29 h. ago Russian transport minister 'shoots himself dead' hours after being sacked by Vladimir Putin

Roman Starovoit was reportedly found with a ‘gunshot wound’ near the capital Moscow

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31 h. ago Russian minister 'shoots himself dead' hours after being sacked by Putin

A Russian minister has shot himself dead just hours are being sacked by Vladimir Putin.

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32 h. ago 3 dead, 10 injured in South Philadelphia shooting and a person is in custody, police say

Authorities say three people were killed and 10 others injured in a shooting

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38 h. ago Nightclub mass shooting leaves three dead and eight injured as major incident declared

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58 h. ago Who preserves the homes of Black literary giants | Nneka M Okona

Langston Hughes and Toni Morrison’s childhood homes remain unmarked – raising urgent questions about legacy and preservationNothing could prepare me for seeing the house that Langston Hughes, the heralded Harlem Renaissance poet, author, journalist and traveler, lived in as a teenager in Cleveland, Ohio. Only eight steps separated me from the walkway that led to the front door as my Uber driver idled behind me. I clasped my camera in my hand, the shutter echoing in the quiet of a snowy February day. I looked more like a too-curious-tourist than a concerned writer researching the literary legacy of a man who had inspired me all my life.The house was ordinary, painted in an aging beige that was deepened with crisp, burgundy accents. At the top in an attic space the burgundy was most prominent. I’d learned before this visit that Hughes had lived and written there. I’d also known going into this trip that the house had at one point been at risk of being demolished, efforts that were sub...

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3 d. ago Bloodbath cartel violence worse than ever in Mexico with beheaded bodies hanging from bridges, mass shootings and a 'extermination camps' with ovens for disposing of the dead

Once confined to remote borderlands, the carnage is now brazen, public, and unrelenting, leaving Mexican streets soaked in blood.

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4 d. ago Wimbledon star only had £19 in the bank and was working as Uber driver before big payday

Carson Branstine made her first appearance at Wimbledon this year, but the American-born Canadian was forced to make some drastic decisions to get herself there

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5 d. ago Horrifying CCTV footage shows moment man walks up to dad and shoots him dead outside gym

CCTV footage captures the moment that Lenny Scott, a former prison guard, was shot at by a gunman outside a gym in Merseyside on February 8 last year

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5 d. ago Albanian accused of two murders who got British citizenship under a false name will NOT be deported home because it 'would be flagrant denial of his human rights'

Ilirian Zeqaj, 52, is accused by authorities in Albania of shooting dead two men in the late 1990s, which he denies, before claiming asylum and being granted citizenship in the UK.

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5 d. ago Four dead and 14 injured in shooting at Chicago party for rapper Mello Buckzz

Album launch party was ending when three people in an SUV began firing on a crowd outside a nightclubFour people were killed by gunfire and 14 others hospitalized overnight after a drive-by shooting outside a private nightclub event in Chicago, police said on Thursday.At least three were in critical condition and city news outlets reported that the incident happened after a launch party for the new album by local rap star Mello Buckzz and that her boyfriend was one of those shot. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Chicago nightclub mass shooting leaves four dead and 14 wounded

At least 18 people have been shot outside a party for rapper Mello Buckzz near the Artis Lounge nightclub in downtown Chicago

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5 d. ago Chicago nightclub mass shooting leaves three dead and 16 wounded

At least 19 people have reportedly been shot outside Artis Lounge nightclub in downtown Chicago

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5 d. ago Mass shooting sees at least 3 dead and several injured in album launch party horror

This is a breaking news story and is being constantly updated by our reporters as the breaking news story develops

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5 d. ago Chicago shooting UPDATES: Three dead and 16 wounded after nightclub drive by

A mass shooting at a nightclub in downtown Chicago has left three people dead and 16 people wounded

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6 d. ago Michigan cops use Faygo soda to trick armed suspect holding bank employee hostage so they could shoot him dead

Michigan police used a drone carrying a Faygo soda can to lure Quinton Marquese Allen, 31, out of a Mercantile Bank where he was holding an employee hostage.

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6 d. ago Men accused of shooting prison officer dead in 'revenge' for exposing affair with guard are pictured at Glastonbury

Elias Morgan and Anthony Cleary allegedly murdered father-of-four Lenny Scott who was fatally injured outside a West Lancashire gym in February last year.

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6 d. ago Men accused of shooting prison officer dead in 'revenge' pictured at Glastonbury

Elias Morgan and co-defendant Anthony Cleary attended Glastonbury Festival in 2023, months before Lenny Scott was fatally injured in a shooting in West Lancashire

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8 d. ago Gunman starts blaze and shoots two firefighters dead in 'horrific' US ambush attack

Scenes of pandemonium as brush fire burned and firefighters arrived only to come under heavy fire

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8 d. ago Idaho shooting: two dead after gunman ambushed firefighters responding to blaze

Police find body of suspect, who they said started the fire intentionally to ambush first respondersA man armed with a rifle intentionally started a wildfire and then began shooting at first responders in a northern Idaho mountain community, killing two firefighters and wounding a third during a barrage of gunfire over several hours, authorities said.A shelter-in-place order was lifted Sunday night after a tactical response team used mobile phone data to “hone in” on a wooded area where they found the suspect’s body with a firearm nearby as flames rapidly approached, Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris said. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Idaho shooting latest: Suspect found dead and lockdown lifted hours after firefighter ambush kills two

Authorities end ‘shelter-in-place’ order for the residents of Coeur d’Alene

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