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Families upended by school shootings share trauma in push for gun law changes, but get mixed results

Throughout the corridors of many state Capitols, families are sharing emotionally gutting stories of tragedy caused by mass school shootings with the hope that revealing their trauma will convince lawmakers on either side of the political aisle to reconsider firearm policies

The Independent UK

Machete group targeted vulnerable kids leaving school

One of three teens who abducted a 14-year-old on his way home from school has applied for bail, as a court hears the victim has suffered life-altering injuries.

AAP

Bean bag round killed Stockton woman after it 'struck her heart': police

NSW Police will suspend the use of bean bag rounds after the death.

Newcastle Herald

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Woman in NSW siege died after bean bag round penetrated chest and hit heart, police say

Acting commissioner says use of bean bag rounds suspended in state after Krista Kach was Tasered and shot by officers in Newcastle last week

The Guardian - AU

US gun laws are failing to protect elections as political violence spreads, report finds

Only a dozen states expressly ban firearms at voting sites

The Independent UK

22 shot, but no weekend homicides, as thousands crowded downtown streets for Mexican Independence Day

It was the second weekend this year without a homicide in Chicago, with the other being the last weekend of January.

Chicago Sun-Times

Homeless Idaho man paralysed after being shot by police trying to evict him from living in public forest

Family was living on public lands after suffering from disabilities and homelessness

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Person arrested in ambush killing of Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy

Kevin Cataneo Salazar arrested in killing of Ryan Clinkunbroomer, who was shot as he sat in his patrol car at a red light

The Guardian - US

Hunter Biden's Multiplying Gun Charges Threaten the Right to Arms and the Right to Trial

The collapse of his plea deal set up a clash with his father, who doggedly defends the firearm regulations his son violated.

Reason

Hunter Biden Gets Caught in America's Double War on Drugs and Guns

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Reason

‘El Raton,’ son of cartel kingpin ‘El Chapo,’ appears in chains at his arraignment in Chicago

Ovidio Guzman Lopez, 33, is charged with taking over a ruthless Mexican cartel that trafficked cocaine, fentanyl into Chicago and the U.S.

Chicago Sun-Times

Jury rejects lawsuit after police fatally shoot man when going to wrong house

Ismael Lopez, 41, was shot and killed by law enforcement officers in July 2017

The Independent UK

Hunter Biden fires back, sues IRS

Biden accuses IRS agents of “engaging in a campaign to publicly smear” him and unlawfully releasing his tax info

Salon

Terrifying moment teenager aims loaded handgun at cyclist in city centre

Nikye Thomas was caught after armed police chased him through a busy shopping centre

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14-year-old arrested for fatal shooting of mother

Suspect identified as Adeem Berry shot and killed his mother and wounded her boyfriend, authorities say

The Independent UK

Person detained in ‘ambush’ killing of LA sheriff’s deputy

Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer, 30, had gotten engaged just four days before he was fatally shot

The Independent UK

Is Hunter Biden’s gun case a test for the Second Amendment?

A Supreme Court decision expanding gun rights might have set a precent to protect him. But the charges he’s facing are rarely brought, raising questions about the case’s survival, legal experts tell Alex Woodward

The Independent UK

Human remains found after woman charged with murdering her parents in Essex

Virginia McCullough has been accused of murdering her parents between August 2018 and September 2023

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Evening Standard

Murder conviction for meat cleaver attacker could be downgraded to manslaughter after Court of Appeal challenge

The murder conviction of a woman who killed a stranger in the street with a meat cleaver could be downgraded to manslaughter following a new challenge in the Court of Appeal.

AAP

'Haunts us': mother lives in fear after ex's shooting

A Melbourne woman fears her daughter will be left without a mother if she ever has the misfortune of facing her ex-partner again.

The Independent UK

Oregon judge to decide in new trial whether voter-approved gun control law is constitutional

An Oregon judge will decide whether a gun control law approved by voters last year is lawful under the state constitution

AAP

Jury told fatal robbery was 'no Ocean's 11' plot

Three men who allegedly tried to steal drugs from a rural home should be found guilty of murder after one of them shot an occupant, the prosecutor says.

The Independent UK

Trial of 3 Washington officers charged with murder, manslaughter in death of Black man set to begin

The trial is beginning for three Tacoma, Washington, police officers charged in the death of a 33-year-old Black man who was tackled, punched, shocked with a Taser and held face-down on a sidewalk in March 2020

Chicago Sun-Times

Family of school leader killed in high-rise upset after shooter released without charges: ‘He didn’t have to kill my brother’

“We’re hopeful that they’ll relook into this case and charge this man,” said the brother of Abnerd Joseph, an assistant principal at Intrinsic School who was shot after a confrontation between tenants last week.

WEKU

A 5th teen has been arrested in a deadly mass shooting at a Baltimore block party

The teen will be charged with 44 counts, including attempted first-degree murder. The shooting that took place at a party over the July 4 holiday weekend left two people dead and 28 others wounded.

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