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LOS ANGELES — Last spring, Los Angeles police officials decided to deal with a problem.

Barbee, convicted in the 2005 murders of his pregnant ex-girlfriend and her child, was unable to straighten his arms, which caused the delay. Courts allowed Barbee’s execution despite concerns from his lawyer that his disability would make the process “torture.”

The 22-year-old student charged in the shooting deaths of fellow students at the University of Virginia faces an initial court appearance Wednesday.

There was a time when a mass shooting in Philadelphia would be cause for both alarm and action. But after nine people were shot in Kensington a little over a week ago, barely anyone batted an eye.

An Arizona prisoner convicted in the 1980 killings of two people is scheduled to be executed Wednesday in what would be the state’s third execution since officials started carrying out the death penalty in May after a nearly eight-year hiatus

A series of violent incidents are understood to have taken place near Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, earlier this month and allegedly involve members of the notorious McPhee and Williamson families.

Prosecutors say two Los Angeles County deputies won’t face criminal charges for fatally shooting a Black man they tried to stop for riding a bicycle the wrong direction

Prosecutors say they want to secure a life sentence with no chance of parole for a 16-year-old boy who massacred four classmates in a horrific school shooting last year

MOSCOW, Idaho — Moscow police released new details on Tuesday about the homicide investigation into the deaths of four University of Idaho students, revealing that, based on preliminary information, an “edged weapon” such as a knife was used in the attack.

Virginia coach Tony Elliott spoke to the media for the first time about the tragedy that’s left the Charlottesville community reeling.

There is need to begin to focus on the cultural and social drivers, to prevent future mass school shootings.