A US man wanted for the killing of three women and a teenage girl has been found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The body of Mavis Christian Jr, 52, was discovered in his car during a manhunt in Memphis, Tennessee. It came after police attended a shooting in Howard Drive at 9.22pm on Saturday…
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Former US first lady Rosalynn Carter dies aged 96
She died peacefully with her family by her side at her home in Plains, Georgia, according to the Carter Center, a not-for-profit organization founded by her husband and former president Jimmy Carter, 99. They were married for 77 years. Mrs Carter had been suffering from dementia. “Rosalynn was my equal partner in everything I ever…
Elon Musk sues watchdog group after major companies pull ads
Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) has sued the watchdog group Media Matters alleging it manufactured a report to show advertisers’ posts alongside neo-Nazi and white nationalist content. Major US companies including Disney, Warner Bros and Sky News’ parent company Comcast pulled advertising from X over concerns about their ads showing up next to hate speech…
2022 could be the second year with the most mass shootings in the US.
This year could be the second year with the most recorded mass shootings in the United States, according to data compiled by the Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit organization that tracks incidents of gun violence across the country. Gun Violence Archive defines a mass shooting as one in which at least four people are shot,…