At least one person has been killed and nine injured in a shooting incident in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, police said. The shooting took place on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter, one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city. “A total of 10 victims were shot in the incident on Bourbon Street. One victim has...
Two people have been killed and up to 16 injured in a shooting at a nightclub in the city of Fort Myers in Florida, police say. The attack happened at Club Blu, which was hosting a party for teenagers. Police have arrested three people but said the incident was "not an act of terror". The two killed were identified as...
At least two people have been killed and as many as 17 injured after a shooting at a nightclub in Fort Myers in western Florida. The incident took place during a ‘teen night’ with some of people at the event as young as 13. The shooting took place at Club Blu in the early hours of Monday morning, according to Lt....
The teenage gunman who killed nine people in Munich on Friday had been planning his attack for a year, German authorities say. David Ali Sonboly, 18, who had a Glock pistol and more than 300 bullets, killed himself after the attack. Bavarian government officials said he appeared to have bought the illegal pistol used in the...
STRICT gun control laws are urgently needed in Germany after Friday's horrific mass shooting, according to the country's Vice Chancellor. Crazed Ali David Sonboly, 18, gunned down nine helpless victims during a rampage outside a McDonalds restaurant and then busy shopping centre in Munich. And now Sigmar Gabriel, head...
Police in the German city of Munich say the perpetrators of a shooting attack are still on the run, and they advise people to avoid public places. There are reports of at least six people killed, but police have not confirmed that figure. A big security operation is under way at the Olympia shopping centre in the north-western...
Several people have been shot dead in a shooting at a shopping centre in the German city of Munich, police say. A big operation is under way. Police are telling people to stay at home and avoid the streets. Several people have also been injured at the shopping centre in the north-western Moosach district. Reports speak of one...
Three officers are confirmed dead and three others wounded after a shooting in Baton Rouge, a sheriff's office spokeswoman said Sunday. One suspect is dead and law enforcement officials believe two others are still at large, the spokeswoman said. Casey Rayborn Hicks, a spokeswoman for the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's...
Days after police shot them, the investigations into the deaths of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling are far from over. But new details are emerging in the two cases that have sparked protests nationwide and debate over whether officers used excessive force. Here's a look at the latest developments: Police chief:...
Funerals are set to begin for the five officers slain by a sniper during a protest last week in downtown Dallas. Funerals will be held later Wednesday for Dallas Police Sr. Cpl. Lorne Ahrens, Dallas Police Sgt. Michael Smith and Dallas Area Rapid Transit Officer Brent Thompson. Ahrens' funeral will be held in Plano....
In 1944, the Swedish social scientist Gunnar Myrdal, who would go on to win the Nobel Prize in economics, published a landmark study of the United States titled "An American Dilemma." It was about the condition of blacks in America. He posited that over the course of American history, white prejudice kept...
East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore III has rescued himself in the Alton Sterling shooting investigation, he announced today. He cited a relationship with the parents of one of two officers placed on leave after their involvement in the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Sterling last week in Baton Rouge, Louisiana....