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Mass Shootings Have Nearly Tripled Since '06: FBI

Mass Shootings Have Nearly Tripled Since '06: FBI

(Newser) - Mass shootings really are on the rise, according to a new FBI report. There has been an average of nearly one mass shooting a month in America this century and the rate has risen dramatically in recent years, the report released yesterday says. The agency says it identified a total... More  »

 
US Airstrikes Hit ISIS in the Wallet: Oil Fields

US Airstrikes Hit ISIS in the Wallet: Oil Fields

(Newser) - American-led airstrikes hit the Islamic State in the wallet overnight and early today, targeting Syrian oil installations held by the terror group and killing nearly 20 people as the militants released dozens of detainees in their de facto capital of Raqqa, fearing further raids, activists tell the AP . The latest... More  »

 
Fugitive Survivalist Taunts Cops, Leaves Diaper Trail

Fugitive Survivalist Taunts Cops, Leaves Diaper Trail

(Newser) - Police combing a heavily wooded area of Pennsylvania for the survivalist suspected of shooting two state troopers are starting to suspect he is playing some kind of twisted game with them. Almost 1,000 officers are combing the area for Eric Frein, and there have been repeated sightings of a... More  »

 
US Senator Takes Heat for Bloody Fundraiser: Pigeon Shoot

US Senator Takes Heat for Bloody Fundraiser: Pigeon Shoot

(Newser) - Coming up with a creative way to raise money for your Senate re-election campaign: great idea. Shooting live pigeons out of the sky for said fundraiser: not terribly popular. Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe is taking more than a little flak from animal rights groups over a moneymaking event he held... More  »

 
Cameron Apologizes for Saying Queen 'Purred'

Cameron Apologizes for Saying Queen 'Purred'

(Newser) - Prime Minister David Cameron will apologize to Queen Elizabeth II for disclosing details of a private conversation with her about the Scottish referendum. Britain's leader was overheard telling former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg that the monarch appeared relieved that the Scots voted to stay in the United Kingdom.... More  »

 
American Held in North Korea Describes Prison Life

American Held in North Korea Describes Prison Life

(Newser) - North Korea claims Matthew Miller wanted to be a "second Snowden" and to expose human rights abuses in its penal system—and whatever the truth is, the 24-year-old from Bakersfield, Calif., is getting as close a look at the country's prisons as anybody could wish for. Miller has... More  »

 
Walmart Texts Made Paranoid Killer Confess

Walmart Texts Made Paranoid Killer Confess

(Newser) - Matthew Gibson killed a woman in Arizona 17 years ago and he would have gotten away with it ... if it wasn't for Walmart. The 55-year-old—who drove from North Carolina to Arizona to confess —told police that he thought somebody knew about the crime after he started receiving... More  »

 
Medieval City Plans Beer Pipeline

Medieval City Plans Beer Pipeline

(Newser) - Beer is going to flow like water under the cobblestone streets of Bruges, Belgium, through the country's first beer pipeline. The 500-year-old De Halve Maan brewery is based in the heart of the medieval town, and its director tells AFP they want to keep making beer at the historic... More  »

 
Suspect in Missing UVa Teen's Case Caught in Texas

Suspect in Missing UVa Teen's Case Caught in Texas

(Newser) - Police have captured the man charged in the disappearance of a University of Virginia student. Charlottesville Police Chief Timothy Longo said 32-year-old Jesse Matthew is in custody in Galveston, Texas. Matthew is charged with abduction with intent to defile in the case of 18-year-old Hannah Graham , who has been missing... More  »

 

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