12 h. ago Actor John Alford found guilty of sexually assaulting two teenage girls

Alford was convicted of four counts of sexual activity with a child, sexual assault and assault by penetration relating to the two victims.

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26 h. ago Republicans have been smearing trans people as violent for years. Now DOJ wants to ban them from owning guns

The conservative frenzy over Minneapolis shooter Robin Westman is the culmination of a years-long effort to vilify transgender people as mass killers, writes Io Dodds

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38 h. ago Moment boy, 16, in Resident Evil costume is tackled to the ground by police outside near London comic con after sparking mass shooting fears

Concerned members of the public called 999 at around 2.30pm last Saturday as the teenager was seen walking amid a crowd of football fans near Stamford Bridge.

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59 h. ago Maine mass shooting survivors sue government for negligence: ‘Most preventable mass tragedies in American history’

The bew lawsuit accuses the Army of negligence for failing to act as shooter Robert Card’s mental health unraveled in the months before the October 2023 attack

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64 h. ago Survivors of Maine mass shooting and victims' relatives sue US government alleging negligence

More than 100 survivors and relatives of victims of Maine's deadliest mass shooting are suing the federal government

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4 d. ago Jason Aldean reveals he had a ‘breakdown’ after mass shooting at Las Vegas music festival

The country star was onstage when the deadliest mass shooting in US history erupted

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4 d. ago Liam Gallagher dedicates Oasis song in 'emotional' tribute Minneapolis mass school shooting victims

While performing in New Jersey, the Oasis frontman dedicated one of the bands hit songs to the victims who tragically died in the shooting just five days earlier

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4 d. ago Liam Gallagher dedicates Oasis song to victims of Minneapolis mass school shooting

Oasis are at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, but the Minneapolis school shooting wasn't far from anyone's mind as the group offered a tribute to the young victims

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5 d. ago Pope Leo demands end to ‘pandemic of arms’ after Minnesota school shooting

First US pope in history prays for victims of last week’s shooting that left two children dead and 18 others injuredPope Leo XIV called for the “pandemic of arms, large and small” to end during a weekly public prayer with crowds in St Peter’s Square on Sunday that also addressed the plague of mass shootings in the US.The first US pope in history, a native of Chicago, spoke in English as he prayed for the victims of last week’s shooting during a Catholic school mass in Minnesota which saw two children killed and others seriously injured. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Pope Leo XIV denounces 'pandemic of arms' as he prays for victims of Minnesota school shooting

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday denounced the “pandemic of arms, large and small,” as he prayed publicly for the victims of the shooting during a Catholic school Mass in the United States

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6 d. ago Boy, 16, ‘with fake gun’ arrested in Chelsea on way to comic book convention

Scotland Yard rubbished online claims suspect was an attempted mass shooter

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6 d. ago Minneapolis school shooting latest: Funding for mass shooting prevention programs in Minnesota pulled before killings

Police say 23-year-old Robin Westman fired 116 rounds through the stained-glass windows of a church next to Annunciation Catholic School, trying to kill as many children as possible

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6 d. ago Dramatic moment police swoop on teen boy near Stamford Bridge after 'fake gun sparked mass shooter fears'

The post on X, which had over 200k views within half an hour claimed: 'An attempted mass shooter has been arrested near Stamford Bridge after the Chelsea game.'

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6 d. ago Corrupt prison officer's affair with inmate revealed at murder trial

Sarah Williams' relationship with Elias Morgan was uncovered by murder victim Lenny Scott

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7 d. ago Unanswered questions in Minneapolis school shooting: Motive, guns and missed opportunities to stop killer

Shortly after Robin Westman opened fire on a Catholic school mass packed with children, the shooter's shocking manifestos spread across internet - leaving a trail of puzzling clues behind.

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7 d. ago Minneapolis school shooter Robin Westman's former GOP lawmaker uncle who defended transgender rights says he wishes killer 'shot me instead'

Police said Robin Westman opened fire at a Catholic church on Wednesday morning, killing two children. Westman's yearbook entry at the associated school has been unearthed.

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7 d. ago The US just saw its 44th school shooting this year. The disturbing data shows the true scale of the problem

There have been hundreds of mass school shootings since Covid, with 120 child victims last year alone. As Minnesota lawmakers call for stricter gun laws, millions of firearms are sold each month. Alicja Hagopian reports.

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7 d. ago Parents identify victims of Minneapolis school shooting: ‘Our hearts are broken’

Fletcher Merkel, eight, and Harper Moyski, 10, died during the attack on the Annunciation Catholic school churchAn eight-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl who were killed in a mass shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school have been identified by their parents.Fletcher Merkel, eight, and Harper Moyski, 10, died during the attack on the Annunciation Catholic school church on Wednesday morning, their parents confirmed. A further 17 people, 14 of them children, were injured in the shooting. Continue reading...

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7 d. 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.

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8 d. ago Minneapolis school shooter 'obsessed with killing kids' fired 116 rounds

Minneapolis school shooter Robin Westman, 24, appeared to be 'obsessed with the idea of killing children' and listed the names of mass shooters on a YouTube channel, police said

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