U.S. gun sales soar amid pandemic, social unrest and election fears
The U.S. gun market is widening this year to include a new rush of first-time buyers who once would not have considered gun ownership.
As guns are drawn at U.S. protest sites, demonstrators fear a volatile new phase
For months, Reese Monson, who helps organize security for the hundreds of protesters who gather in downtown Portland, Oregon, every night, has advised them to use shields made of plywood, pool noodles and 55-gallon drums — tools to deflect the riot-control measures used by ...
NRA fraud case will hurt but won’t kill U.S. gun-rights behemoth
Though it ticks off detailed examples of wrongdoing, the New York lawsuit claiming donors to the National Rifle Association have been ripped off for years is likely to be settled without the gun-rights group being forced to dissolve, legal experts said. In a sweeping 164-page ...
After a huge six-day manhunt, German police said Friday they have caught the "Black Forest Rambo," a heavily armed suspect accused of stealing officers' weapons and going on the run in the woods. Yves Rausch, 31, was found sitting in a bush after a tip-off ...
An aging sumo wrestler, food poisoning risks and safeguarding pets from COVID-19
Warning: A portion of this contribution deals with suicide, which some readers may find distressing. In this age of medical miracles, it has become increasingly common to read accounts of women who have given birth in their 60s or even 70s. For professional sumo wrestlers, ...
Police investigate source of gun after Tokyo teen's apparent suicide
The boy's mother and elder sister were inside the house at the time but neither was injured, police added.
Police rushed to the house of after emergency services received a call around 11:15 p.m. on Tuesday.
Investigators on Monday scoured crime scenes from the worst mass shooting in Canadian history to try to understand why a dental worker with no criminal past killed at least 18 people. The gunman, identified by police as 51-year-old Gabriel Wortman, began his rampage late Saturday ...
NRA loses court challenge on order to shut California gun shops
The National Rifle Association failed to convince a federal judge that the temporary closures of California gun shops prompted by the spread of the coronavirus was unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Andre Birotte in Los Angeles on Monday denied the NRA’s request for a temporary restraining ...
New Zealand cancels national mosque massacre remembrance over virus fears
New Zealand has canceled a national remembrance service to mark Sunday's first anniversary of the Christchurch mosque attacks because of coronavirus fears, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said. "This is a pragmatic decision. We're very saddened to cancel, but in remembering such a terrible tragedy, we ...
Fired worker dead after gunning down six at Milwaukee brewery
A former employee who had just been sacked opened fire Wednesday at the Milwaukee campus of brewing giant Molson Coors, killing six before dying in the rampage, local media reported. The shooter had been fired earlier in the day, according to the local Fox affiliate, ...
Police were hunting for a suspect in the shooting death of a 51-year-old man in an apartment building parking lot in Gunma Prefecture on Friday evening, authorities said. Keisuke Kihara was found with gunshot wounds to his head and abdomen and pronounced dead at a ...
