Man shot dead in ‘very targeted’ attack in Melbourne’s north, police say

Victoria police say victim of Glenroy shooting was known to them and had a criminal record

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Police are treating the fatal shooting of a man at a strip of shops in Melbourne’s north as a targeted attack.

The man was shot dead in a car park outside shops on Justin Avenue at Glenroy just after 4.30am on Good Friday.

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Teen girl who died from gunshot wound after grabbing LA officer’s gun identified

Attorney hired by family casts doubt on department’s claim that girl disarmed deputy, and will conduct investigation

Authorities have identified the teenage girl who died of a gunshot wound inside a Los Angeles county sheriff’s station as 17-year-old Johanna González, according to the county medical examiner, who has classified her death as a suicide.

Deputies were called to a home in the City of Industry, a small city 20 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, on 25 March for a te...

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Teen girl who died from gunshot wound after grabbing LA officer’s gun identified

Attorney hired by family casts doubt on department’s claim that girl disarmed deputy, and will conduct investigation

Authorities have identified the teenage girl who died of a gunshot wound inside a Los Angeles county sheriff’s station as 17-year-old Johanna González, according to the county medical examiner, who has classified her death as a suicide.

Deputies were called to a home in the City of Industry, a small city 20 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, on 25 March for a te...

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Youngkin vetoes bill setting up sale of recreational marijuana in Virginia

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) on Thursday vetoed a bill that would have established a legal market for the sale of recreational marijuana in the Old Dominion state.

The proposed law, which would have created a state-regulated marketplace for recreational marijuana, "endangers Virginians' health and safety," Youngkin argued in his veto statement.

"States following this path have seen adverse effects on children’s and adolescent’s health and safety, increased gang...

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Middle East crisis live: US and Israel in talks to revive Washington trip to discuss Rafah

Israeli PM had cancelled officials’ US visit to discuss planned offensive in southern Gaza after the US refused to veto a UN security council vote on a ceasefire

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A gunman in military uniform opened fire on vehicles in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, wounding at least three people, including a 13 year-old boy, emergency services said.

The Israeli military said soldiers had blocked routes in the area, adjacent to t...

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Trump planning to attend the wake of slain NYPD officer

Former President Trump will attend the wake of an New York Police Department (NYPD) officer killed in the line of duty earlier this week, his campaign announced.

Officer Jonathan Diller was killed during a traffic stop Monday in Queens; he's the first NYPD officer to die on the job in more than two years. His wake is scheduled for Thursday.

“President Trump is moved by the invitation to join NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller’s family and colleagues as they deal with his s...

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