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☆ Opinion | Stephen King and America’s ‘Gun Problem’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

To the Editor:Re “18 More Deaths From Our Gun Addiction,” by Stephen King (Opinion guest essay, Oct. 31):Mr. King’s frustration with gun violence and his feeling of helplessness for our country are not unique, but they are born more from exhaustion than reality. “The gun problem” is just that: a problem to be solved. A good coach knows when to substitute for exhausted players, and it’s OK that Mr. King and others need some bench time. The fresh legs off the bench are many, and they are moving with optimism, impatience and persistence to find the right courses of action that will make America’s gun violence problem no longer exist. She is the author of “Stop the Killing: How to End the Mass Shooting Crisis” and “How to Talk About Guns With Anyone.”To the Editor:I agree with Stephen King.

Persons: Stephen King, King, Katherine Schweit, Sandy, “, Pam Leiter Organizations: Centers for Disease Control, Sandy Hook Elementary Locations: America, Katherine Schweit Centreville, Va, Haven, Mich

[1/2] Desmond Mills Jr. with attorney Blake Ballin stand as five former Memphis police officers who have been charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols attend an arraignment hearing at Shelby County courthouse in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., February 17, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 1 (Reuters) - One of the five former Memphis police officers charged in the death of Black motorist Tyre Nichols has asked a U.S. District Court judge to change his plea of not guilty in the federal civil rights case, court records showed on Wednesday. The Daily Memphian, citing an interview with Ballin, said the plea would affect the state case against him. The officers also face a federal civil suit filed by civil rights lawyer Ben Crump on behalf of the family. The other officers charged in the case are Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Justin Smith and Tadarrius Bean.

Persons: Desmond Mills Jr, Blake Ballin, Tyre Nichols, Karen Pulfer Focht, Black, Mark Norris, Mills, Nichols, whacked, Ballin, Ben Crump, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Justin Smith, Tadarrius Bean, cuffed, Daniel Trotta, Bill Berkrot Organizations: Memphis, REUTERS, U.S, of, Police, The Memphis Police Department, Memphis Fire Department, Thomson Locations: Shelby County, Memphis , Tennessee, U.S, Western, of Tennessee

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will travel to Maine later this week to mourn with the community of Lewiston after 18 people were killed in the deadliest mass shooting in state history, the White House said Wednesday. Biden and first lady Jill Biden will go Friday to pay their respects to the victims, meet with first responders and others and will “grieve with families and community members,” the White House said in a statement. Investigators have yet to establish a motive but have increasingly focused on the mental health of Card, who was a firearms instructor. Card had also undergone a mental health evaluation after he began behaving erratically at a training facility last summer. Biden was alerted about the shooting as he hosted a White House state dinner honoring the bonds between the United States and Australia.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Jill Biden, Robert Card, Janet Mills, Colleen Long Organizations: WASHINGTON, White House, Maine Gov, Republicans, Associated Locations: Maine, Lewiston, United States, Australia

BATH, Maine—In the months before Robert Card carried out Maine’s deadliest mass shooting, those around him feared he was sinking deeper into a dangerous mental health crisis. He told his family he had been hearing voices, prompting them to contact police about the many guns he had access to. His Army Reserve commanders ordered him to spend time in a New York hospital after having a paranoid episode during a training trip there. A firearms dealer refused to sell Card a silencer after he disclosed his psychiatric troubles.

Persons: Robert Card Organizations: Army Reserve Locations: BATH, Maine, New York

☆ Suspected gunman takes hostages in Japanese post office - authorities
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsTOKYO, Oct 31 (Reuters) - A suspected gunman took at least two people hostage in a post office in Japan after wounding two other people in a shooting at a hospital, authorities and media said on Tuesday. At least two female post office workers in their 20s and 30s were taken hostage, local media reported. Two people were injured at the hospital, media reported. Images broadcast on television showed a man wearing a track suit top and white shirt standing just inside the post office brandishing what looked like a pistol. There were just nine shooting incidents last year, according to the national police agency, of which six were related to criminal gangs.

