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New report details missed chances to stop Uvalde school shooting

A police officer armed with a rifle watched the gunman in the Uvalde school massacre walk toward the campus but did not fire while waiting for permission from a supervisor to shoot, according to a sweeping critique on the tactical response to the ...

06 Jul 2022 at 21:19

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Poignant weekend of commemorations

This weekend will be an extremely poignant one in the city and in the village of Claudy as families and communities gather to remember those who died in the Claudy massacre and Operation Motorman. Sunday, July 31 marks the 50th anniversary of ...

29 Jul 2022 at 11:33

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Poignant day of commemorations

Sunday will be an extremely poignant one in the city and in the village of Claudy as families and communities gather to remember those who died in the Claudy massacre and Operation Motorman. Today (July 31) marks the 50th anniversary of both ...

31 Jul 2022 at 11:33

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Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents more than four million dollars

A Texas jury has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay more than four million dollars (£3.3 million) in compensatory damages to the parents of a six-year-old boy who was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. It marks ...

05 Aug 2022 at 10:04

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Families of victims of 'The Troubles' stage protest in Derry

Families of victims of 'The Troubles' staged a protest in Derry's Guildhall Square today. The protest, organised by the Pat Finucane Centre, the Bloody Sunday Trust and the Ballymurphy Massacre families, was to say 'No' to the British ...

24 May 2022 at 17:33

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Board sacks schools chief after Parkland massacre report

The superintendent of Florida’s second largest school district was fired following a late-night motion brought up by a board member appointed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis following a grand jury report into the Parkland school ...

15 Nov 2022 at 14:50

Derry Now

'He was not even there for my first Christmas' - Gillian McElholm

One of the most heart-rending recollections in a year of such recollections was Gillian McElholm’s bittersweet description of the last time her uncle Noel saw his brother, her father, Michael McGinley. Michael, who was aged 37, ...

15 Dec 2022 at 16:33

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President Kagame blames world’s inaction as Rwanda commemorates 1994 genocide

Rwandan President Paul Kagame blamed the inaction of the international community for allowing the 1994 genocide to happen as the central African country marked 30 years since an estimated 800,000 people were killed by ...

07 Apr 2024 at 14:35

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21 new graves found in search for Tulsa Race Massacre victims

The search for remains of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre has discovered 21 additional graves in the city’s Oaklawn Cemetery. Seventeen adult-size graves were located on Friday and Saturday, Oklahoma state ...

02 Nov 2022 at 16:38

Northern Ireland

Assembly urges Police Ombudsman to release Kingsmill report

Stormont’s main political parties have universally urged the Police Ombudsman to release a report into its investigation of the Kingsmill massacre. It follows the conclusion of a long-running inquest into the ...

04 Nov 2024 at 21:09

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Texas governor stopped at campaign fundraiser ‘for hours’ after Uvalde shooting

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has said that he stopped at a campaign fundraiser following the deadly school shooting in Uvalde and “let people know” he could not stay, but a newspaper reports that he was there ...

30 Jul 2022 at 06:58

Police surveillance operation to unmask journalistic source ruled unlawful

A covert surveillance operation authorised by a Northern Ireland police chief in a bid to unmask a journalistic source was unlawful, a tribunal has ruled. The Investigatory Powers Tribunal quashed the ...

17 Dec 2024 at 18:57

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