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Foreign nationals among 14 killed after gunman opens fire in a Prague university. Over 20 wounded
By Karel Janicek, The Associated Press on December 22nd, 2023
PRAGUE (AP) – Foreign nationals were among at least 14 killed after a student opened fire at a university in Prague, authorities said Friday. More than 20 others were also wounded in one of the Czech Republic’s worst mass shootings. The bloodshed took place on Thursday in the philosophy department building of Charles University, where ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More than 20,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza health officials say
By Najib Jobain And Sam Magdy, The Associated Press on December 21st, 2023
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – Health officials in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip say more than 20,000 Palestinians have been killed in the war between Israel and Hamas. The figure, amounting to nearly 1% of the territory’s prewar population, is a new reflection of the staggering cost of the war, which in just over 10 weeks ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jury acquits 3 Washington state officers in death of a Black man who told them he couldn’t breathe
By Martha Bellisle, The Associated Press on December 21st, 2023
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) – A jury has cleared three Washington state police officers of all criminal charges in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained face down on a Tacoma sidewalk as he pleaded for breath. Two of the officers – Matthew Collins, 40, and Christopher Burbank, ... Read More »
1 responseGunman opens fire in a Prague university, killing 14 people in Czech Republic’s worst mass shooting
By Karel Janicek, The Associated Press on December 21st, 2023
PRAGUE (AP) – A student opened fire Thursday at a university in Prague, killing at least 14 people, officials said, and injuring more than 20 in the Czech Republic’s worst mass shooting. The bloodshed took place in the philosophy department building of Charles University, where the shooter was a student, Prague Police Chief Martin Vondrasek ... Read More »
1 responseA lone gunman opens fire in a Prague university, killing 14 people and injuring 25
By Karel Janicek, The Associated Press on December 21st, 2023
PRAGUE (AP) – A lone gunman opened fire Thursday in a university building in downtown Prague, killing at least 14 people and injuring more than 20 in the Czech Republic’s worst mass shooting, police and the city’s rescue service said. The bloodshed took place in the philosophy department building of Charles University, where the shooter ... Read More »
1 responseA lone gunman opens fire in a Prague university, killing 15 people and injuring 24
By Karel Janicek, The Associated Press on December 21st, 2023
PRAGUE (AP) – A lone gunman opened fire Thursday in a university building in downtown Prague, killing at least 15 people and injuring more than 20 in the Czech Republic’s worst mass shooting, police and the city’s rescue service said. The bloodshed took place in the philosophy department building of Charles University, where the shooter ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!At least 15 people die in a mass shooting at a Prague university
By Karel Janicek, The Associated Press on December 21st, 2023
PRAGUE (AP) – A lone gunman opened fire Thursday in a university building in downtown Prague, killing at least 15 people and injuring more than 20 in the Czech Republic’s worst mass shooting, police and the city’s rescue service said. The bloodshed took place in the philosophy department building of Charles University, where the shooter ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy days after being ordered to pay $148 million in defamation case
By The Associated Press on December 21st, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – Rudy Giuliani has filed for bankruptcy, days after being ordered to pay $148 million in a defamation lawsuit. The former New York City mayor listed nearly $153 million in existing or potential debts. Those included hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax liabilities, money he owes his lawyers and many millions ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!At least 15 people are dead after a mass shooting at a Prague university, police chief says
By The Associated Press on December 21st, 2023
PRAGUE (AP) – An armed man opened fire in a university building in downtown Prague on Thursday, killing 10 people and sowing widespread panic with one of the Czech Republic’s worst mass shootings of its kind, police and the city’s rescue service said. The bloodshed took place in the philosophy department building of Charles University, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police chief says at least 15 people are dead after a mass shooting at a Prague university
By The Associated Press on December 21st, 2023
PRAGUE (AP) – Prague’s police chief says an armed man who killed at least 15 people was a student at a university where the mass shooting took place. Police and the Czech Republic’s interior ministry earlier said the suspect was dead. He has not been named publicly. Officers sealed off Jan Palach Square and evacuated ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UN report says more than 570,000 people in Gaza are now ‘starving’ due to fallout from war
By Najib Jobain, Jack Jeffery And Lee Keath, The Associated Press on December 21st, 2023
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – A report released Thursday by the U.N. finds that more than half a million people in Gaza are “starving” because of not enough food entering the territory since the outbreak of war more than 10 weeks ago. “It is a situation where pretty much everybody in Gaza is hungry,” said ... Read More »
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