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Killing of British politician Jo Cox stuns nation
British politician Jo Cox died in a street attack on Thursday, a brazen and startling assault in a country where attacks on politicians are extremely rare and the slaying of a lawmaker is without parallel in recent history. Described as a rising star of the opposition Labour Party, the 41-year-old is the first British lawmaker...
16-Year-Old Girl Killed in Shooting in Oakland, California
Police in Oakland, California, say a 16-year-old girl has died after being shot in the city's downtown area, where another three people were wounded. The number of people shot fluctuated throughout Tuesday evening. Oakland police initially said five people had been shot. The department then corrected the information to six...
Monastery worker killed in Bangladesh
A Hindu monastery worker has been hacked to death in Bangladesh, police said, the latest in a string of attacks on secular and minority targets. Nityaranjan Pande, who was in his 60s, died on the spot after several people attacked him early on Friday, AFP news agency said citing police. His murder comes after the body of a...
Hawaii Woman Accused of Killing Her Twin Released by Judge
A Hawaii judge today ordered the release of a 37-year-old woman who was accused of killing her twin by driving the car they were in, off an oceanside cliff, ABC News has confirmed. Maui judge Blaine Kobayashi ordered the release of Alexandria Duval, 37, in the death of her twin sister — Anastasia Duval, whose previous...
4 killed in Tel Aviv terror attack; 2 arrested at ‘soft target’
The Islamist group Hamas has praised an attack on civilians in Tel Aviv Wednesday night in which four Israelis were killed. The two shooters, identified as Palestinians, opened fire at the Sarona Market — a popular food and shopping complex near the Israeli Defense Ministry— shattering what was a serene night with...
Hindu priest hacked to death in Bangladesh, police say
A 70-year-old Hindu priest was hacked to death in southwestern Bangladesh Tuesday morning, police say. The priest, Ananda Gopal Ganguly, was on his way to temple when he was attacked by assailants in an open field in a secluded part of a village in the country's Jhenaidah district, Altaf Hossain, the police...
Eleven killed in Istanbul car bomb
At least 11 people were killed and 36 injured when a car bomb targeted a police bus in the historic center of Istanbul, Vasip Sahin, the Istanbul governor told reporters. The death toll included seven police officers and four civilians. "Today at around 8:40, in our neighborhood of Vezneciler, an attack by a car bomb on a...
Woman dies in second fatal Australian shark attack in a week
Woman dies in second fatal Australian shark attack in a week A female diver died in an apparent shark attack off Australia's west coast on Sunday, making it the second fatal shark attack recorded in the area in less than a week. The woman was underwater with her 43-year-old dive partner at a popular spot called Mindarie,...
Memphis Cop Struck, Killed by Shooting Suspect Fleeing the Scene
A Memphis police officer was killed Saturday evening, after he was struck by a car driven by a shooting suspect who was fleeing police. The officer, identified as Verdell Smith, 46, was an 18-year veteran of the Memphis Police Department, officials said. The chain of events began just before 10 p.m. Saturday when Memphis...
Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour killed, Afghans confirm
Afghanistan's spy agency has confirmed that Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour has been killed, after the US targeted him in a drone strike. The drone targeted his vehicle in a remote area of south-west Pakistan, near the Afghan border, on Saturday. US Secretary of State John Kerry said Mansour had posed "a...
A well-know actor of russian series was killed in Moscow
43-year-old Andrey Maltsev quarreled with another customer in the cafe, as a result of a quarrel "moved" to the nearest park and ended the fight. Actor Andrei Maltsev was killed in fighting in the town of Elektrogorsk. Murder suspect detained by investigators in Pavlovsky Posad. During interrogation, the arrested...
Nick Alexander: Inquest into death of Briton killed in Paris terror attack to begin
AN INQUEST hearing into the death of a Briton killed in the Paris attacks will begin today. Nick Alexander was in the Bataclan theatre when Islamic State gunmen stormed the building midway during a concert last year. The 35-year-old, from Colchester, Essex, had been selling merchandise for the popular US rock band Eagles of...