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Google, Meta and others face tough questions in Australia over cyber extremism threats

Mar. 18, 2024 22:21 PM EDT

SYDNEY (AP) — Australia's online safety regulator has put social media giants on notice, requiring them to explain what they are doing to to protect people from violent extremists and terrorists. The country's eSafety regulator announced Tuesday that it had issued legal notices to...

2 men plead guilty to killing wild burros in Southern California's Mojave Desert

Mar. 18, 2024 20:57 PM EDT

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Two men who used high-powered rifles to kill three wild burros in Southern California's Mojave Desert more than two years ago pleaded guilty on Monday to federal charges related to the shootings, prosecutors said. The men wore tactical gear including night...

Parents of Michigan school shooting victims say more investigation is needed

Mar. 18, 2024 18:52 PM EDT

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The parents of four students killed at a Michigan school called on Monday for a state investigation of all aspects of the 2021 mass shooting, saying the convictions of a teenager and his parents are not enough to close the book. The parents also want a change...

An Afghan refugee has been convicted of murder in a case that shocked Albuquerque’s Muslim community

Mar. 18, 2024 17:48 PM EDT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An Afghan refugee was found guilty Monday of first-degree murder in one of three fatal shootings that shook Albuquerque's Muslim community during the summer of 2022. Muhammad Syed faces life in prison for killing 41-year-old Aftab Hussein on July 26, 2022....

Sheriff's deputy shot and wounded in southern Kentucky

Mar. 18, 2024 17:18 PM EDT

MONTICELLO, Ky. (AP) — A sheriff's deputy in southern Kentucky was shot and wounded on Monday afternoon, officials said. The Wayne County deputy appeared to have non-life-threatening injuries and was flown to University of Tennessee Medical Center, Wayne County Emergency Management...

Movie armorer challenges conviction in fatal shooting of cinematographer by Alec Baldwin

Mar. 18, 2024 17:10 PM EDT

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A movie set armorer is challenging her conviction on an involuntary manslaughter charge in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust,” court records released Monday show. Defense attorneys for “Rust”...

Philadelphia man won't be retried in shooting that sent him to prison for 12 years at 17

Mar. 18, 2024 14:47 PM EDT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia man won't be retried in a 2011 shooting that injured four people, including a 6-year-old girl, and sent him to prison for more than a decade at age 17, a prosecutor announced Monday. A judge closed the case against C.J. Rice, now 30, months after...

Jurors convict an Afghan refugee of murder in 1 of 3 fatal shootings that shocked Albuquerque’s Muslim community in 2022

Mar. 18, 2024 13:44 PM EDT
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Jurors convict an Afghan refugee of murder in 1 of 3 fatal shootings that shocked Albuquerque’s Muslim community in 2022.

1 killed in shootings at Jacksonville Beach on St. Patrick's Day

Mar. 18, 2024 12:42 PM EDT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Police are investigating a series of shootings in Jacksonville Beach that left one person dead during the busy St. Patrick's Day weekend. Three other people were in serious condition after the shootings Sunday night, Jacksonville Beach Police Chief Gene...

A list of mass killings in the United States this year

Mar. 18, 2024 11:56 AM EDT

The latest mass killing in the U.S. happened last week in West Virginia. The bodies of four people — ages 3 months to 90 years — were found inside the remains of a burning home. A fifth person with an apparent gunshot wound was discovered dead behind a chicken coop nearby, authorities said. ...