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Portland Mayor, Trump Go At It in Real Time

Ted Wheeler says president should either 'support us or ... stay the hell out of the way'

(Newser) - As Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler was giving a press conference Sunday, during which he criticized President Trump for quite some time, the POTUS was apparently watching. "Ted Wheeler, the wacky Radical Left Do Nothing Democrat Mayor of Portland, who has watched great death and destruction of his City during...

Fender Bender Turns Fatal in South Carolina

Man allegedly rear-ends car, then shoots 3 people in altercation

(Newser) - A South Carolina fender bender turned fatal after the man allegedly responsible for rear-ending the car being driven by Charles "Nick" Wall and shot and killed him—and Wall's stepdaughter. Wall, 45, was bringing keys to Laura Ashley Anderson, 21, who was in the process of moving to...

2 Dead as Gunshots Ring Out in Kenosha
2 Shot Dead in
Kenosha Protests
Aug 26, 2020 6:26 AM CDT

2 Shot Dead in Kenosha Protests

Police are searching for a man seen wielding a long gun

(Newser) - At least three people were shot during a third night of protests in Kenosha, Wis., two of whom died. Shots were fired around 11:45pm Tuesday during a confrontation between protesters and armed men who claimed to be protecting a gas station, reports the New York Times . After initial shots,...

Teachers Sue After Being Shot 'Execution-Style' in Shooter Drill

They say deputies mocked them after injuring them with plastic pellets

(Newser) - Teachers who say they were left physically and emotionally scarred by an active-shooter drill at an Indiana elementary school last year are suing the sheriff's department responsible. The Meadowlawn Elementary School teachers say four White House County Sheriff's deputies subjected them to "verbal threats, expletives, and screaming,...

Gunmen Open Fire on Afghan Film Director

Saba Sahar, also an activist for women's rights, is hospitalized

(Newser) - One of Afghanistan's first female film directors was reportedly shot Tuesday when three gunmen opened fire on her car in Kabul. Saba Sahar, also a popular actress and advocate for women's rights, was taken to a hospital, where she underwent a successful operation, her husband tells the BBC...

Police Shoot Black Man Armed With Knife '11 Times'

The killing is under investigation in Louisiana

(Newser) - Police in Louisiana shot and killed a man as he tried to enter a convenience store with a knife, authorities said Saturday per the AP . The shooting was captured on video (WARNING: graphic images) and the state ACLU condemned what it described as a "horrific and deadly incident of...

Hostage Situation in Texas Ongoing After 3 Cops Shot

Son allegedly holding mom, other relatives inside home

(Newser) - Three police officers were shot and a man remained barricaded inside a home with three of his family members in a suburb of Austin, Texas, authorities said. Officers were still on the scene in Cedar Park early Monday morning, the police department tweeted. Officers responded to a call about 3:...

At Least 18 Shot, 4 Killed Across Cincinnati

'Why? That's going to be the question'

(Newser) - At least 18 people were shot, including four killed, as gunfire erupted in several places around Cincinnati overnight, authorities said Sunday. Officers responded just after 12:30am Sunday to the Avondale neighborhood and found 21-year-old Antonio Blair with gunshot wounds, police said in a statement, the AP reports. He was...

Father Can't Explain Why Suspect Shot His 5-Year-Old

'There wasn't anything between me and him,' says Austin Hinnant

(Newser) - A North Carolina father says his 5-year-old boy was killed by their neighbor for no apparent reason—the day after the two men had dinner together, the Washington Post reports. Austin Hinnant says he was grilling chicken at his Wilson home last Saturday when he saw his neighbor of 8...

Mass Shooting Leaves 1 Dead, Some 20 Injured

An off-duty police officer is 'struggling for her life'

(Newser) - A dispute that erupted into gun fire during a large outdoor party in Washington, DC, early Sunday left one person dead and some 20 others injured, including an off-duty officer "struggling for her life," according to police, per the AP . Christopher Brown, 17, died in the shooting that...

