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Not an anomaly: 2020's red states have higher murder rates

The issue has plagued Democrats for years, but they hope new data will change the crime narrative.

Axios

Memphis cops charged with Nichols murder

The fired officers have all been jailed on charges of second-degree murder, aggravated assault and kidnapping

Salon

Commentary: Older mass shooters are rare. Here’s how they differ from young assailants

The killing of 18 people in California just two days apart — 11 in Monterey Park and seven in Half Moon Bay — are the latest horrors in America’s long history of gun violence. But there is a factor in these mass shootings, and with the suspects, that stands out.

Los Angeles Times

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Editorial: Our American carnage

By Tuesday, Jan. 24, the United States had already recorded 39 mass shootings (minimum of four people injured or killed) — in big cities and small towns, in deliberate acts of savagery and random acts of senseless brutality, in homes, businesses, farms and streets.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: I grew up in the era of mass shootings. Fear of violence grips my generation

The first mass shooting I remember is Sandy Hook in 2012. I was in middle school then, and I could tell something was wrong when I walked downstairs and saw my parents watching the news while it was still light out.

Tribune News Service

How a new Tucson memorial found a way to mourn mass-shooting victims

TUCSON, Ariz. — If you were to hover over El Presidio Plaza in downtown Tucson, you might catch sight of an earthen form resembling a point of impact, as if some object from the heavens came careening to earth and displaced several tons of vegetation and rock. Within this crater…

Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: Where have Republicans been during California's mass shootings? They're busy appeasing the gun worshiping cult

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom has spoken more eloquently than anyone else about the three California mass shootings that occurred in rapid sequence, killing at least 24.

Los Angeles Times

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Nicholas Goldberg: A wife shot her husband, police say. Here's why she shouldn't be charged with 1st degree murder

What's the point of charging Ellen Gilland with first-degree murder?

Los Angeles Times

'Hidden' knives and needles found in Nottinghamshire park

Police have taken on Racecourse Park in Mansfield and used metal detectors searching for weapons.

Nottingham Post

Guard killed in shooting at Azerbaijan's embassy in Iran

A security official was killed and two people were wounded when a shooter opened fire at Azerbaijan's embassy in Iran, Azerbaijan's foreign ministry said on Friday.

Reuters

Five Chinese Nationals Killed in Northern California Shooting

Seven people died in the attack in Half Moon Bay, which happened just days after a deadly shooting in Los Angeles

Caixin Global

Glint of hope for Richard Glossip as Oklahoma appoints independent counsel to review case

Decision comes after growing innocence movement around Glossip’s case as emerging evidence suggests initial conviction was based on shaky grounds

The Independent UK

Hearing set on competency of Colorado store shooting suspect

A judge is scheduled to hold a hearing Friday to discuss whether a man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket nearly two years ago is mentally competent to stand trial

The Independent UK

Texas death row inmates sue state over ‘brutal’ solitary confinement conditions

Class action lawsuit alleges prison authorities inflict ‘cruel and unusual punishment’ in breach of constitutional rights

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The Independent UK

Idaho murders – news: Victim’s mom slams ‘betrayal’ after attorney dropped her to represent Bryan Kohberger

Kohberger is accused of the fatal stabbings of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin in Moscow, Idaho, on 13 November

Bloomberg

China Says Five Victims in California Shootings Were Citizens

Five people killed in shootings at two farms in Northern California this week were Chinese citizens, according to the Chinese consulate in San Francisco.

The Canberra Times

Bikie's work reason for allegedly wearing knife necklace 'not convincing': lawyer

The defendant was previously sentenced for shooting up the home of a former chapter leader.

AAP

Mum guilty again of ex-teacher's murder

After a second retrial, a mother will be sentenced for fatally stabbing a retired teacher whose severely decomposed body was only found a month later.

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US school was alerted three times about a six-year-old pupil who had a gun before he shot a teacher

Authorities at a US school were warned three times that a young pupil had a gun before he shot and wounded his teacher, a lawyer said.

The Independent UK

Prosecutor: Don't dismiss murder charge against ex-cop

A prosecutor has asked a judge not to dismiss a second-degree murder charge against a former Grand Rapids police officer accused of shooting a Black motorist in the back of the head during a struggle over a Taser

AFP

California farm shooter admits guilt, says mentally ill: report

Los Angeles (AFP) - The man accused of killing seven fellow farmworkers in California told a US reporter Thursday that he was guilty and said he believes he is suffering from mental illness.

The Independent UK

Police: Oregon fugitive kidnapped woman like 2019 Vegas case

Police in southern Oregon are searching for a man accused of torturing a woman he held captive less than two years after he was convicted in Nevada of critically injuring another woman he held captive for two weeks

The Independent UK

A look at California's back-to-back mass shootings

In less than 48 hours, two gunmen went on shooting rampages at both ends of California that left 18 dead and 10 wounded

Politico

Biden at Lunar New Year celebration: ‘Silence is complicity’

The president again called for a ban on assault weapons, days after a deadly mass shooting at a Lunar New Year celebration in California.

AFP

Five US police officers charged with beating Black man to death

Washington (AFP) - US authorities on Thursday charged five former police officers with murder over the fatal beating of a Black man in Memphis, as the southern city braced for possible civil unrest and President Joe Biden urged demonstrators to protest peacefully.

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