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Editorial: Stepping up on ending capital punishment in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania’s costly, ineffective and immoral death penalty statute remains active, even though the state hasn’t executed anyone since 1999. With more than 100 prisoners on death row, one of the nation’s largest, the statute’s exorbitant legal costs still mount, as local prosecutors continue to try people under the death penalty,…

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Commentary: How can we get justice for Tyre Nichols and other victims of police brutality?

On Jan. 7, Memphis police officers stopped 29-year-old Tyre Nichols for a traffic violation and then beat him so viciously that he was hospitalized and died three days later.

Los Angeles Times

Number of Armed Israeli Settlers in West Bank Stands at About 100,000

Israeli anti-violence associations have raised the alarm on the consequences of government plans for easing restrictions on settlers’ gun ownership and said that such a move will lead to more grief and hostility for generations to come. “A previous government led by Benjamin Netanyahu took decisions to facilitate granting arms…

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George Skelton: How do you win voters over on gun control? Meet them where they are — in front of the TV

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It is very rare that anything monumental gets done in America's political system without strong public support. That's certainly the case with gun control.

Los Angeles Times

Stephen L. Carter: Body camera footage couldn’t save Tyre Nichols

It’s mind-numbing to imagine, in the era of universal video, that five police officers could participate in the brutal beating of Trye Nichols, which led to his death three days later. That their body cameras were switched on and filming both their own actions and those of their colleagues seems…

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Blinken in Mideast Renews Appeal for Israel-Palestinian Calm

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up a two-day visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank on Tuesday with renewed appeals for Israeli-Palestinian calm amid an alarming spike of violence. Blinken met Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank town of Ramallah on Tuesday, a day after…

Asharq Al-Awsat

At least 10 wounded in ‘targeted’ Florida drive-by shooting

‘I’ve been here 34 years, and I have never worked an event where this many people were shot at one time’

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Utah backs law on intimate partner violence to prevent other women suffering Gabby Petito’s fate

The 22-year-old was strangled to death while on a trip with her boyfriend Brian Laundrie

The Independent UK

Failed New Mexico GOP candidate Solomon Peña indicted in shootings at Dem officials' homes

A grand jury in New Mexico indicted the former state House candidate on 14 criminal charges related to shootings.

Axios

Judge lambasts education secretary over lack of secure places for children

Top family judge accuses Gillian Keegan of ‘complacency bordering on cynicism’ over severe shortages in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

Tyre Nichols case shows officers still fail to intervene

As Memphis police officers attacked Tyre Nichols with their feet, fists and a baton, others held Nichols down or milled about, even as he cried out in pain before his body went limp

The Independent UK

Memphis police accused of ‘shielding’ white officer involved in Tyre Nichols beating

Officer pulled Nichols ‘violently’ from his car while hitting him on ground with taser

The Independent UK

Idaho murders - update: Bryan Kohberger went ‘missing’ for several hours on drive to Pennsylvania

Air Mail’s “The Eyes of a Killer” reveals that Bryan Kohberger slipped past surveillance teams during the Idaho student murders investigation

The Independent UK

2 men found fatally shot minutes apart in separate attacks on West and South Sides

The shootings occurred about five minutes apart in North Lawndale and New City.

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‘The final straw’: Dispute over $100 repair bill may have sparked Half Moon Bay shootings

LOS ANGELES — The suspected gunman accused of killing seven people last week at two farms in Half Moon Bay told investigators a dispute with his supervisor over a bill for machinery repair sparked the massacre, authorities said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Hundreds gather in Loop to protest police violence and demand justice for Tyre Nichols

After rallying at Federal Plaza the group went on a brief march through the Loop, carrying signs and chanting the names of others killed by police in recent years.

Tribune News Service

Half Moon Bay farm admits worker housing not up to code, pledges fix

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — The owner of a mushroom farm that was the scene of last week’s deadly mass shooting acknowledged Monday that its onsite worker housing — where the accused gunman lived and that a county supervisor had called “deplorable” — wasn’t permitted or up to code and…

Orlando Sentinel

10 people injured in Florida drive-by shooting, police say

ORLANDO, Fla. — Police officers are investigating a drive-by shooting that injured multiple people in a residential neighborhood Monday afternoon, just north of downtown Lakeland.

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The Independent UK

Driver in California cliff crash that injured 4 is charged

The driver of a car that plunged off a treacherous cliff in northern California, seriously injuring himself, his wife and their two young children, has been charged with attempted murder

The Denver Post

Colorado deputies indicted in killing of 22-year-old Christian Glass ask for charges to be dismissed

DENVER — The two Clear Creek County sheriff’s deputies indicted in the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Christian Glass last year are challenging the charges against them, saying prosecutors don’t have enough evidence against them.

Tribune News Service

Sheriff asks Gavin Newsom to lift death penalty ban for Goshen massacre. Arrest may be close

FRESNO, Calif. — Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux gave a brief update Monday on the investigation into the cartel-style massacre of six people in Goshen, including a 16-year-old mother and her 10-month-old baby.

The Independent UK

Ex-officer involved in 2020 protest shooting avoids prison

A former Louisville police officer blamed for instigating a deadly shooting during the 2020 Breonna Taylor protests has been sentenced to two years of probation

The Independent UK

Florida Republicans want gun owners to carry firearms without a permit under NRA-backed bill

The “constitutional carry” movement comes to the Sunshine State

The Independent UK

Shooters in central California killings of 6 still at-large

Two weeks after shooters brazenly killed a teen mother, her 10-month-old baby and four other members of her household, the suspects remain at-large and authorities have provided no motive for the attack in a central California farming community

Reuters

Judge blocks New Jersey ban on guns at beaches, casinos

A federal judge on Monday blocked New Jersey's recently enacted bans on carrying guns at beaches or casinos, though she left in place other restrictions passed by the state in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year expanding gun rights nationwide.

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