May 18, 2018 - Articles

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Two boys shot dead outside elementary school in California

 

• Boys, 11 and 14, attended schools in the district
• Police investigate possible link to previous shooting

 

Associated Press in Union City, California

Sun 24 Nov 2019 13.10 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/24/two-boys-shot-dead-elementary-school-california

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Storms in France, Greece and Italy leave 'biblical destruction'

 

Seven people die as weekend of heavy rain brings landslides, floods and collapsed overpass

 

Angela Giuffrida in Rome, Kim Willsher in Paris, and Helena Smith in Athens

Mon 25 Nov 2019 16.36 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/25/storms-france-greece-italy-destruction-floods

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jewellery of 'immeasurable worth' stolen in dramatic Dresden museum heist

 

German police say thieves on the run after ‘cultural treasures’ stolen from Green Vault

 

Kate Connolly in Berlin

Mon 25 Nov 2019 15.25 GMT

 

 

Historic Grape Cups were among the treasures on display in the Green Vault, where burglars carried out a heist

Photograph: Ralf Hirschberger/EPA

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/25/thieves-steal-priceless-treasures-dresden-green-vault-museum

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spanish police attempt to refloat captured 'narco-submarine'

 

Vessel that ran aground in Galicia is believed to be carrying 3,000kg of cocaine

 

Sam Jones in Madrid

Mon 25 Nov 2019 10.53 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/25/spanish-police-attempt-refloat-captured-narco-submarine

 

 

 

 

Eighty-two-year-old woman beats up burglar who broke into her home

 

‘I’m alone and I’m old, but guess what – I’m tough,’ said Willie Murphy, who works out almost every day at the local YMCA

 

Jessica Glenza in New York

Mon 25 Nov 2019 16.07 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/25/eighty-two-year-old-woman-beats-up-burglar-broke-into-home

 

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US senator to investigate if foreign spyware used to target Americans

 

Exclusive: Ron Wyden says hacking claims raise “serious national security issues”

 

Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington and Jon Swaine in New York

Tue 26 Nov 2019 14.40 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/26/us-senator-investigates-if-foreign-spyware-used-to-target-americans-ron-wyden-whatsapp-lawsuit-nso-group

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'Bomb cyclone' storm expected to upend Thanksgiving travel

 

• Storm expected to dump 3ft of snow over Colorado moving north
• Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada to see blizzard conditions

 

Jessica Glenza in New York

Wed 27 Nov 2019 14.31 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/27/bomb-cyclone-latest-weather-report-thanksgiving-travel

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Police offer €500,000 ($550,500) reward over Dresden diamond heist

 

Dresden white diamond worth £9m (9.9M) among items taken in raid by axe-wielding thieves

 

Agence France-Presse in Berlin

Thu 28 Nov 2019 17.13 GMT

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/28/police-confirm-14-pieces-stolen-in-theft-of-9m-dresden-white-diamond

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The lost platoon: the forgotten story of fifteen Italian-american heroes in the World War 2

 

By RAFFAELLA CORTESE DE BOSIS and MARCO PATUCCHI

24 March 2019

 

 

 

https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2019/03/24/news/world_war_two_italy_the_lost_platoon-222381822/

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London Bridge attack: one member of public killed and police shoot suspect dead – live updates

 

Police say a number of people have been stabbed, and a man shot by officers at the scene was wearing a hoax suicide vest

 

Kevin Rawlinson (now) and Matthew Weaver (earlier)

Fri 29 Nov 2019 18.22 GMT

 

Key events

 

• 20m ago One member of the public killed
• 24m ago Johnson: 'the incident has been contained'
• 42m ago Khan: some seriously injured
• 2h ago Suicide vest was a hoax
• 2h ago Terrorist incident declared
• 3h ago Suspect killed
• 3h ago Incident being treated 'as if it is terror-related'

 

Live feed

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2019/nov/29/london-bridge-incident-police-city

 

 

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Three people wounded in stabbing incident in The Hague

 

Police hunt man in grey tracksuit and shawl after incident in Grote Marktstraat shopping area

 

Agencies

Fri 29 Nov 2019 20.11 GMT Last modified on Fri 29 Nov 2019 22.07 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/29/several-people-wounded-in-stabbing-incident-in-the-hague

 

 

 

 

Paris train station evacuated after bomb scare

by Ellie Bufkin

 | November 29, 2019 04:57 PM

 

