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&;quot;My ultimate goal would be to set the world record for the most amount of kills in a shooting. If I have time‚ I'll try to decapitate my victims...&;quot;

Hundreds of shots fired...

Until Friday‚ at least‚ the cable news coverage of the first criminal trial of a former president carried a hint of anticlimax. With the dry and slow-moving proceedings inside a Lower Manhattan courtroom closed to their cameras‚ the networks could only offer their usual interviews with experts and analysts‚ set to the sights and sounds of their outdoor‚ on-location camera positions. That all changed on Friday when a man from Florida‚ Max Azzarello‚ set himself on fire near the courthouse...

Homicides are falling across the U.S. And that shift could impact the role crime — often a top voter concern — plays as an issue in November’s election.  But it is a phenomenon for which experts don’t have a clear explanation. Some say homicide peaks come and go in cycles‚ some say policing improved after the COVID-19 pandemic‚ and some attribute it to the evolving national conversation about how to handle crime. A data analysis released last week shows that the number...

The Biden administration is “actively suppressing intelligence reports” about the state of U.S. military relations with Niger‚ according to a new report issued by Rep. Matt Gaetz‚ R-Fla. U.S. military service members told Gaetz’s office that they can’t get medicine‚ mail‚ or other support from the Pentagon. “The Biden Administration and the State Department are engaged in a massive cover-up‚” Gaetz told The Intercept. “They are hiding the true conditions on the ground of U.S. diplomatic...

Maxwell Azzarello‚ the man who died after setting himself on fire while former President Trump's hush money trial was taking place‚ once worked for the Democrat congressman who flipped Rep. George Santos's seat blue‚ according to online records.  Rep. Tom Suozzi currently represents Nassau County and parts of Queens‚ having taken office earlier this February. He also served as a congressman from 2017 to 2023‚ before the disgraced Santos briefly took his seat....

Key Democrats revealed new legislation Friday that would strip former President Donald Trump of his Secret Service agents if he is convicted and sentenced to prison. Rep. Bennie G. Thompson‚ the top Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee‚ said it’s about making sure Mr. Trump doesn’t get special treatment for whatever crime he might be sentenced. He is worried that having to accommodate a Secret Service protective detail could lead to...