Persons: Shinzo Abe, Sugiyama Satoshi, Sakura Murakami, Tim Kelly, John Geddie, Christian Schmollinger, Ed Osmond Organizations: Police, Kyodo, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, NHK, Thomson Locations: Warabi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, Tokyo, Toda

Witnesses said Israeli forces targeted Gaza's main north-south road on Monday and attacked Gaza City from two directions. Israel said its troops freed a soldier from Hamas captivity, one of 239 hostages who Israel says were captured on Oct. 7. Gaza health authorities say that 8,306 people, including 3,457 minors, have been killed in Israeli attacks since Oct. 7. Military specialists said Israeli forces are moving slowly in their ground offensive in part to keep open the possibility that Hamas militants will negotiate the release of the hostages. Netanyahu condemned the video as "cruel psychological propaganda" and said Israel's ground campaign created possibilities for rescuing the hostages.

Persons: Netanyahu, Benjamin Netanyahu, Witnesses, Israel, U.N, Amir Cohen, OCHA, Rick Brennan, Yelena Trupanob, Danielle Aloni, Rimon Kirsht, Aloni, Biden, Vladimir Putin, Nidal al, Yomna Ehab, Ali Swafta, James Mackenzie, Henriette Chacar, Dan Williams, Emma Farge, Jonathan Landay, Idrees Ali, Rami Ayyub, Stephen Coates Organizations: Reuters, REUTERS, United Nations, Health Organization, White, West, Thomson Locations: Gaza's, Gaza, GAZA, JERUSALEM, Israel, Gaza City, Yassin, U.S, Egypt, Rafah, Russia, Ukraine, Dagestan, Tel Aviv

The mass shooting upended life in Lewiston and surrounding communities, injecting fear into the area and ripping families apart. A mourner attends a candlelight vigil for the victims of this week's mass shootings on October 28, 2023, in Lisbon Falls, Maine. The ex-wife and son said their plan was to stay away from Card, according to the documents. Due to an ongoing Army investigation, we cannot go into any further details,” the email statement from Castro, the Army spokesperson, said. His commander said they were trying to get treatment for Card and that “he thought it best to let Card have time to himself,” the sheriff’s office added.

Persons: Robert Card, “, Ruth Castro, –, Janet Mills, mourner, Robert F, Card’s, Card, Jack Clements, WMTW, Castro, teletype, ” “ Robert, Joel Merry , ” Merry, Mike Sauschuck, Matt Rourke, Michael Sauschuck, I’ve, I’m, ” Sauschuck, ” CNN’s Mark Morales, Linh Tran, Sara Smart, Andy Rose Organizations: CNN, US Army, Army, Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Department, Card, Schemengees, 3rd Battalion, Army Reserve, Sheriff’s, Saco Police, National Guard, Public, Card Investigators, Subaru, Smith, Wesson, Maine Department of Public Safety, Maine Public Locations: Lewiston , Maine, Sagadahoc County, Lewiston, United States, Maine, Lisbon Falls , Maine, Saco, West Point, Sagadahoc, WMTW Maine

(AP) — A federal judge has postponed sentencing for six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of federal charges for torturing two Black men in January. Lee has not yet rescheduled the sentencing hearing, but some of the former officers requested it be delayed until Dec. 15. The men admitted in August to subjecting Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker to numerous acts of racially motivated, violent torture. Political Cartoons View All 1227 ImagesThe officers taunted the men with racial slurs and poured milk, alcohol and chocolate syrup over their faces. “Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker are urging that the sentencing for the ‘Goon Squad’ members ... take place as quickly as possible," Shabazz said.

