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Maine marking one year since worst mass shooting in its history
With flags lowered across the state, Maine residents whose sense of safety was shattered last year by the deadliest mass shooting in the state’s history planned to mark the day Friday in ways big and small, including a planned memorial service. The killings of 18 people by an Army reservist in Lewiston drove home the…
Read MoreGunman kills 3 people in southern Brazil during hours-long shootout
A 45-year-old man in southern Brazil barricaded himself in a house and killed his father, brother and a police officer in an hours-long shootout before he himself was fatally shot, authorities said Wednesday. Nine other people were injured. The incident in Novo Hamburgo, part of the metro area of Rio Grande do Sul state’s capital…
Read MoreJuvenile shooter kills 5, including 3 kids, in Washington state, authorities say
Five people, including three children, were killed Monday in a Washington state shooting, and a juvenile suspect was taken into custody, authorities said. Deputies responded shortly before 5 a.m. to reports of a shooting at a home in the Lake Alice Road neighborhood in Fall City, about 25 miles east of Seattle, the King County…
Read MoreGeorgia school shooter and his father indicted on new counts in Apalachee High School killings
A Georgia grand jury indicted a father and son on murder and other charges Thursday in the mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, last month that left four people dead and another nine injured. Colt Gray, 14, was indicted on a total of 55 counts, including four counts of felony and malice…
Read MoreAfghan National Arrested for Plotting an Election Day Terrorist Attack in the Name of ISIS
The Justice Department today announced charges against a citizen of Afghanistan residing in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for conspiring to conduct an Election Day terrorist attack in the United States on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO). According to a criminal complaint filed today, Nasir Ahmad…
Read MoreThree children injured after knife attack in Switzerland
Three children have been injured in a knife attack that occurred as they walked to kindergarten in the city of Zurich, Swiss police have reported. The three five-year-old boys were taken to hospital for their injuries, according to a police statement, with one seriously injured. A suspect has been arrested in connection with the attack,…
Read MoreShanghai knife attack kills three on eve of China’s National Day
Three people were killed and 15 others injured in a knife attack at a suburban supermarket in Shanghai on Monday on the eve of China’s week-long National Day holiday, the latest in a series of stabbing incidents in major Chinese cities this year. The assailant, a 37-year-old man surnamed Lin, has been detained, local police…
Read MoreGunmen Kill 6 People, Including A Local Chief Of The Paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, In Iran Towns
Unidentified gunmen killed six people in two separate attacks Tuesday in the same province in southern Iran, including a local chief of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, state TV reported. The head of a town council and two volunteer members of the Guard were also among the dead in the first attack, it said. It occurred…
Read MoreFormer California Man Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for Attempting to Murder Two Jewish Men Leaving Los Angeles Synagogues Last Year
A former California man who shot and wounded two Jewish men last year as they left religious services in the Pico-Robertson area of Los Angeles was sentenced today to 35 years in prison. Jaime Tran, 30, formerly of Riverside, pleaded guilty on June 3 to two counts of hate crimes with intent to kill and…
Read MoreSuspect arrested after allegedly setting fires and driving into shops in Germany
A man has been arrested after allegedly setting two fires in the western German city of Essen that left 30 people injured and driving a van into two shops, authorities said Sunday. Emergency services were alerted to two fires in residential buildings in quick succession shortly after 5 p.m. Saturday, police said. The injured people…
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