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Sheriff says 2 firefighters killed in Idaho shooting ambush, suspect found dead
Three firefighters shot, two killed, while responding to a blaze near Coeur d’Alene.
30 Jun 2025 - 3:45PM
United States
Melissa Hortman’s ‘best boy’ Gilbert lies in state with slain Minnesota lawmaker
28 Jun 2025 - 11:33AM
United States
Suspected killer allegedly stalked multiple Democrats; death penalty possible
17 Jun 2025 - 1:09PM
United States
Suspect in shooting of Minnesota lawmakers in custody after manhunt
Suspect Vance Boelter charged with murder and attempted murder after ‘politically motivated assassination’.
16 Jun 2025 - 3:31PM
United States
FBI posts US$50,000 reward for suspect in Minnesota lawmaker’s assassination
Ex-House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed, while State Senator John Hoffman and his wife were wounded.
15 Jun 2025 - 7:47PM
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Israel
Israel blames Europe after embassy staff shot dead in US
Suspect Elias Rodriguez has been charged with the murder of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, a couple planning to marry.
23 May 2025 - 6:20AM
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Crime
Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty as US prosecutors seek death penalty
Some Americans have cheered the suspect, saying he shone a spotlight on steep US healthcare costs and the power of health insurers.
26 Apr 2025 - 2:23AM
United States
Jury finds New York Times did not libel ex-Alaska governor Sarah Palin
Palin says death threats against her increased after the paper published an editorial with an error that it corrected 14 hours later.
23 Apr 2025 - 5:33AM
Crime
Man who fatally shot 23 at Texas Walmart to plead guilty to murder 6 years on
Patrick Crusius expected to receive life sentence with no possibility of parole for the 2019 racist attack near the US-Mexico border.
21 Apr 2025 - 1:15AM
Crime
Florida State University shooting: 2 dead, 4 wounded; suspect in custody
Police said the 20-year-old suspected gunman, believed to be a student at the university, is the son of a sheriff’s deputy.
18 Apr 2025 - 5:35AM
Fame and celebrity
Who is Weezer bassist Scott Shriner’s wife Jillian Lauren – who just got shot?
Lauren – who wrote Behold the Monster: Confronting America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer – was shot by police in LA this week, before being arrested and released on a US$1 million bond.
11 Apr 2025 - 6:00PM
United States
‘JFK’ director Oliver Stone calls for reinvestigation of Kennedy assassination
Thousands of pages of government documents related to the US president’s shooting were released on Trump’s orders last month.
2 Apr 2025 - 5:04PM
Millionaires and billionaires
Prosecutors to seek death penalty for US CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione
US Attorney General Pam Bondi called the killing of Brian Thompson a ‘premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America’.
2 Apr 2025 - 5:26PM
United States
3 teens killed, 15 others injured in New Mexico mass shooting
Between 50 and 60 shell casings were found, suggesting multiple shooters and multiple weapons within two opposing groups.
23 Mar 2025 - 3:13AM
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United States
Police arrest US hospital worker who shot colleague in car park
The shooting occurred at Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital in a northern suburb of Detroit in Michigan state.
21 Mar 2025 - 7:25AM
Crime
Judge rules US spa shooter’s statements post-arrest can be used in death penalty trial
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty and a hate crimes sentencing enhancement for 2021 killings.
11 Mar 2025 - 10:32AM
Crime
US Secret Service shoots armed man near White House while Trump out of town
Agents had been warned by local police of a ‘suicidal’ person travelling to Washington.
10 Mar 2025 - 9:47AM
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Obituaries
Clint Hill, Secret Service agent who tried to shield JFK, dies at 93
Hill was praised for his actions in Dallas on November 22, 1963 but for decades blamed himself for Kennedy’s death.
25 Feb 2025 - 3:36PM
Crime
Police arrest apparent leader of cultlike group linked to multiple US killings
The Zizians have been tied to the killing of a US Border Patrol agent in January and five other murders in Vermont, Pennsylvania and California.
18 Feb 2025 - 2:08PM
Donald Trump
Trump picks an agent who covered him in shooting to lead Secret Service
Sean Curran was part of Donald Trump’s security detail during an attempted assassination in Pennsylvania last July.
23 Jan 2025 - 10:09AM
Crime
US teen kills female student then shoots himself at Nashville high school
Police are examining online writings and social media posts connected to the shooter as they work to establish a motive.
23 Jan 2025 - 11:09AM
United States
10 wounded in shooting outside New York City nightclub, suspects flee
At least three gunmen fired more than 30 shots at a crowd of people waiting outside Queens club holding memorial for slain teen.
3 Jan 2025 - 8:21AM
United States
Isis-inspired driver expressed desire to kill before deadly New Orleans rampage
Suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar was killed in a firefight with police, but authorities do not think he was acting alone.
2 Jan 2025 - 2:39PM
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Social media
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Is Luigi Mangione a folk hero, really?
Readers discuss the fandom around the American suspect in a shooting, and the reality of life on the BN(O) visa scheme.
31 Dec 2024 - 2:30PM
Donald Trump
Trump blasts Biden for commuting nearly all US federal death sentences
The US president-elect vowed to pursue the death penalty against ‘violent rapists, murderers and monsters’.
25 Dec 2024 - 2:58AM
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United States
Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to murder in United Healthcare CEO’s death
Luigi Mangione faces 11 state charges, including murder and terrorism. The maximum New York sentence is life without parole if convicted.
24 Dec 2024 - 1:54AM
United States
‘Who’s next?’: misinformation and online threats after US CEO slaying
Brian Thompson’s murder has unleashed pent-up anger towards America’s health insurance companies.
23 Dec 2024 - 12:37PM
Crime
Mangione faces new murder charge that could put death penalty on the table
Federal charges could allow prosecutors to pursue capital punishment, despite it being having been abolished for decades in New York.
20 Dec 2024 - 11:50AM
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