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Mass shootings broke out at festivals, block parties and other gatherings in a handful of cities this week as the U.S. celebrated the Fourth of July

Thomas Waring is charged with assisting Connor Chapman by helping to burn out the stolen Mercedes used in the shooting.

A 40-year-old accused of killing a man in a house and then gunning down four others “seemingly at random” on the streets of a southwest Philadelphia neighborhood before surrendering to police officers has been arraigned on murder and other charges

Five people going about their lives on the evening before July 4 were killed by a 40-year-old shooter in a random attack. Here’s what we know about the victims. Rachel Sharp reports

Officials, investigators, and stunned residents of a Southwest Philadelphia neighborhood that has experienced far more than its share of violence were left to spend one of Philadelphia’s signature celebratory weekends making sense of one of the deadliest mass shootings in the city’s history.

White House press secretary urges Republicans to act to protect US communities after latest spate of gun violence

Philadelphia district attorney Larry Krasner named the 40-year-old local man as the shooter who brought chaos and fear to the neighbourhood during the Fourth of July

On a day when Philadelphians would normally be celebrating, a corner of the city was quiet.

A 23-year-old man in Denmark who opened fire at a mall last year and killed three people believing the victims were zombies has been sentenced to detention in a secure medical facility

The home is understood to have two adults and two children in it at the time that it was set alight in Liverpool.

She broke his heart — then her lover drove a knife through it.