Historian Lucy Worsley believes team have solved Thames Torso murder mystery Killer dismembered corpses of his female victims in London at the same time as Jack the Ripper Evening Standard · Jan 5
Trial begins for officer accused of failing to protect children during Uvalde school shooting One of the first police officers to respond to the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, goes on trial Monday on charges that he failed to protect children during the attack, when authorities waited more than an hour to confront the gunman The Independent UK · Jan 5
Labor mulls early parliament sitting after Bondi attack Politicians will be back in Canberra sooner than planned to pass key security reforms after the nation's worst mass shooting in decades. AAP · Jan 4
Tennessee nurse fatally shot grandma and two sons in quadruple murder-suicide, police say Deputies with Humphreys County Sheriff’s Office conducted a welfare check and found the bodies of two women and two children The Independent UK · Jan 4
Operation Midway Blitz Leaves Chicago Children Showing Signs of Trauma After Family Separations: Report Federal immigration enforcement in the Chicago area has intensified since September under Operation Midway Blitz, an initiative that has led to thousands of arrests and a growing number of family separations. Latin Times · Jan 4
Appeals panel says California's ban on open carry in more populated counties is unconstitutional A federal appeals panel has ruled that a California law prohibiting open carry of firearms in heavily populated counties is unconstitutional The Independent UK · Jan 4
Widow claims HOA failed to de-escalate tensions between neighbors before pastor was fatally shot: lawsuit The Las Vegas pastor’s children were in the car, recording the deadly neighbor dispute, according to a lawsuit The Independent UK · Jan 3
What France can learn from Italy's fight against organised crime A spate of shootings in French cities has drawn attention to the growing number of victims of drug-related organised crime. While the government's answer has largely been to get tough on law and order, campaigners argue repression alone is not enough, and are calling for France to follow Italy's example… Radio France Internationale · Jan 3
America Under Trump Already Hit by Three Mass Shootings as 2026 Starts America enters 2026 with three mass shootings in Mississippi, Texas and Dallas, highlighting the ongoing gun violence crisis and renewed debate over public safety and policy under Donald Trump's political return. International Business Times UK · Jan 3
Trial begins for officer accused of failing to protect children during Uvalde school shooting Adrian Gonzales, 52, and former Uvalde schools police chief Pete Arredondo are the only officers charged The Independent UK · Jan 3
Trial to begin for police officer charged in delayed response to Uvalde school shooting One of the first officers on the scene at the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, is about to stand trial The Independent UK · Jan 3
NSW Labor accused of rushing inquiry into banning phrases such as ‘globalise the intifada’ over the holidays State opposition leader says inquiry established ‘with no notice, no public hearings and an impossibly short deadline’ The Guardian - AU · Jan 3
California ban on openly carrying guns is unconstitutional, court rules Ninth circuit sides with gun owner that ban in counties with more than 200,000 people violates second amendment The Guardian - US · Jan 3
15-year-old boy charged after Uber driver found dead on New Year’s Day Christian Simmons was charged as an adult in the ‘senseless murder’ of Cesar Tejada, a 58-year-old husband and father of two, police say The Independent UK · Jan 2
Reason · Jan 2 Second Amendment Protects Right to Open Carry, Ninth Circuit Panel Holds (2-1) If the decision doesn't go en banc, it may go to the Supreme Court, because the Second Circuit held the opposite (and there's thus a circuit split).
The Guardian - US · Jan 2 US’s first registry of domestic abusers takes effect in Tennessee ‘Savanna’s law’ named after woman killed by ex-boyfriend, who had extensive record of domestic violence allegations
Latin Times · Jan 2 Fatal Shooting by Off-Duty ICE Officer Under Investigation After New Year's Eve Gunfire A fatal shooting involving an off-duty Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer outside an apartment complex in Los Angeles is under investigation following an exchange of gunfire late on New Year's Eve.
The Independent UK · Jan 2 Members of cult led by man who claims to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ arrested at their campsite in rural Alabama The group leader ‘Reverand Lamp’ claimed DHS agents questioned members about their US citizenship
The Independent UK · Jan 2 Pregnant woman shot dead at Michigan gas station remembered as a ‘beautiful life’ while authorities continue manhunt for gunman Kendall Berrington was due to give birth on January 14 but was shot and killed on Wednesday
The Guardian - US · Jan 2 ‘It’s our turn’: gun-safety advocates are riding a ‘seismic’ wave to US legislatures A once-toxic topic is helping survivors and relatives of victims get elected to enact the laws they helped draft
International Business Times UK · Jan 2 D4vd Case Update: Chainsaw Found at Singer's Rented Mansion: New Details Emerge as Singer Faces Possible Murder Indictment New details have emerged in the Celeste Rivas murder case as D4vd faces a possible indictment, with a private investigator reportedly finding a chainsaw at his rented Hollywood Hills mansion.
Evening Standard · Jan 2 Double killer gets £7,500 payout for human rights breaches as taxpayers foot £234,000 legal bill Fuad Awale was convicted in January 2013 of the execution-style shooting of two teenagers
The Independent UK · Jan 2 Ohio police search for murder suspect after dentist and wife found shot dead at their home Officers performed a welfare check at the home of Spencer Tepe, 37, and Monique Tepe, 39, in the Weinland Park area of Columbus Tuesday morning
The Independent UK · Jan 1 Houston mass shooting leaves two in critical condition as gun violence erupts at New Year’s celebrations across city Investigators believe more than 100 people were gathered at the Airbnb in Houston when shots rang out
Marie Claire · Dec 31, 2025 Royal Experts Reflect on "Abandoned and Embittered" Ex-Prince Andrew and the Most "Tragic Element" of Former Royal's Life as a "Couch Potato" "He cuts an unmistakably glum figure."