Persons: JACKSON, Tom Lee, Lee, Michael Corey Jenkins, Eddie Terrell Parker, Jenkins, Parker, Brett McAlpin, Hunter Elward, Christian Dedmon, Jeffrey Middleton, Daniel Opdyke, Joshua Hartfield, Malik Shabazz, “ Michael Jenkins, Eddie Parker, Shabazz, Michael Jenkins, ___ Michael Goldberg Organizations: —, District, Rankin County, Associated Press, ” Prosecutors, America Statehouse News Initiative, America Locations: MISS, Mississippi, U.S, Braxton, Rankin, Richland, @mikergoldberg

☆ Loving Our Guns to Death - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Jamelle Bouie | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“It’s an icon,” one owner told The New York Times in a 2018 feature on the AR-15 and similar weapons. “Stand out and blend in all at the same time,” reads one 2011 advertisement for a camouflage-finished assault-style rifle. But the question raised by the Maine shooting, and especially the lockdown that followed, is just how free that freedom is. How free are you really when you protest on behalf of a cause you believe in and are met on the street by armed counter-demonstrators? How free are you really when state authorities have to lock down a city so that they can stop a mass shooter from striking again?

Persons: “ Organizations: New York Times Locations: Southern Maine, United States, Maine

☆ Indonesia says arrests militants suspected of plotting to disrupt election
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

An armed police officer stands guard following a blast at a district police station, that according to authorities was a suspected suicide bombing, in Bandung, West Java province, Indonesia, December 7, 2022. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsJAKARTA, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Indonesia's counter-terrorism unit has arrested 59 suspected militants including some loyalists of the Islamic State-inspired Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD) suspected of planning to disrupt an upcoming election, a unit spokesperson said on Tuesday. Aswin Siregar, spokesperson for the Densus 88 counter-terrorism taskforce, said the JAD militants were suspected of plotting attacks to disrupt Feb. 14 presidential and legislative elections. It relates to their main goal which is to cancel the election," he added without giving any more detail of the suspected plotting. However, security analysts say the militant threat has diminished significantly in recent years, largely because of successful security force operations.

Persons: Willy Kurniawan, Ansharut, Aswin Siregar, Aswin, Ananda Teresia, Robert Birsel Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Islamic, Islamic State, JI, Thomson Locations: Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, Rights JAKARTA, al Qaeda, JAD, United States, Bali

In a country shadowed by the threat of mass shootings and neighborhood violence, courts have embraced an increasingly absolute reading of the right to guns. In the wake of school shootings and neighborhood violence, how can parents and children feel safe? More than 25 years after Hollan Holm survived a school shooting in a small Kentucky town, he struggles to reassure his own children. “Jessi’s dead!”In the months after her daughter was killed in a mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater, the darkness was all consuming. But as the drumbeat of mass shootings continued with little hope of resolution, the couple confronted a painful reality.

Persons: ”, Jimmie Hardaway Jr, Stephen Cady, “, Barbie Rohde, Rohde, Janet Paulsen’s, Paulsen, Hollan Holm, ” Holm, Krista Gwynn, Gwynn, Sandy Phillips, ” Phillips Organizations: Associated Press, New York, Pew Research Center Locations: U.S, Hardaway’s, Texas, Acworth, Kentucky, Colorado, Newtown, Buffalo, Highland

☆ Russia Detains Two Soldiers Suspected of Killing Nine Civilians in Eastern Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian investigators in part of eastern Ukraine controlled by Moscow said late on Monday that they had detained two soldiers on suspicion of killing a family of nine people, including two children. The statement said the soldiers were from a region in Russia's far east and that the reason for the murders appeared to be some kind of personal conflict. The killings took place in Volnovakha, an industrial town between Donetsk and Melitopol. Russian media reported that the murderers had used machine guns with silencers to kill the family at night. Ukraine's prosecutor's office said in a statement that it had also begun investigating the crime.

Persons: Ukraine's, Andrew Osborn Organizations: Reuters Locations: MOSCOW, Ukraine, Moscow, Russia's, Volnovakha, Donetsk, Melitopol

☆ Heavily armed man found dead at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park, Colorado officials say
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Raja Razek | Jamiel Lynch | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A man armed with guns and explosive devices was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at a Colorado amusement park, potentially averting “an attack of devastating proportions,” officials said. The 20-year-old’s body was found in a women’s bathroom Saturday morning before the scheduled opening time of the Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park in Glenwood Springs, the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office said. Investigators also found a “very well-put-together” fake IED in Medina’s car, in addition to a real explosive device, Vallario said. Patches affiliated with law enforcement groups were found, the sheriff said, but investigators don’t know how Medina got them. With the volume of weapons, ammunition and explosive devices Medina had, he “could have done a tremendous amount of damage,” the sheriff said.

