Rockville police increase patrols near places of worship following D.C. killings
ROCKVILLE, Md. — The Rockville City Police Department has heightened patrols around synagogues, houses of worship, and community centers following a series of hate-motivated killings in Washington, D.C. earlier this week. The…
Wave of brutal gang killings has ended with a life sentence for an MS-13 enforcer in Virginia and Massachusetts
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A Salvadoran national and MS-13 gang member was sentenced Thursday to six life terms in prison for his role in a series of violent murders and conspiracies in Virginia…
Philadelphia man pleads guilty to four contract killings in 2018 and 2019
HARRISBURG, PA — A Philadelphia man admitted Tuesday to killing four people in 2018 and 2019 as part of a series of murders for hire, Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry announced. Steven…
Six Members of Violent Transnational Gang Convicted in Connection With Two Killings and Racketeering Activity
The convictions were announced today by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Scott of the Washington Field Office Criminal and…
Authorities Apprehend Suspect In Pennsylvania Killings After Hourslong Standoff
Authorities apprehended the suspect thought to be responsible for shooting and killing several people in Pennsylvania on Saturday after an hours-long standoff in New Jersey, according to several reports. Police arrested 26-year-old…
Undercover Israeli killings in West Bank hospital may be war crimes: UN experts
GENEVA (Reuters) – The killing of three Palestinian men in a hospital in the occupied West Bank last month by Israeli commandos disguised as medical workers and Muslim women may amount to…
Suspects arrested in 6 California desert murders tied to marijuana trade
By Steve Gorman and Daniel Trotta LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Five men have been arrested on suspicion of murdering six people last week in a remote patch of California’s Mojave Desert, a mass…
UN’s Guterres condemns Israel for ‘heartbreaking’ killings in Gaza
By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday denounced Israel for the “heartbreaking” deaths of Palestinian civilians in Gaza and called it unacceptable to resist statehood for…
Killings hit record high in 2021 as post-lockdown stress grew – UN
By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) – The number of murders and other intentional killings surged to a record high across the world in 2021, driven in part by the stress and economic…
Suspected L.A.-area serial killer charged in 4 killings, including 3 homeless men
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A suspected serial killer was charged on Monday with murder in the fatal shootings of three homeless men in Los Angeles and a county employee…
Cenk Uygur Loses It On Right-Wing Podcaster For Giving ‘Nuance’ To Killings That Inspired BLM
Cenk Uygur Loses It On Right-Wing Podcaster For Giving ‘Nuance’ To Killings That Inspired BLM Harold Hutchison on October 27, 2023 “The Young Turks” host Cenk Uygur berated podcast host Tim Pool…
AOC Refuses to Condemn Hamas Over Baby Killings, No Call to Release Hostages
NEW YORK, NY – New York City Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez today continued calling out Israel for retaliatory attacks against Hamas after the terrorist organization murdered over 1,200 Israelis and dozens of Americans.…
Ukraine marks 82nd anniversary of Babyn Yar killings by Nazi forces
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine marked Friday’s 82nd anniversary of a mass killing, mainly of Jews, in Nazi-occupied Kyiv with an appeal not to forget an event that it said provided the moral basis…
Bronx Man Sentenced to 83 Years for Killings
BRONX, NY – Bronx resident Dane Richardson, 40, has been recently sentenced to 83 years to life in prison for the 2019 killings of two Bronx men and the attempted murder of…
Factbox-Serbia school shooting and other major killings of children
(Reuters) – A 14-year-old boy shot his teacher in a Belgrade classroom on Wednesday before opening fire on other students and security guards, killing eight pupils and a security guard, Serbia’s interior…
Mexican authorities say suspect in killings of priests, American believed dead
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican authorities said on Wednesday the top suspect in the killings of two Jesuit priests and a tour guide last year as well as the murder of an…
U.S. report cites killings, torture in Ortega’s Nicaragua
(Reuters) -The U.S. State Department cited credible reports of killings, arrests and torture in Nicaragua, as well as harsh and life-threatening conditions in the country’s prisons, in an annual human rights report…
Colombia killings of social leaders hit record in 2022 -ombudsman
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia witnessed killings of 215 social leaders and human rights activists in 2022, the highest toll ever recorded, as illegal armed groups intensified their attacks in key drug-trafficking areas,…
Pentagon calls for investigation into Reuters report of Nigeria child killings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military on Tuesday called on Nigeria to conduct an independent investigation of allegations in a Reuters report that the Nigerian army killed children in its fight against…
Police arrest suspect in California serial killings
(Reuters) – Police in Stockton, California said on Saturday they have arrested a man suspected of killing six people in a string of murders that have rocked the area in Northern California.…
ISIS ‘Beatle’ Receives Eight Life Sentences For Role In Beheadings, Other Killings
ISIS ‘Beatle’ Receives Eight Life Sentences For Role In Beheadings, Other Killings Trevor Schakohl on August 19, 2022 The Eastern District of Virginia’s court sentenced one of the so-called ISIS “Beatles” to…
German driver jailed for life for 2020 pedestrian zone killings
TRIER, Germany (Reuters) – A German court on Tuesday sentenced a 52-year-old man to life in prison for killing five people, including a baby, by driving a speeding car into a pedestrian…
After New Mexico killings, Muslims are on edge
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) – Albuquerque business owner Mula Akbar now carries a pistol most of the time after three Muslim men he knew were ambushed and killed in New Mexico’s largest…
Fourth Muslim man murdered in New Mexico in ‘targeted killings’
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – Police in New Mexico and federal agencies were probing the murders of four Muslim men to determine if the killings, the latest of which happened on Friday…
Facebook owner Meta briefly blocks hashtags tied to Bucha killings
By Katie Paul (Reuters) – Facebook owner Meta Platforms briefly restricted hashtags related to civilian deaths in northern Ukraine, where bodies of people shot at close range were found in a town…
Killings Continue Across Baltimore as Three Shot and Killed Yesterday
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – On January 10, 2022 there were three separate homicides to report. At approximately 11:39 p.m., Northwest District patrol officers responded to the 3900 block of Liberty Heights Avenue for…
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