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Kansas City woman recalls helping Ralph Yarl after teen shot: ‘A brave young man’

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The night prosecutors say Black Kansas City teen Ralph Yarl was shot by white homeowner Andrew Lester, 84, Jodi was watching TV. Then, she heard banging at her front door, her handle rattling and a voice crying out, “I need help.”

Tribune News Service · Apr 19, 2023

Ralph Yarl making stunning recovery, family lawyer says

The attorney for Ralph Yarl's family says the Black teenager was shot by a white homeowner at point-blank range in the head but miraculously survived the bullet to his skull

The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2023

Driver ‘used car as a weapon to kill woman’ mounting curb outside takeaway

Stephen McHugh is alleged to have used the weight and power of his Volvo to murder Rebecca Steer in Shropshire last year

The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2023

Police: Maine man fired randomly on highway after killing 4

Authorities say one of the three people shot on a Maine highway remains in critical condition

The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2023

Will a gun that uses facial recognition reduce firearm deaths? A Colorado entrepreneur thinks so

The country’s first biometric smart gun started as a Boulder teenager’s high school science fair project.

The Denver Post · Apr 19, 2023

Maine shooting suspect posted sobbing Facebook video about ‘trauma’ hours before rampage

Joseph Eaton, 34, shared an emotional video of himself online on Monday where he said that people think he is ‘just another f*** up’ and complained about people who ‘claim to be Christian’

The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2023

Daughter of slain Jason Corbett says she's being 'persecuted' - as retrial delayed again

Sarah Corbett Lynch, who now lives in Limerick with her aunt Tracey Corbett Lynch said: “I was orphaned at eight years, I am living eight years under the North Carolina judicial system"

Irish Mirror · Apr 19, 2023

Rapist who brutally stabbed man to death on doorstep in planned attack jailed for life

Richard Wotherspoon brutally murdered Samuel Hamilton on his doorstep in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, last May.

Daily Record · Apr 19, 2023

Councillor claims 'Rothbury community would respond differently' should Moat manhunt happen now

Coun Steven Bridgett has reflected on the changes in rural policing since the Raoul Moat manhunt in 2010, and described how officers at the time put residents at ease as the gunman remained at large

Chronicle Live · Apr 19, 2023

The Waco siege – 30 years on

Thirty years ago on 19 April, 1993, a huge fire engulfed the Mount Carmel Center compound 13 miles outside of Waco, Texas, ending a 51-day stand-off between the government agents and a fringe-religious group, the Branch Davidians.

The Week · Apr 19, 2023