12-Year-Old's Death Causes an Outcry in Sweden

She was shot to death, an innocent bystander in an apparent gang feud

(Newser) - The Swedish government vowed Tuesday to find the perpetrators of a drive-by shooting that killed a 12-year-old girl in what authorities said appears to be the latest violence from suburban feuds between criminal gangs fighting over territory. "If we don't stop the new recruitment of young people into...

Guy Worked at Burger King 3 Days When Shot for Slow Order

Shooting in Orlando, Fla., followed parking lot fight

(Newser) - Desmond Joshua Jr. had just started working at a Florida Burger King when he was shot and killed over a delayed order, according to police. A 37-year-old man is facing murder charges after his girlfriend was caught up in a long line at an Orlando location around 7:30pm Saturday,...

Judge Whose Son Was Shot Dead Reveals His Last Words

NJ's Esther Salas details Daniel Anderl's final moments at hands of 'monster'

(Newser) - "Two weeks ago, my life as I knew it changed in an instant, and my family will never be the same." So starts an emotional nine-minute video released Monday by US District Judge Esther Salas, whose 20-year-old son, Daniel Anderl, her only child with husband Mark Anderl, was...

Megan Thee Stallion Offers More Details on Mysterious Shooting Incident

Rapper says she was shot in both feet earlier this month

(Newser) - Megan Thee Stallion revealed on July 15 that she had been shot July 12, a story that has remained mysterious even after the rapper divulged a few more details this week on Instagram. As the New York Times reports, the 25-year-old initially said simply that she had "suffered gunshot...

Protester Is Killed in Austin
Armed Protester Killed in Austin
Jul 26, 2020 3:00 PM CDT

Armed Protester Killed in Austin

Garrett Foster, 28, was carrying an AK-47 at the time

(Newser) - A Texas protester was shot dead Saturday night after a car drove into the crowd and the driver apparently opened fire on him, the Austin American-Statesman reports. Garrett Foster, 28, was approaching the stopped vehicle with other Black Lives Matter activists when he was killed. Foster was also armed—with...

Gunfire Erupts as Black, Right-Wing Militias Face Off

Hundreds of them converge in downtown Louisville

(Newser) - Three people were hit by gunfire Saturday as armed militia groups converged in Louisville, Kentucky—but the shooting was apparently accidental, the Courier Journal reports. At the tense scene, a Black militia group called the NFAC (the "Not F**king Around Coalition") came within site of Three Percenters, a...

Girl Saw Taliban Fighters Kill Her Parents. Then She Got Even

Qamar Gul reportedly killed several militants in Friday gun battle in Afghanistan

(Newser) - A photo of an Afghan girl in a headscarf, holding an AK-47 across her lap, has gone viral owing to its incredible backstory. The girl, Qamar Gul, said to be between 14 and 16, was at her home in the village of Geriveh, in Ghor province, around 1am Friday when...

14 People Shot Outside Chicago Funeral
Mass Shooting
Outside Chicago
Funeral
Jul 22, 2020 12:12 AM CDT

Mass Shooting Outside Chicago Funeral

Funeral may have been targeted, sources say

(Newser) - Gunfire exploded outside a Chicago funeral Tuesday, leaving 14 people hospitalized. Shots were fired from a black car that sped by the funeral attendees in a neighborhood on the city's South Side around 6:30pm; some of them reportedly returned fire, the Chicago Tribune reports. The vehicle ultimately crashed,...

'Anti-Feminist' Lawyer Is Suspect in Killing of Judge's Son

Roy Den Hollander was found dead in his car

(Newser) - A lawyer who described himself as an "anti-feminist attorney" has been identified as the suspect in the murder of the son of a New Jersey federal judge. Sources tell the AP that Roy Den Hollander, 72, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in his vehicle in upstate...

Suspect in Killing of Judge&#39;s Son Found Dead
Lawyer Suspected of Killing
Judge's Son Found Dead
THE RUNDOWN
Jul 20, 2020 3:33 PM CDT

Lawyer Suspected of Killing Judge's Son Found Dead

'There's a pretty good level of confidence he's the guy'

(Newser) - A man suspected of killing the son of a New Jersey federal judge and seriously injuring her husband in a Sunday afternoon shooting has been found dead from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, law enforcement officials say. A law enforcement source tells the New York Times the body of a...

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