Persons: ”, Lou Vallario, Diego Barajas, –, Medina, “, Vallario, there’s, Patches, ” Vallario Organizations: Lifeline, CNN, Sheriff’s, Diego Locations: Colorado, Glenwood, Glenwood Springs, Garfield, Garfield County, Diego Barajas Medina, Carbondale , Colorado, Maine, United States, Medina, Glenwood Caverns, Denver

☆ U.S. Army Reserve, family raised alarm about Maine shooter weeks before attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Jonathan Allen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Reuters was not able to contact Card's relatives or officials at the Army Reserve unit. Instead, a sheriff's deputy spoke with officials at the 3rd Battalion 304 Training Group and connected them with Card's family. The battalion officials "assured our office that they would ensure that Card received medical attention," the sheriff's office said in the statement. After conferring with the Army Reserve unit and Card's brother the sheriff's office made no further attempts to contact Card: Card's unit commander told the deputy that Card no longer had any weapons from the reserve unit. The sheriff's office said it canceled the missing-person alert for Card on Oct. 18.

Persons: Saints Peter, Paul, Kevin Lamarque, Robert R, Joel Merry, Card, Card's, Jonathan Allen, Robert Birsel Organizations: Saints, REUTERS, U.S . Army, Card's Army Reserve, Army Reserve, Reuters, New York Times, Supreme, Battalion, Card, Thomson Locations: Lewiston , Maine, U.S, Saco, Lewiston, Maine, Sagadahoc County, Bowdoin, New York

☆ Sam Altman warns AI could kill us all. But he still wants the world to use it
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Samantha Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

New York CNN —Sam Altman thinks the technology underpinning his company’s most famous product could bring about the end of human civilization. As many as 300 million full-time jobs around the world could eventually be automated in some way by generative AI, according to Goldman Sachs estimates. Challenges aheadWhen starting OpenAI, Altman told CNN in 2015 he wanted to steer the path of AI, rather than worrying about the potential harms and doing nothing. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman addresses a speech during a meeting at Station F in Paris on May 26. Sam embodies that for AI right now.”The world is counting on Altman to act in the best interest of humanity with a technology by his own admission could be a weapon of mass destruction.

Persons: Sam Altman, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Altman, ChatGPT, Goldman Sachs, ”, Patrick Semansky, ‘ Kevin Bacon, Mairo, ” Altman, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, OpenAI, Elon Musk, Kyunghyun Cho, JP Lee, Greg Brockman, SeongJoon Cho, Kevin Bacon, Aaron Levie, “ I’ve, he’s, ” Levie, Bern Elliot, “, Rowan Curan, Forrester, –, Biden, Joel Saget, Emily Bender, Margaret O’Mara, O’Mara, Gates, Jobs Organizations: New, New York CNN, World Economic, Privacy, Technology, Capitol, Silicon, White House, New York University, Softbank Ventures, Bloomberg, Getty, CNN, Gartner Research, Israeli Defense Force, University of Washington, Laboratory Locations: New York, Washington ,, Washington, Valley, Silicon, Silicon Valley, Milan, Italy, Softbank Ventures Asia, Seoul, South Korea, Big Sur, Paris, AFP, Manhattan

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — A flurry of Israeli airstrikes Tuesday on a refugee camp near Gaza City leveled apartment buildings, leaving craters where they once stood, as ground troops battled Hamas militants across northern Gaza and attacked underground compounds. Larger ground operations have been launched north and east of Gaza City. Jonathan Conricus, an Israeli military spokesman, called Gaza City the “center of gravity of Hamas" but said strikes continue in other parts of the territory. Hamas released its own video showing what it said was a battle in northern Gaza on Sunday. Zaki Abdel-Hay, a Palestinian living a few minutes' walk from the road south of Gaza City, said people are afraid to use it.

