Guns in America
Dressed as a cop, he arrived at a politician’s home and rang the doorbell. Then the killing began
A Minnesota man who spent months stalking Democrats before killing a top Minnesota politician and her husband has been spared the death penalty.
- Tim Sullivan and Hannah Fingerhut
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Quadruple amputee pro cornhole player fatally shoots man, authorities say
Dayton James Webber, 27, is facing murder charges after being accused of shooting a passenger in the front seat of a car that he was driving during an argument.
- Audrey McAvoy
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- Mass shooting
How an anonymous tipster cracked the US university shooting case
“John” is being hailed by police as the key figure who gave them the details needed to track down the suspected killer, who was found dead on Friday.
- Kimberlee Kruesi
- Analysis
- Bondi shooting
Bondi terrorist attack lobs a grenade into an already febrile world
American gun lobbyists quickly hijacked the Sydney massacre for their own political purposes, as did anti-immigration activists – in a harbinger of what’s to come.
- Michael Koziol
‘What’s your name?’ Moment police found Mangione eating McDonald’s after shooting
The restaurant manager called 911, concerned the customer sitting alone in a back corner resembled the man wanted over a brazen killing days earlier.
- David Voreacos and Patricia Hurtado
‘It’s 115 a day, almost every day’: Measuring America’s ‘insanely predictable’ crime
From his home office in Kentucky, a data and systems analyst tracks the grim totality of the country’s firearm incidents – and tallies some disturbing figures.
- Liz Gooch
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- Mass shooting
Trump condemns ‘targeted’ attack after Mormon church mass shooting
Police say the suspect rammed his vehicle through the church doors and fired on worshippers, killing at least four and injuring at least eight others.
- Angus Thompson
‘It’s going to get back to them’: Trump’s dark warning on political violence
The US president raised the spectre of retaliation against “the radical left” as officials said the latest shooting at an immigration facility in Texas was clearly an act of terrorism.
- Michael Koziol
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- Trump's America
‘Ill-timed, insensitive’: Kimmel back on air after backlash over Charlie Kirk comments
American television network ABC will reinstate the Jimmy Kimmel Live! show after it was suspended over his on-air comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
- Dawn Chmielewski
Five Pennsylvania cops shot, three fatally, were ambushed by accused stalker
The shooting unfolded as officers sought to arrest a man on suspicion of stalking, prowling and trespassing in a rural part of the US state, authorities said.
- Steve Gorman