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Gunmen kill 7 people working on a strategic tunnel project in Indian-controlled Kashmir

Oct. 21, 2024 22:27 PM EDT

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Gunmen fatally shot at least seven people working on a strategic tunnel project in Indian-controlled Kashmir and injured at least five others, officials said on Monday. Police blamed militants who have been fighting against Indian rule for decades for the...

Two plead guilty to murder of former Air India suspect Ripudaman Singh Mali

Oct. 21, 2024 22:26 PM EDT

NEW WESTMINSTER, British Columbia (AP) — Two men accused of killing of former Air India bombing suspect Ripudaman Singh Malik have pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in a Canadian court. The courthouse in New Westminster, British Columbia, confirmed the pleas on Monday from...

Teen in custody after 5 found dead in shooting at home in Washington state, police say

Oct. 21, 2024 21:52 PM EDT

FALL CITY, WASH. (AP) — Law enforcement officials found five people killed in a shooting inside a home southeast of Seattle on Monday morning and took a teenager into custody, police said. Several people called 911 around 5 a.m. to report a shooting in Fall City, Washington, King...

Prosecutors: Ex-officer's gunshots put people in danger the night of deadly Breonna Taylor raid

Oct. 21, 2024 16:13 PM EDT

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The 10 shots Brett Hankison fired into Breonna Taylor 's apartment the night she was killed in a police raid put Taylor, her neighbors and even one of Hankison’s fellow Louisville police officers in danger, federal prosecutors argued Monday. Lawyers made...

London police officer who fatally shot a Black motorist is acquitted of murder

Oct. 21, 2024 15:03 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — A London police officer who fatally shot a Black motorist two years ago was acquitted Monday of murder in a case that intensified mistrust of Britain's largest police force among many in the city’s Black communities. Metropolitan Police marksman Martyn Blake, 40,...

Prosecutor clears 3 Iowa officers in fatal shooting after a traffic stop

Oct. 21, 2024 14:41 PM EDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A county attorney on Monday cleared three Iowa police officers in a September early morning fatal shooting of a man who shot two officers after a traffic stop. Polk County Attorney Kimberly Graham said her review of the Sept. 16 shooting in Des Moines found...

Akron to pay $4.8 million to relatives of a Black man killed by police

Oct. 21, 2024 14:25 PM EDT

The family of Jayland Walker, a Black man killed when eight police officers fired 94 bullets at him after he shot at least one round out his car window, will receive a $4.8 million settlement from the city of Akron, the mayor's office said Monday. A grand jury declined to indict the...

Former Ohio officer stands trial in the 2020 shooting death of Andre Hill

Oct. 21, 2024 12:12 PM EDT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A white former Ohio police officer has gone on trial Monday in the killing of Andre Hill, a Black man who was shot as he emerged from a garage holding a cellphone nearly four years ago. Officer Adam Coy, a 17-year veteran of the Columbus police force, fatally...

A London police officer who fatally shot an unarmed Black man has been acquitted of murder

Oct. 21, 2024 11:27 AM EDT
LONDON (AP) — A London police officer who fatally shot an unarmed Black man has been acquitted of murder.

'Stunning security failures' led to assassination attempt at Trump rally, House report finds

Oct. 21, 2024 05:06 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally in July was “preventable and should not have happened,” according to a bipartisan House panel that is investigating the shooting and what it calls the “stunning security failures” at...