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Girl dies after shooting at Missoula apartment complex

Girl dies after shooting at Missoula apartment complex

Missoula, Mont. — A girl died after a shooting at an apartment complex on Alex Lane and a boy was taken into custody as investigators continued working the case. Missoula police reported officers responded just after midnight on April 11 to a report of a girl who had been shot. She

Dutch prosecutors urge long jail terms for Romanian helmet theft

Dutch prosecutors urge long jail terms for Romanian helmet theft

Prosecutors Tuesday called for the three suspected robbers of a priceless gold Romanian helmet from the fifth century BC to face lengthy jail sentences, as their trial opened in the Netherlands. The brazen January 2025 theft of the 2,500-year-old Helmet of Cotofenesti, a revered Romanian relic, along

Turkey school shooting wounds 16, attacker dead

Turkey school shooting wounds 16, attacker dead

An ex-student opened fire at his former high school Tuesday in Turkey, wounding 16 people including students before killing himself in a showdown with police, officials said. Special security forces were deployed to the school in the southeastern province of Sanliurfa, where students were evacuated, the local governor, Hasan

Spanish PM's wife charged with corruption

Spanish PM's wife charged with corruption

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s wife, Begona Gomez, has been formally charged with corruption after a years-long criminal investigation, according to a court ruling published Monday. The probe is one of several corruption cases that have embroiled the Socialist leader’s family and former allies, putting pressure on

Man jailed over making 100 fake calls to cops

Man jailed over making 100 fake calls to cops

By Filipa Gaspar Two sinister time-wasters have been convicted after making more than 100 hoax 999 (911 - US) calls - including abandoning a baby on a railway track. Shahid Khan, 31, and Zaynul Shaffi, 44, used different handsets and SIMs and changed their accents to try to cover their tracks

French court gives teacher suspended sentence over pupil's suicide

French court gives teacher suspended sentence over pupil's suicide

A French court Monday handed a suspended one-year jail sentence to a teacher for bullying an 11-year-old pupil who killed herself in 2019, in a rare such verdict in the country. The 63-year-old defendant, a secondary school teacher of French in the Val-d'

UK Taylor Swift dance party stabbing spree 'avoidable': inquiry

UK Taylor Swift dance party stabbing spree 'avoidable': inquiry

A UK teenager's 2024 frenzied stabbing spree in northwest England which killed three young girls and sparked nationwide anti-immigration riots was "foreseeable and avoidable", a public inquiry concluded Monday. The attack on a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport, which seriously wounded 10 others,