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The Georgia Republican spoke just days after seven people were killed in a mass shooting at a parade in Illinois.
- The Daily Beast
Look at My Face and Tell Me We Don’t Need Gun Control
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Courtesy of Lilli MartiniThis story contains graphic imagesI’d been to the July 4 parade in Highland Park so many times. This time, I went with my cousin and her boyfriend, plus another 5-year-old cousin and her grandmother. We walked in the pets and children’s march that comes right before the main parade and then rushed to our seats in front of Walker Bros. pancake house to take it all in—like I had done almost every year of my life.The ambulances and poli
- INSIDER
Highland Park mayor: People said they could tell by looking at mass shooting victims which were unlikely to survive based on 'unbelievable violence' they endured
Seven people have died as a result of the mass shooting that occurred in Highland Park, Illinois, on Monday. Dozens more are injured.
- Miami Herald
Watch as lightning bolt leaves two vehicles ‘fried’ while driving on I-75 in Florida
“Her dashboard lights turned on, and then the entire car turned off.”
- The Daily Beast
Couple Slain in Parade Nightmare in Front of Their Toddler
GoFundMeA married couple in their 30s whose toddler is now terrifyingly alone. A preschool teacher. A great-grandfather visiting from Mexico. A financial adviser who rode the train daily. These are some of the lives that were snuffed out by the gunman who opened fire on the Highland Park Fourth of July parade on Monday. A little over a day after the killing stopped, officials released the names of all but one fatal victim of the latest mass shooting nightmare in America. They identified the dece
- CBS-Chicago
Highland Park mass shooting suspect's mother at center of some police contact
The mother of the suspect in Monday’s deadly mass shooting in Highland Park has been at the center of some police contact for hours on Tuesday, as well as with a SWAT team in the hours after the shooting.
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Suspected parade gunman traveled to Wisconsin after shooting and Milwaukee's chances of hosting RNC may have improved
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- Fox News
Hollywood producer David Pearce, accused of murdering two women, may have more victims, prosecutors say
A Beverly Hills man has been charged with murder for the deaths of two women and there may be more victims, Los Angeles DA George Gascón said Tuesday at a press conference.
- TechCrunch
Things get messy for Elon Musk with report about new twins he shares with Neuralink exec
Last month, Insider published an explosive report about a former SpaceX flight attendant who accused SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk of propositioning her for sex in 2016 and to whom the company paid $250,000 to keep quiet. Musk called the story "a politically motivated hit piece," while SpaceX president and COO Gwynne Shotwell came to Musk's defense in a company-wide email, writing: “Personally, I believe the allegations to be false; not because I work for Elon, but because I have worked closely with him for 20 years and never seen nor heard anything resembling these allegations." Alas, a new and far more damaging Insider report is putting Shotwell — and every other executive insider Musk's various companies — in an even more uncomfortable position.
- BBC
Calls for downblousing to be made a criminal offence in England and Wales
The Law Commission wants to strengthen the law to protect victims of intimate image abuse.
- INSIDER
Dad of Highland Park suspect said he sponsored his son's gun permit application because he thought he wanted to go to the shooting range
A gunman opened fire on a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois. Seven people were killed. A 21-year-old suspect has appeared in court.
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Man lights firework on his head and it explodes into his skull, Texas cops say
The man had been shooting off fireworks with a friend when one exploded the wrong direction.
- Rolling Stone
Marjorie Taylor Greene Suggests 4th of July Shooting Was Orchestrated by Democrats
The conspiracy theorist who once pushed the idea that the California wildfires were started deliberately is, lest we forget, a sitting congresswoman
- CBS News
One family's wrenching decision to sell a girl into marriage for food
"I know I'm young," Nyekuoth Manyuan told CBS News. "But the food's been taken away, and I want my family to survive."
- Business Insider
Japan has almost completely eliminated gun deaths — here's how
A recent spate of mass shootings has prompted renewed calls for gun control in the US. Japan may offer some insight into preventing future attacks.
- Idaho Statesman
White nationalist music festival planned for Boise this weekend, poster shows
It’s the third time in recent years that the skinhead-affiliated event has been held here.
- The Daily Beast
Tucker Finds a Way to Blame Women for Young Male Mass Shootings
Fox NewsOn the heels of yet another mass shooting, Tucker Carlson identified what he believes to be one contributing factor in young men using firearms on innocent bystanders: women “lecturing” them about “their so-called privilege.”Carlson opened his Tuesday show discussing the shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, allegedly by 21-year-old Robert “Bobby” Crimo. The Fox News host mentioned how authorities said Crimo had appeared on their radar twice before: in April 201
- Reuters
Goodbye Shanghai: After 16 years, COVID curbs send American family packing
American Heather Kaye and her family, including cat Mochi, are part of a wave of residents departing Shanghai, leaving behind their homes and memories, driven out by two years of strict COVID-19 curbs, including a crushing two-month lockdown. Heather and husband George arrived in Shanghai from New York in 2006 for a one-year adventure, but 16 years later their two-bedroom apartment in Shanghai’s historic former French Concession is the only home their children have ever known. So while repatriating to the United States is technically a homecoming for Heather and George, leaving Shanghai means leaving home for daughters Charlotte, 14, and Matilda, 12.
- Times Herald-Record
Goshen man convicted of attacking cop on Jan. 6 asks judge to override jury on four counts
A Goshen man convicted of assaulting a cop at the Capitol on Jan. 6 is asking a judge to override the jury by acquitting him on four of six charges.
- USA TODAY Sports
Joey Chestnut 'felt bad' after putting hot dog eating contest protester in chokehold: 'I was just amped up'
Joey Chestnut said he "felt bad" about taking down an animal rights activist who took the stage during the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest.