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Report: One-in-Five Americans Has Family Member Killed by Guns

Report: One-in-Five Americans Has Family Member Killed by Guns

According to data published Tuesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation, more than half of US adults recently surveyed claimed they or a family member have experienced a gun-related incident. The data comes amid a wave of continued gun violence in America....

Children and youth

US Panel Votes to Expand Compassionate Release for Prisoners

US Panel Votes to Expand Compassionate Release for Prisoners

On Wednesday, the US Sentencing Commission approved new guidelines that will expand inmates' ability to qualify for compassionate release from federal prison....

Verdicts & sentences

Sutherland Springs Shooting Victims, DOJ Reach $144M Settlement

Sutherland Springs Shooting Victims, DOJ Reach $144M Settlement

The US Dept. of Justice (DOJ) has reached a tentative $144M agreement to settle claims from more than 75 plaintiffs stemming from the November 2017 mass shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas....

Murders and attempted murders

US Think Tank: Russia Continues to Make Gains in Bakhmut

US Think Tank: Russia Continues to Make Gains in Bakhmut

On Monday, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a US military think tank, confirmed Russian advances in the city of Bakhmut after Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Russian mercenary force Wagner PMC, claimed to have captured its center and raised the Russian flag over its city hall on Sunday ni...

Terrorism

India: 100+ Detained, Internet Cut for 30M as Police Hunt Sikh Separatist

India: 100+ Detained, Internet Cut for 30M as Police Hunt Sikh Separatist

A manhunt for a radical Sikh separatist preacher in India entered its third day on Monday as authorities arrested hundreds of his supporters and shut down internet access for approximately 30M people in the state of Punjab....

Murders and attempted murders

US Requests El Chapo's Son Be Extradited

US Requests El Chapo's Son Be Extradited

According to the Mexican government, the US has requested that Mexico extradite Ovidio Guzman — the son of jailed drug lord Joaquin Guzman, known as 'El Chapo.' Ovidio was arrested in January for allegedly helping run his father's infamous Sinaloa drug cartel....

Murders and attempted murders

Malcolm X's Daughter to Sue Govt. Agencies for Alleged Role in Murder

Malcolm X's Daughter to Sue Govt. Agencies for Alleged Role in Murder

The daughter of slain African American civil rights leader Malcolm X announced a $100M wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday against multiple US government agencies, alleging they were involved in her father’s murder nearly six decades ago....

Murders and attempted murders

Prosecutors Downgrade Baldwin’s Charges in Shooting Case

Prosecutors Downgrade Baldwin’s Charges in Shooting Case

Actor Alec Baldwin will not face the possibility of enhanced sentencing in a case involving the fatal 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film Rust, according to a court filing that was made public Monday....

Mexico

Buffalo Shooter Sentenced to Life in Prison Without Parole

Buffalo Shooter Sentenced to Life in Prison Without Parole

19-year-old gunman Payton Gendron, who pleaded guilty to killing 10 Black people in a racially motivated shooting in May 2022, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole during a court hearing on Wednesday....

Extradition

California: Mass Shooting Leaves 10 Dead, Dozens Injured

California: Mass Shooting Leaves 10 Dead, Dozens Injured

The Los Angeles, California Sheriff's Dept

Murders and attempted murders

Argentina: Rugby Players Sentenced for Murder

Argentina: Rugby Players Sentenced for Murder

This wraps up a widely covered four-week trial over a case that has shocked Argentina. The 18-year-old Báez Sosa was reportedly attacked outside a nightclub in the coastal resort city of Villa Gesell by the group of rugby players, who beat him to death before leaving to buy hamburgers.

Argentina

US Judge: Ban on Marijuana Users Owning Guns Unconstitutional

US Judge: Ban on Marijuana Users Owning Guns Unconstitutional

On Friday, US District Judge Patrick Wyrick in Oklahoma ruled a federal law banning marijuana users from possessing firearms violates the Second Amendment

Gun control

Mexican Army Captures Son of Drug Lord 'El Chapo'

Mexican Army Captures Son of Drug Lord 'El Chapo'

Mexican Sec. of Defense Luis Cresencio Sandoval announced on Thursday that the Mexican army arrested Ovidio Guzmán, a top leader in the Sinaloa Cartel and the son of Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzmán, the now notorious cartel leader who is currently serving a life sentence in the US....

Murders and attempted murders