Case Details Gang Members as Both Victims and Perpetrators in Gruesome Killings

A federal jury yesterday afternoon convicted three members of the Gangster Disciples for their roles in the murder of an Athens, Georgia, resident as retribution for the killing of another gang member and the murders of two other Athens men falsely suspected of cooperating with law enforcement. Philmon Deshawn Chambers, aka “Dolla Phil,” 34, of…

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What Is Wagner? Inside Prigozhin’s Secret War Company

Since the beginning of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner paramilitary group has emerged from the shadows to become a potent political and cultural force in Russia—and one with the potential to derail the Kremlin’s long-term plans. Prigozhin initially built a fighting unit of well-armed men to defend his business interests, which chiefly revolved…

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Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin listed in Russian plane crash with no survivors

Russia’s most powerful mercenary Yevgeny Prigozhin was on board a plane which crashed on Wednesday evening north of Moscow with no survivors, the Russian authorities said, two months to the day after he led an abortive mutiny against the army top brass. There was no official comment from the Kremlin or the Defence Ministry on…

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Second Ecuador politician killed in less than a week

A local party leader has been killed in Ecuador, the second politician to be assassinated in the space of a week. Pedro Briones was shot dead by gunmen on a motorcycle at his home in northern Esmeraldas province. His killing comes just five days after presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was gunned down in the capital,…

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Mayor of Ecuador port city slain in shooting that kills 1 other, wounds 4

The mayor of Ecuador’s third largest city was slain Sunday in a shooting that killed one other person and wounded four more, including two suspected attackers, officials said. Agustín Intriago, a 38-year-old lawyer, belonged to the local Better City movement in the port city of Manta and was recently re-elected to a term that began…

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2 Birmingham firefighters shot in potentially targeted attack, suspect at large: Police

Two firefighters have been shot inside a Birmingham, Alabama, fire station in what police say may be a targeted attack. Both firefighters were hospitalized in serious condition after the shooting, which took place at about 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Birmingham police told reporters. The suspect and motive are unknown, police said, adding that it’s “extremely unusual…

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Surgeon at Tennessee clinic fatally shot by patient

One person is dead and another is detained after a shooting at a Collierville clinic Tuesday afternoon. Collierville Police said a healthcare worker was fatally shot by a patient in an exam room at the Campbell Clinic on Poplar Avenue. A witness who was in the building told WREG a patient had been threatening someone…

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Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten released from prison after 53 years

Former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten was released from prison on Tuesday after serving 53 years behind bars, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. According to her attorney, Van Houten is now in a “transitional living facility.” She was released to parole supervision and “will have a three-year maximum parole term…

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