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/paris-train-station-evacuated-after-bomb-scare

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Why three men spent 36 years in prison for a crime they didn’t commit

 

Alfred Chestnut, Ransom Watkins and Andrew Stewart were exonerated after evidence proved their innocence in what was real-life episode of The Wire

 

Erum Salam in New York

Sat 30 Nov 2019 07.20 GMT

 

 

Alfred Chesnut, Andrew Stewart and Ransom Watkins after their liberation in Baltimore on 25 November

Photograph: Todd Kimmelman/Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project (/AFP via Getty Images

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/30/baltimore-men-exonerated-36-years-alfred-chestnut-ransom-watkins-andrew-stewart

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World-first mobile phone detection cameras rolled out in Australia

 

New South Wales hopes to cut fatalities on the state’s roads by a third with devices that operate day and night in all weather

 

Reuters

Sun 1 Dec 2019 04.32 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/01/world-first-mobile-phone-detection-cameras-rolled-out-in-australia

 

 

 

 

 

 

'People are caught up in magical thinking': was the oldest woman in the world a fraud?

 

Jeanne Calment was 122 when she died. But last year a Russian scientist claimed she was a con artist, sparking an international dispute over the woman who may still hold the secret to eternal life

 

Phil Hoad

Sat 30 Nov 2019 11.00 GMT Last modified on Sat 30 Nov 2019 12.11 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/nov/30/oldest-woman-in-the-world-magical-thinking

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Middle Earth: the fight to save the Amazon's soul - video

 

In the heart of the Amazon rainforest, an alternative climate conference is taking place that brings together youth activists, indigenous leaders, scientists and forest dwellers......

 

Fabio Erdos, Jonathan Watts, Marina Costa and Laurence Topham, Source: The Guardian

Tue 3 Dec 2019 12.37 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2019/dec/03/middle-earth-the-fight-to-save-the-amazons-soul-video

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Italy to ask US to pardon murder convict

Italian sentenced to life in Florida

 

Redazione ANSA Rome

03 December 201913:38 News

 

 

 

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2019/12/03/italy-to-ask-us-to-pardon-murder-convict_4c8ebe10-0429-4c6c-a90f-c322d7ef36f3.html

 

He's from Trento and I used to know him....He's 2 years younger than myself...

 

 

The case against Enrico Forti: Is he the Italian Amanda Knox?

Two decades after Dale Pike was shot dead on a Miami beach, questions still swirl around the man convicted for the murder

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-case-against-enrico-forti-is-he-the-italian-amanda-knox/

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Chico's story

 

http://chicofortifree.blogspot.com/p/english-version.html

 

Now his lawyer is Joe Tacopina who is a NYC famous attorney

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George Zimmerman sues Trayvon Martin's family for $100m

 

Man who was cleared of murdering unarmed black teenager launches lawsuit against family, their lawyer and prosecutors

 

Richard Luscombe in Miami

Wed 4 Dec 2019 20.35 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/04/george-zimmerman-trayvon-martin-lawsuit

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pearl Harbor shooting: US sailor kills two civilians and injures third at military base

 

Suspect took his own life after attack at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, near Honolulu, officials said

 

Guardian staff and agencies

Thu 5 Dec 2019 13.13 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/04/pearl-harbor-shooting-reported-on-us-military-base-in-hawaii

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How my near-death experience changed my life – video

 

After David Ditchfield was dragged under a moving train, the way he looked at death changed. Before his accident he didn’t consider the afterlife..........

 

Leah Green Shay Notelovitz Ben Kape Simon Roberts Paul Boyd

Thu 5 Dec 2019 12.38 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/video/2019/dec/05/how-my-near-death-experience-changed-my-life-video

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Florida: shooter dead after opening fire at naval air station, authorities say

 

• Ten have been taken to area hospitals, according to news outlets
• Shooter opened fire on multiple people in Pensacola

 

Guardian staff

Fri 6 Dec 2019 13.51 GMT Last modified on Fri 6 Dec 2019 14.08 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/06/florida-shooting-reports-pensacola-naval-base-latest

 

 

 

 

 

 

Botched heist at Florida jewelry store leads to shootout, 4 dead

 

At one point, the line of emergency vehicles following the truck was about a half-mile long. 

