man tries to shoot people over argument about how many eggs chickens lay

A man was taken into custody after he got caught up in an argument outside a pub about how many eggs a chicken can lay and ended up pulling out a gun during the tense encounter

Events

2 w. ago Pathologist, 68, died of overdose after staff at his own NHS trust mistakenly gave him wrong medication for a chest infection

Prof Ray McMahon, 68, suffered a cardiac arrest after he was given medication which was three times too strong, his inquest heard.

Events

2 w. ago US mass murderer George Banks dies in prison 43 years after rampage

Banks was convicted of killing 13 people, including his own children, in 1982 shooting in Wilkes-Barre, PennsylvaniaGeorge Banks, one of the most notorious mass murderers in the US, has died.Banks, 83, died Sunday afternoon at Phoenix state prison in Pennsylvania, the state department of corrections said. Banks died of complications from renal neoplasm, or kidney cancer, said Montgomery county coroner Dr Janine Darby. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The nuclear war drama the BBC banned for being 'too horrifying': How The War Game depicted chaos in 60s Britain after apocalyptic strike, as its director dies aged 90

In depicting a nuclear attack on the UK, The War Game showed the inevitable deadly firestorm, dead bodies in the streets and armed police shooting people after food riots.

Events

2 w. ago Nine people injured in mass shooting at Ohio party held in Airbnb

Teenagers had gathered at the house for a birthday party and the motive for the shooting was unclearNine people were injured by gunfire early Sunday at a large rental home where teenagers had gathered for a birthday party that was promoted on social media. The scene in north-eastern Ohio was chaotic as some people fled and first responders performed life-saving measures, police said.The shooting happened at about 12.15am local time in Bath Township, about 15 miles (24 km) north-west of Akron. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago “Where would America be without us?” A community of refugees is stunned by White House limits

In Minneapolis, where Somali refugees helped revitalize entire neighborhoods, the community was stunned by the presidential order capping annual refugee admissions at 7,500, the lowest number since the program began in 1980

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3 w. ago Studying the wrong ancient Roman ruler gets Australian high school seniors out of a history exam

Teachers at nine high schools in northeastern Australia discovered days before an ancient history exam that they had mistakenly taught their students about the wrong Roman ruler — Augustus Caesar instead of his predecessor, Julius Caesar

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3 w. ago 60 people killed as ‘biggest gang raid in history’ sparks shootouts in Rio de Janeiro

The massive raid by thousands of cops followed a year of investigation into the criminal group

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