Persons: KHAN YOUNIS, Benjamin Netanyahu, Juliette Touma, ”, Saleh al, Ali Kaseeb, Jonathan Conricus, Conricus, Zaki Abdel, Hay, Dawood Shehab, Netanyahu, “, Megidish, ___ Jeffrey, Keath, Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Kareem Chehayeb Organizations: Hamas, Jazeera, Associated Press, UNRWA, U.S, U.S . Navy, Red Sea, West Bank, Gaza Health Ministry, Gaza's Health Ministry, Islamic, Al, Palestinian, World Health Organization Locations: Gaza, Gaza City, Israel, Gaza City's, Al, Syria, Iran, Eilat, Yemen, U.S, Egypt, Aroura, Northern Gaza, Gaza's, Palestinian, Al Jazeera, Cairo, Deir al, Beirut, israel

On Sunday, Arthur Barnard will bury his oldest child, Artie Strout, 42, who was one of the 18 people killed in the country’s deadliest mass shooting so far this year. “They’re not going to try to do a mass shooting with a pistol,” he said. In the aftermath of the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, on Oct. 25, the state is facing intense scrutiny over its permissive gun laws. For instance, Maine allows most adults to carry a concealed weapon in public without a permit. Recent attempts to enact laws requiring universal background checks and waiting periods have failed.

Persons: Arthur Barnard, Artie Strout, Barnard, They’re, ” Locations: Lewiston , Maine, Maine

☆ For 250 years, US troops could tow their cannons around the battlefield. The war in Ukraine shows they won't have that luxury in the future.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

That raises questions for the US military about whether towed guns can stay ahead of the enemy. AdvertisementAdvertisementAs the Ukraine war has proven, the effectiveness of artillery rests on more than its range or the destructive power of its shells. Rolyn KropfThe Ukraine war has featured an array of towed and self-propelled artillery in a variety of calibers and manufactured by numerous nations. Advocates of self-propelled howitzers point to their superior protection and their ability to rapidly displace after firing. However, the US Army's next-generation Extended Range Cannon Artillery will essentially be an upgraded M109A7 Paladin with a more powerful gun.

Persons: —, James Rainey, Tom, Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy, Caesar, Rainey, Michael Peck Organizations: Service, US Army, US Army Futures Command, Association of, United, Washington DC, Spc, British L119, Getty, Publishing, Cannon Artillery, US Army Yuma, US, Artillery, Defense, Foreign Policy, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: Ukraine, United States, Washington, Germany, Russian, British, Sicily, Kharkiv Region, Yuma, Forbes

There is no simple solution to America’s unique problem of relentless gun violence. Each captures the twin realities of the subjects in the way only a double exposure photograph could, creating dueling focal points to which the eye cycles back and forthIt’s a surreal view of a nation unable to move on from its own cycle of gun violence. Krista’s son Christian was killed in a drive-by shooting in Louisville, Ky., in 2019; Victoria survived a shooting two years later. She survived a school shooting in 1997 in Paducah, Ky., that left her paralyzed from the chest down. Navada Gwynn in two images: standing for a portrait, and working on her tablet at her Louisville, Ky., home.

Persons: Krista, Navada Gwynn, Krista’s, Christian, Victoria, Missy Jenkins Smith, Jimmie Hardaway Jr, Stephen Cady, Hollan Holm, Janet Paulsen, Lonnie, Sandy Phillips, Sylvia Holm, Barbie Rohde Locations: Navada, Victoria, Louisville, Ky, Paducah, Niagara Falls, N.Y, Rochester , N.Y, Acworth, Aurora, Colo, Dallas

☆ Mass shootings in the US: Days after the Maine massacres, US sees a series of weekend shootings that wounded dozens
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Nouran Salahieh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The weekend’s gun violence comes as America’s scourge of mass shootings drags on. After the suspect in Maine’s mass shooting was found dead Friday, President Joe Biden reiterated his call to Congress to address gun violence. Investigation into Maine gunmanAuthorities were searching for the Maine mass shooter in Durham Friday. Also now under the microscope is a visit to Card’s home by police weeks before the mass shootings. The Maine National Guard asked local police to check on the gunman after a soldier became concerned he would “snap and commit a mass shooting,” according to information shared with CNN.