 

Thursday, December 5th 2019, 10:21 PM EST

Updated:

Friday, December 6th 2019, 7:37 AM EST

 

 

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https://www.nbc-2.com/story/41415221/botched-heist-at-florida-jewelry-store-leads-to-shootout-4-dead

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Doctors in Spain revive British woman after six-hour cardiac arrest

 

Audrey Mash developed severe hypothermia while hiking in Catalan Pyrenees in freezing weather

 

Sam Jones in Madrid

Thu 5 Dec 2019 18.52 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/05/doctors-in-spain-revive-british-woman-after-six-hour-cardiac-arrest

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Jersey City shooting: six dead as officials say gunmen targeted Jewish grocery

 

• New York-area police on alert to protect Jewish neighborhoods
• Three civilians, one police officer and two gunmen killed
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Guardian staff and agencies

Wed 11 Dec 2019 12.54 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/11/jersey-city-shooting-attack-jewish-supermarket

 

 

 

 

 

I went to prison for murder at 15. I learned violence and I can help others unlearn it

 

David Monroe, who works with at-risk youth, is moving to Stockton, California, to start an anti-violence program

 

David Monroe

Wed 11 Dec 2019 11.00 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/11/prison-gang-murder-stockton-violence

 

 

 

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Houston police chief hits out at politicians and NRA after officer death – video

 

Houston's police chief Art Acevedo criticised politicians for not standing up to the National Rifle Association after the the fatal shooting of an officer. 'The NRA doesn't like the fact that we want to take firearms out of the hands.........

 

Source: AP

Mon 9 Dec 2019 20.27 GMT Last modified on Tue 10 Dec 2019 12.05 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2019/dec/09/houston-police-chief-criticises-politicians-and-nra-after-officer-death-video

 

 

 

 

 

Plantation weddings are wrong. Why is it so hard for white Americans to admit that?

 

Yes, plantations are often beautiful. They were also sites of untold misery and subjugation

 

Wed 11 Dec 2019 11.17 GMT Last modified on Wed 11 Dec 2019 11.19 GM

Malaika Jabali

 

 

A photo shows Dylann Roof posing at McLeod Plantation in Charleston, South Carolina. Roof later murdered nine African American members of the Emanuel AME church in 2015

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/11/plantation-weddings-are-wrong-why-is-it-so-hard-for-white-americans-to-admit-that

Photograph: Handout/Alamy

 

 

 

 

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Danny Aiello, Do the Right Thing star, dies aged 86

 

Oscar-nominated character actor made his breakthrough in Moonstruck and appeared in The Godfather Part II

 

Andrew Pulver

Fri 13 Dec 2019 16.43 GMT Last modified on Fri 13 Dec 2019 20.25 GMT

 

 

Danny Aiello, who has died, pictured in a New York restaurant

Photograph: Jim Cooper/AP

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/dec/13/danny-aiello-do-the-right-thing-moonstruck-actor-dies-aged-86

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Investors who lost $190m demand exhumation of cryptocurrency mogul

 

• Gerald Cotten, 30, died in ‘questionable circumstances’
• Canadian company founder took crucial password to the grave

 

Leyland Cecco in Toronto

Fri 13 Dec 2019 22.15 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/13/cryptocurrency-exhumation-gerald-cotten-investors-canada

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Peugeot and Fiat Chrysler agree terms of £38bn ($49.68B) merger

 

Relief for PSA’s Vauxhall workers in Ellesmere Port as there will be no factory closures

 

Jasper Jolly

Wed 18 Dec 2019 11.11 GMT First published on Wed 18 Dec 2019 08.08 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/dec/18/peugeot-and-fiat-chrysler-agree-terms-of-38bn-merger

 

 

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Italian politicians and police among 300 held in mafia bust

 

2,500 police deployed in raids centred on Calabria targeting members of ‘Ndrangheta

 

Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo

Thu 19 Dec 2019 14.58 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/19/italian-politicians-and-police-among-300-held-in-historic-mafia-bust

 

Calabrian mafia ('Ndrangheta)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/'Ndrangheta

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Deadly shooting at Russian intelligence agency in Moscow, reports say

 

Unidentified man said to have attacked reception at Federal Security Service office

 

Marc Bennetts in Moscow and Luke Harding

Thu 19 Dec 2019 16.45 GMT

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/19/moscow-shooting-russia-people-shot-dead-intelligence-agency