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Shooting at busy 95th St. bus terminal could have resulted in ‘horrific massacre,’ judge says at teen’s bond hearing after 1 hit

Damontae Sessom was charged as an adult with attempted murder and aggravated battery in the Tuesday shooting that wounded a 27-year-old bystander as she waited for a bus.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 26, 2022

Judge tosses statements defendant made in 1972 murder case

A judge has thrown out statements that a 77-year-old Minnesota man charged in the stabbing death of a 15-year-old suburban Chicago girl nearly half a century ago made to police and to his wife

The Independent UK · May 26, 2022

Man convicted of 1st-degree murder in beheading case

A jury has convicted a New Hampshire man of first-degree murder for killing his wife’s coworker after he discovered they were texting, and then forcing her to behead him

The Independent UK · May 26, 2022

Sherif Girgis on the Draft Dobbs Opinion and Its Critics

An assessment of claims that Justice Alito's draft opinion rests on historical error, provides no meaningful basis for distinguishing abortion from other unenumerated rights, and forecloses constitutional protection of the mother's life.

Reason · May 26, 2022

'Simple' message to city teens after two knife attacks in two days

Police issued the warning on knife crime the same week a 14-year-old boy was convicted of murdering Ava White

Liverpool Echo · May 26, 2022

Hundreds of mourners line streets for murdered Bobbi-Anne McLeod’s funeral

Hundreds of people have paid tribute to teenager Bobbi-Anne McLeod at her funeral six months after her murder.

Evening Standard · May 26, 2022

Ramesh Ponnuru: The gun debate needs to break old patterns

The mass murder of children in Uvalde, Texas, coming just 10 days after the mass murder of shoppers in Buffalo, New York, moved former Sen. Bill Frist — who was the majority leader of a Republican Senate when President George W. Bush was in the White House — to issue…

Tribune News Service · May 26, 2022

Author Of 'How To Murder Your Husband' Convicted Of Murdering Her Husband

From the Department of When Life Imitates Art: The woman who authored an essay titled “How to Murder Your Husband” was convicted of (what else?) murdering her husband.

Benzinga · May 26, 2022

Felon with ‘extensive criminal history’ charged with brutal stabbing on Blue Line

Travis Cook, 53, faces a count of first-degree murder in the stabbing of a 43-year-old man on Monday at the Clinton Street station, Chicago police said.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 26, 2022

Bobbi-Anne McLeod: hundreds line streets of Plymouth for funeral

Service held six months after murder, as city leaders say more must be done to keep women and girls safe

The Guardian - UK · May 26, 2022