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Spare Whitmer kidnap plotter from life sentence, lawyer argues

DETROIT — Adam Fox does not deserve a life sentence for plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, his lawyer said late Friday while faulting federal prosecutors for comparing Fox to Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh and exaggerating the Potterville man's role.

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Murder investigation after man found stabbed outside London hospital

Police believe victim was driven to hospital by a friend

The Independent UK

Deputy in California slayings killed self with service gun

Authorities say a Virginia sheriff’s deputy who they believe traveled to California to kill three family members of a 15-year-old girl he tried to sexually extort online killed himself with a government-issued firearm

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The sanctity of queer bars

"The gay agenda is not only to stay alive, but to live"

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Prosecutor: Case against parents of Michigan school shooter 'stronger' than ever

DETROIT — Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald claims that her involuntary manslaughter case against the parents of the teen who went on a deadly shooting rampage at Oxford High School in November 2021 is stronger than ever.

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South Side man charged in shootout with Lombard police in which reported accomplice died

Anthony Brown, 31, is charged with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated discharge of a firearm at an officer, armed robbery with a firearm and aggravated battery.

Chicago Sun-Times

'Catfishing' cop shot himself with service weapon after killing California girl's family, officials say

LOS ANGELES — The Virginia sheriff's deputy who killed three family members of a Riverside teenager he had allegedly been "grooming" used his service weapon to fatally shoot himself at the end of a chase with law enforcement, authorities said Friday.

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Fifth teenager pleads guilty in shooting near Iowa school

Another teenager accused in a fatal shooting near an Iowa high school has admitted to the crime, marking the fifth guilty plea among the 10 people charged

The Independent UK

Concealed carry license holder wounds 2 suspects in Loop shootout: police

The 31-year-old man was walking toward his parked vehicle about 3:40 a.m. in the first block of West Randolph Street when a red SUV passed him and someone inside opened fire, Chicago police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man fatally shot while driving, crashes into dumpster in Belmont Gardens

Police said the man’s car caught fire after crashing in the 2700 block of North Pulaski Road.

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Man shot to death in Bronzeville

The man, 36, was on a sidewalk about 8:20 p.m. in the first block of East 40th Street when he was shot in the chest, Chicago police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Police bring in more orders in East Leeds after serious knife attack

The order originally came into effect at 5pm on Friday

Leeds Live

Man upset over TV news story fired guns at family, neighbors before being shot by police: prosecutors

Kevin Singleton, 52, was charged with six counts of attempted first-degree murder, aggravated discharge of a firearm and aggravated battery, according to police.

Chicago Sun-Times

Parents of Michigan school shooter again ask for lower bond to get out of jail

DETROIT — The parents of the teen who pleaded guilty to the deadly Oxford High School shooting spree last year have again requested that their bond amounts be lowered so they can get released from jail on bond while they await trial next year in their involuntary manslaughter case.

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‘Fierce, humble and so loving’ — Chicago police remember Ella French in letters urging max sentence for man who bought gun

Jamel Danzy, the so-called straw purchaser of the gun used to kill French, is set to be sentenced Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Warnings on gay club shooter stir questions about old case

A California woman who warned a judge last year about the danger posed by the Colorado Springs gay nightclub shooter says the deaths could have been prevented if earlier charges against the suspect weren’t dismissed

The Independent UK

Man arrested a mile from University of Idaho stabbings not linked to the murders, Moscow police say

James Leonard, 39, is not considered a suspect in the brutal stabbings last month

Leeds Live

Increased police powers in place in Leeds after violent knife attack at retail park

The order came into effect at 5pm on Friday, December 9

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Springfield’s unwritten rule kept lawmakers from banning assault weapons

The will of past Democratic leadership seemed to be to not overtly poke any big, cash-rich bears, like the National Rifle Association. That might be changing.

The Independent UK

Dramatic moment gang arrested at gunpoint during National Crime Agency weapons raid

Five men have now been jailed for combined 32 years after the raid in Kings Norton, Birmingham

Tribune News Service

South Carolina judge grants Alex Murdaugh’s attorney request for blood spatter evidence

WALTERBORO, S.C. — A South Carolina judge on Friday granted a motion from Alex Murdaugh’s attorneys to compel the state to turn over communications and underlying files that led an expert witness to say Murdaugh’s shirt was covered in blood from his son’s gunshot wound.

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American Driver Finally Sentenced In U.K. Rider Harry Dunn's Death

U.K. rider Harry Dunn was killed in August, 2019, by a wrong-way driver outside a Northamptonshire RAF base. In 2022, the driver has finally been sentenced.

Al Jazeera

Ex-US officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s back gets 3.5 years

Former Minneapolis police officer J Alexander Kueng’s sentence ‘another piece of justice’ for Floyd family, lawyer says.

The Texas Tribune

Chronically understaffed Texas prisons set stage for prison bus escape and massacre of family

Investigative reviews by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and independent consultants found the severely short-staffed prison routinely bypassed crucial security checks, leading to a convicted murderer’s escape.

Tribune News Service

Former Minneapolis Officer J. Alexander Kueng sentenced for aiding George Floyd's killing

MINNEAPOLIS — One of the ex-officers already imprisoned for his role in helping to hold down George Floyd as he pleaded for his life in a south Minneapolis street two years ago received a 3 1/2-year state sentence Friday.

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