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A woman reacts after a federal immigration officer used a battering ram to break down a door before making an arrest in Minneapolis on Sunday. Photo: AP
United States

US surges hundreds more agents to Minneapolis amid furore over ICE killing

Kristi Noem defends actions of the ICE agent who shot Renee Nicole Good, a killing that has sparked renewed protests nationwide.

ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

Who is Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who killed US woman Renee Nicole Good?

ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

Minneapolis ICE shooting: mayor urges activists not to take Trump’s ‘bait’

Crime

6 killed in Mississippi shootings, including 7-year-old child

Daricka Moore, 24, has been charged with murder after a series of attacks at three locations.

Six people were killed in three locations in eastern Mississippi on Saturday, according to US authorities. Photo: TNS
United States

‘Inviting danger’: Trump’s immigration crackdown sparks violent confrontations

The contentious encounters stem from a dramatic shift in the approach to immigration enforcement, current and former officials say.

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Video shot by ICE agent as he killed Minnesota woman emerges, raising tensions

State officials are conducting their own investigation after the FBI refused to cooperate and share evidence.

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US border agent shoots 2 in Portland traffic stop as national tensions rise

DHS says a suspected Venezuelan gang member tried to ram agents with a car, a day after a fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis.

A damaged car and law enforcement officials at the scene of the shooting in Portland. Photo: AP
ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

Minnesota, US officials clash over investigation into ICE agent’s killing of woman

Federal authorities freeze out state investigators as Vice-President J.D. Vance calls the death of Renee Nicole Good a ‘tragedy of her own making’.

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US immigration

Video | ICE officer shoots woman dead in US immigration operation

Bystander video shows an ICE agent firing at the vehicle, killing the 37-year-old woman who allegedly tried to run over ICE agents.

US immigration

Mother of 3 killed by ICE was a devout Christian and poet

An ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in her car shortly after she dropped off her 6-year-old son at school.

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A memorial for Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. Photo: AFP
ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

US city on edge after ICE agent shoots woman dead, sparking outcry

US authorities claim Renee Nicole Good tried to ‘weaponise’ her car, but Minneapolis mayor blasts government’s ‘garbage narrative’.

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A protester at the scene of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Wednesday. Photo: AFP
Brown University (US)

Brown University shooter left video confession, planned attack for months

Claudio Neves Valente, who killed two students and an MIT professor, said he wouldn’t apologise because no one had ever apologised to him.

United States

US court rules California ban on openly carrying guns is unconstitutional

The ruling affects California’s counties with more than 200,000 people, where about 95 per cent of the state’s population lives.

Brown University (US)

Will homeless man who helped FBI find Brown shooter get US$50,000 reward?

Investigators struggled for days to locate the suspect – until they got a tip about a Reddit post by a man living in the building’s basement.

A poster seeking information about the shooting suspect is seen on the campus of Brown University on Wednesday. Photo: AP
Australia

Australia’s Albanese faces battle over gun laws after Bondi Beach shooting

The prime minister’s call for tighter gun controls is meeting resistance from right-wing populists and mainstream conservatives.

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A wooden Star of David stands in a makeshift memorial to pay tribute to the victims of Sunday’s mass shooting on Bondi Beach. Photo: Reuters
Brown University (US)

How right-wing misinformation hurt the Brown University shooting investigation

Unfounded claims that the gunman was a Palestinian student flooded social media, complicating the probe.

United States

Trump suspends US green card lottery after Brown, MIT shootings

Trump administration targets diversity visa programme after deadly shootings were carried out by a Portuguese national.

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Australia

Editorial | Restoring safety and unity key for Australia in Bondi shooting aftermath

Pledges to toughen laws against hate speech and on gun ownership are welcome as Australia reels from the horrifying violence.

People pay tribute outside Bondi Pavilion at Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 18. Photo: AP
Brown University (US)

Suspect in Brown University shooting and MIT professor’s killing found dead

Portuguese national suspect took his own life as investigators reveal a years-old academic connection to a slain MIT scientist.

Brown University (US)

Brown University shooting: police seek witness who came close to gunman

The hunt has stretched into its fifth day, after a man with a rifle burst into a campus building and killed two students.

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Crime

Homicide investigation launched after MIT professor fatally shot at home

Police are seeking a suspect who murdered Nuno Loureiro, the director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Centre.

Nuno Loureiro. Photo: Jake Belcher/MIT via AP
Donald Trump

Trump expands US travel ban and restrictions to include another 20 countries

The clampdown affects people seeking to travel to the US as visitors as well as those hoping to emigrate there.

People protest at Los Angeles International Airport in June, on the first day of the Trump administration’s full ban against travel from 12 countries and a partial ban on seven others. Photo: AFP

Video | Manhunt continues for Brown University gunman

Authorities say the investigation has shifted more than 30 hours after the attack killed two and injured nine.

Crime

Hunt for Brown University shooter continues as police release detained man

Investigation going in a ‘different direction’ hours after an attack that left two students dead and nine injured.

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Crime

Suspect arrested in US after 2 students shot dead at Brown University

Nine others were injured in Saturday’s attack in Providence, Rhode Island. US President Donald Trump called the shooting ‘terrible’.

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Law enforcement officials walk on a street in a neighbourhood near Brown University. Photo: AP
United States

FBI charges man with planting pipe bombs on eve of January 6, 2021 Capitol riot

The arrest of 30-year-old suspect Brian Cole Jnr is the first breakthrough in the nearly five-year-old case that had long vexed law enforcement.

This image from an FBI poster seeking the suspect. Photo: FBI via AP
National Guard (US)

National Guard shooting suspect pleads not guilty to murder from hospital bed

The judge ordered Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, held in custody without bond, citing the ‘sheer terror’ of the fatal ambush in Washington.

Crime

Alleged CEO killer tries to exclude evidence from US murder trial

Luigi Mangione’s defence argues police conducted an illegal warrantless search of his backpack, threatening his right to a fair trial.

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