Trump Media, gun stocks surge after assassination attempt | US Election 2024 News

Trump Media, gun stocks surge after assassination attempt | US Election 2024 News

Crypto stocks, gun stocks and shares of other companies that could benefit from a Donald Trump presidency are up after an assassination attempt on the Republican candidate boosted expectations he would win the November election. Trump’s survival after he was shot in the ear during a rally in Pennsylvania on…

How is the attempted assassination of Donald Trump being investigated? | Donald Trump News

How is the attempted assassination of Donald Trump being investigated? | Donald Trump News

Official investigations into the shooting of former US President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania’s Butler County on Saturday are under way. A bullet fired by a sniper from a nearby rooftop grazed Trump’s right ear as he began addressing a crowd of supporters. Trump, with a bloodied…

FBI probing Trump shooting as ‘domestic terrorism’ as RNC opens | Donald Trump News

FBI probing Trump shooting as ‘domestic terrorism’ as RNC opens | Donald Trump News

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is continuing to scour over evidence in the attack on former United States President Donald Trump, which it is now investigating as “domestic terrorism”, the agency said in a statement. Trump, speaking at a Saturday campaign rally in Pennsylvania, was shot in the right…

Video shows US police officer fatally shooting 13-year-old on ground | Gun Violence News

Video shows US police officer fatally shooting 13-year-old on ground | Gun Violence News

Video released late Saturday shows an officer in upstate New York fatally shooting a 13-year-old boy who had been tackled to the ground after he ran from police and pointed a replica handgun at them. The teen was killed a little after 10pm Friday (02:00 GMT) in Utica after officers…

US surgeon general declares gun violence a public health crisis | Gun Violence News

US surgeon general declares gun violence a public health crisis | Gun Violence News

Surgeon general says widespread gun violence has led to ‘unimaginable pain’ for victims across the country. US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has declared gun violence a public health crisis in the United States. In an advisory issued on Tuesday, Murthy called for more stringent laws to limit the widespread availability…

Children among nine wounded in shooting at Michigan water park | Gun Violence News

Children among nine wounded in shooting at Michigan water park | Gun Violence News

Eight-year-old is in critical condition after the attack at the Brooklands Plaza Splash Pad park in a Detroit suburb. At least nine people, including two young children, have been wounded after being shot at a city-run water park in Michigan in the United States, officials said. An attacker opened fire…

US top court rejects federal ban on gun ‘bump stocks’ | Gun Violence News

US top court rejects federal ban on gun ‘bump stocks’ | Gun Violence News

Supreme Court rules prohibition on device that increases the firing rate of semi-automatic weapons is unlawful. The United States Supreme Court declared a federal ban on “bump stock” devices that enable semiautomatic weapons to fire rapidly unlawful, rejecting yet another firearms restriction. In a six-to-three ruling on Friday, the justices…

How a teenager’s death drew attention to human rights concerns in Ecuador | Human Rights News

How a teenager’s death drew attention to human rights concerns in Ecuador | Human Rights News

Human Rights Watch (HRW), an international nonprofit, has led its own investigation into what happened that day in the lead-up to Vega’s death. Last month, it denounced the shooting as an “apparent extrajudicial execution” in an open letter to President Noboa, detailing alleged human rights abuses committed by the military….

Haiti transitional council names Conille prime minister amid gang violence | Government News

Haiti transitional council names Conille prime minister amid gang violence | Government News

Garry Conille, who briefly served in the role from 2011 to 2012, has since worked as a regional director for UNICEF. A nine-member council in charge of overseeing Haiti’s political transition has named politician Garry Conille as the Caribbean nation’s next prime minister. Tuesday’s decision comes amid a period of…