A 16-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of murder in Sweden, the authorities said on Wednesday, after three people were fatally shot the day before, in the latest blow to a country grappling with high levels of gun violence compared to its European peers. The three victims were found in a hair salon in the…
The extensive layoffs of federal health workers that began on Tuesday will greatly curtail the scope and influence of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the world’s premier public health agency, an outcome long sought by conservatives critical of its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. The reorganization of the Department of Health and Human…
A video that circulated widely on the internet recently showed a Haitian gang leader, Joseph Wilson, shirtless, happily showing off belts of .50 caliber ammunition, mockingly saying he used the armor-piercing bullets to groom his hair. “We have enough combs for our hair to last a year,” he joked. So how did he get them?…
For more than a quarter of a century, the death toll in the Columbine High School mass shooting, a statistic intertwined with the gun violence epidemic in the United States, stood at 13 victims. But another name has now been added to the list: Anne Marie Hochhalter, who was a student at the time and…
The US Department of State has issued a Level 2 travel advisory for tourists visiting the Turks and Caicos Islands, urging US citizens to “exercise increased caution” due to crime concerns. The advisory says that most crimes occur in Providenciales, also locally known as Provo. The State Department warns that local police may have “limited…
A teenager who boarded a commercial flight in Australia armed with a shotgun and ammunition was overpowered by passengers and crew, the police said on Friday. The teenager, a 17-year-old boy whose identity was not released, had entered the aircraft with the firearm, the department said. Officers from the Victoria Police were called to Avalon…
Salim Iskef had just bought a house and his upcoming wedding was going to be the high point of the life he was building in Sweden, a decade after escaping war in Syria. Instead, on Thursday, hundreds of people filed into the church where he was meant to marry in July, to attend his funeral….
NEW DELHI: Police on Saturday said that four militants from two banned outfits in Manipur have been arrested for illegal possession of firearms and involvement in extortion.According to the police statement the three members of the Kangleipak Communist Party (People’s War Group) were arrested on Thursday for their role in extortion and possession of weapons.The…