65 h. ago Speaker Mike Johnson says ‘the human heart’ and not guns are responsible for mass shootings

Mike Johnson says “the human heart” and not guns are responsible for mass shootings in the United States.

Politics

4 d. ago 'Mass casualty response' as active shooter dressed in black with rifle guns down 20

The horrific situation is unfolding in the US city of Minneapolis at Annunciation Church on 500 block of West 54th Street with reports of at least two dead

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4 d. ago 'Mass casualty response' as shooter dressed in black guns down 20 at primary school

The horrific situation is unfolding in the US city of Minneapolis at Annunciation Church and Primary School on 500 block of West 54th Street with reports of at least two dead

Culture

6 d. ago The Guardian view on protests in Serbia: a battle for democracy that the EU must not ignore | Editorial

An authoritarian crackdown on mass demonstrations in an EU candidate country requires a stronger response from BrusselsDuring a summer in which European leaders have focused on shuttle diplomacy with Donald Trump over trade and Ukraine, they have maintained a discreet silence regarding another crisis in Europe’s east. For more than nine months, mass student-led protests in Serbia have been challenging the authoritarian rule of Aleksandar Vučić, who has been in office as prime minister and president for 11 years. Up to now, Brussels has largely opted to look away.The catalyst for some of the largest demonstrations in Serbia’s history was the collapse of a newly renovated railway station roof in the country’s second city, Novi Sad, leading to the deaths of 16 people. The disaster was widely attributed to entrenched fraud and corruption presided over by Mr Vučić’s ruling Serbian Progressive party, and swiftly became the spark for a movement for democratic reform. The students are deman...

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1 week ago ‘Cruel hoax’ prompts Villanova University students to shelter in place after false ‘active shooter’ reported on campus

False reports of active shooter caused university visitors to flee and prompted mass police response

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3 w. ago The Dead of Winter review – Emma Thompson lights up icy Fargo country thriller

Thompson turns up the accent dial to play a good-natured Minnesota widow bringing her charm – and her gun – to tackle some concentrated nastinessFrom the freezing heart of Fargo country in snowy Minnesota comes a quite outrageously enjoyable suspense thriller starring Emma Thompson; I hadn’t realised what a treat it would be to see Thompson handle a pistol with a scope and also demonstrate where on the body you can get shot and still keep moving.The Dead of Winter has an old-school barnstorming brashness, some edge-of-the-seat tension, a mile-wide streak of sentimentality, a dash of broad humour and a horrible flourish of the macabre. Brian Kirk directs from a script by screenwriters Nicholas Jacobson-Larson and Dalton Leeb, and Thompson turns up the accent dial to play a neighbourly and good-natured Minnesota widow. With her recently deceased husband, she ran a fishing supplies store and like him was keen on ice-fishing: venturing out on huge freezing lakes, drilling a hole in the ...

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