The families of the Palestinian students who were shot Saturday night in Vermont say it’s “hard to imagine” the young men were not targeted. Hisham Awartani, Kinnan Abdalhamid and Tahseen Ali Ahmad, all 20-year-old college students, were out for a walk during a visit to Burlington when a gunman fired four shots at them, according … Read more
The gunman’s name, his motive for the attack and other details were not immediately released. A gunman has opened fire at a Walmart hypermarket in the US state of Ohio, wounding four people before killing himself, according to police. The incident took place on Monday night in Beavercreek, a city of about 46,000 people. “A … Read more
At least 33 transgender and gender-nonconforming people have been killed in the U.S. since last November, according to new data from the country’s largest LGBTQ+ rights organization. The report, which the Human Rights Campaign released Monday, highlights the “epidemic of violence” facing trans and gender-nonconforming people, particularly young Black trans women. The number of people … Read more
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles judge found Monday that there is enough evidence for A$AP Rocky to stand trial on charges that he fired a gun at a former friend and collaborator outside a Hollywood hotel in 2021. Superior Court Judge M.L. Villar made the ruling at a preliminary hearing, after hearing roughly … Read more
Kimberly Mata-Rubio, whose 10-year-old daughter, Lexi, was killed in the May 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, has lost the special election for mayor of the city. Mata-Rubio ran against Cody Smith, a former mayor, and Veronica Martinez, an art teacher, in a battle over the city government’s transparency and response … Read more
The mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, has called for an investigation into the unauthorized publication of the Covenant School shooter’s writing, which an advocate for the victims said is allowing the killer to “terrorize us with words from the grave.” Mayor Freddie O’Connell said he has directed the city’s law director, Wally Dietz, to determine how … Read more
The Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday in its first big gun rights case since it declared a sweeping test for reviewing gun regulations in 2022 that has upended decades of law and caused chaos throughout the lower federal courts. In United States v. Rahimi, Zackey Rahimi is challenging the constitutionality of the 1994 federal … Read more
The father of a man accused of killing seven people during a Fourth of July parade in a Chicago suburb last year has pleaded guilty to reckless conduct charges as part of a plea deal. Robert Crimo Jr. pleaded guilty on Monday to seven counts of misdemeanor reckless conduct after helping his then-teenage son, Robert … Read more
The fiancée of one of the 18 victims of last month’s mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, is opening up about her young daughter’s reaction to her father’s death. In an interview with People published Wednesday, Rachael Sloat says 2-year-old Elle Karina Brewer-Ross has had “moments where she is very quiet and contemplative” as she looks … Read more
Authorities say the attack at a post office may be related to an earlier shooting at a hospital that wounded two people. Police in Japan have ended an eight-hour standoff with a gunman at a post office in Tokyo by capturing the suspect after two hostages were freed safely. Authorities said the attack on Tuesday … Read more