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  • Suspect in Minnesota church shooting identified

    Suspect in Minnesota church shooting identified Just before 8:30 a.m. on August 27, 2025, children attending mass at the Church of the Annunciation in the Windom neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota,...

    Suspect in Minnesota church shooting identified

    Suspect in Minnesota church shooting identified Just before 8:30 a.m. on August 27, 2025, children attending mass at the Church of the Annunciation in the Windom neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota,...

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    A 45-year-old American woman has been found guilty in the UK of conspiracy to murder, and possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear or violence. Aimee Betro, of...

    Dating-App Romance Ends in failed assassination...

    A 45-year-old American woman has been found guilty in the UK of conspiracy to murder, and possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear or violence. Aimee Betro, of...

  • 65-year-old arrested for 1994 rape, murder of y...

    Samantha Louise Mizzi, a 24-year-old woman from Castlemaine, a town in west central Victoria, Australia, was found naked and dying on a street in 1994. Her discovery occurred at approximately...

    65-year-old arrested for 1994 rape, murder of y...

    Samantha Louise Mizzi, a 24-year-old woman from Castlemaine, a town in west central Victoria, Australia, was found naked and dying on a street in 1994. Her discovery occurred at approximately...

  • Fifty-year-old Australian mother of two found g...

    Fifty-year-old Australian mother of two, Erin Patterson,  was found guilty last month in the deaths of her ex-partner’s parents and aunt, as well the attempted murder of his aunt’s husband....

    Fifty-year-old Australian mother of two found g...

    Fifty-year-old Australian mother of two, Erin Patterson,  was found guilty last month in the deaths of her ex-partner’s parents and aunt, as well the attempted murder of his aunt’s husband....

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