Rescuers armed with helicopters, boats and drones scoured a shredded landscape of toppled trees and mud‑filled debris on Saturday, racing to find survivors of the flash floods that tore through central Texas before daybreak on Friday. At least 51 people have been confirmed dead across several counties, 15 of them children, …
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Trump to address nation after shootings
US President Donald Trump will address the nation on Monday after two shootings left 29 people dead and sparked accusations that his rhetoric was part of the problem. The rampages turned innocent snippets of everyday life into nightmares of bloodshed: 20 people were shot dead while shopping at a crowded …
Read More »Gun control won’t prevent deadly shootings – Brazil’s Bolsonaro
President Jair Bolsonaro argued Sunday for his signature policy of relaxing gun control measures, saying they will not stop mass shootings such as those that left 29 dead in the US over the weekend. “Disarming people isn’t going to keep that from happening,” Bolsonaro said. “Brazil is, on paper, extremely …
Read More »Principal kills himself in school parking lot after resigning
A Texas principal stepped outside of a meeting Tuesday afternoon and shot himself to death, officials said. Kirbyville High School Principal Dennis Reeves, 45, met with administrators Tuesday afternoon to submit his resignation from the position, according to news station KTRE. After the meeting, Reeves reportedly walked to his pickup …
Read More »Five dead, six injured in Dallas shooting as city descends into chaos
PRESIDENT Obama has vowed “justice will be done” over the Dallas shooting that has left five police officers dead and six injured as well as a civilian Speaking from the start of a NATO summit in Europe he said there had been a “vicious, calculated and despicable attack on law …
Read More »Why a Nigerian Man shot the US Judge
A Nigerian man named Chimene Onyeri, 28, has been arrested in connection with the shooting of a Texas state judge, Julie Kocurek. He was a defendant the judge was prosecuting at the time of the shooting. Chimene was in the process of being prosecuted by Kocurek in a fraud case from 2012, when …
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