Persons: CNN —, “, Jane Castor, Sheriff Tony Mancuso, Joe Biden, ”, Chris O'Meara, Matt Rourke, Robert Card, Michael Sauschuck, Card, Sauschuck, ” Sauschuck, CNN’s Raja Razek, Macie Goldfarb, Andy Rose, Shimon Prokupecz, Mark Morales, Linh Tran, Rachel Clarke, John Miller, Deidre McPhillips Organizations: CNN, Tampa police, WLS, Chicago Police Department, Nashville, Kaiser Family Foundation, Tampa, Child, San Antonio Police Department, San Antonio police, Texarkana Texas Police Department, Authorities, Texarkana, AP Authorities, Maine Recycling Corporation, Lisbon , Maine Public, US Army, Maine National Guard, National Guard Locations: Maine, Lewiston , Maine, Indianapolis, Tampa , Florida, Tampa, Chicago, Lake Charles , Louisiana, Calcasieu Parish, Louisville, California, Texas, Lewiston, –, Ybor City, San Antonio, Texarkana , Texas, Durham, Lisbon , Maine, Sagadahoc County, Kennebec County

☆ Hamas Says It Fires on Israeli Troops Pressing Gaza Ground Assault
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +5 min

Israel has expanded ground operations in Gaza as it seeks to punish Hamas for a deadly gun rampage three weeks ago that Israeli authorities say killed over 1,400 people. Witnesses said Israeli forces targeted Gaza's main north-south road on Monday and attacked Gaza City from two directions. Gaza health authorities say that 8,306 people - including 3,457 minors - have been killed in Israeli air and ground attacks. Military specialists said Israeli forces are moving slowly in their ground offensive in Gaza in part to keep open the possibility that Hamas militants will negotiate the release of the hostages. Netanyahu condemned the video as "cruel psychological propaganda" and said Israel's ground campaign created possibilities for rescuing the hostages.

Persons: Nidal, Emily Rose, Witnesses, Israel, U.N, Rick Brennan, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Yelena Trupanob, Danielle Aloni, Rimon Kirsht, Aloni, Biden, Vladimir Putin, Nidal al, Yomna Ehab, Ali Swafta, James Mackenzie, Henriette Chacar, Dan Williams, Emma Farge, Jonathan Landay, Idrees Ali, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Reuters, United Nations, Health Organization, Israel's, Hamas, White, West Locations: Emily Rose GAZA, JERUSALEM, Gaza, Israel, Gaza City, Yassin, Egypt, Rafah, Russia, Ukraine, Dagestan, Tel Aviv

☆ Three generations of women under one roof raised an outgoing, curious boy. They’ll never see him graduate from high school
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Emma Tucker | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

She tells him he is her “everything.”The curious, rambunctious child was raised by his mother, his grandmother and great-grandmother, Colbert’s mother. The moment she laid eyes on her grandson, Colbert said he changed her life. Bryson Hudson, left, and his grandmother, Erica Colbert. She won’t see Bryson graduate from high school; she won’t see him have a girlfriend, wife, or children. Bryson Hudson, right, and his younger brother, Drake.

Persons: YaYa don’t, Bryson, YaYa, ” Erica Colbert, Bryson Hudson, Katika Travis, Drake, Colbert’s, Travis, Colbert, ” Colbert, Erica Colbert, Christopher McLean, Robert D, Cole, McLean, who’ve, winces, Erica Colbert Bryson, “, ” Bryson Hudson, Erica Colbert Colbert, Louis Vuitton, ’ ” Colbert, ‘, ”, Granny ”, Granny Organizations: CNN, Digital Harbor High School, Baltimore City, Broadway, Firearms Locations: Baltimore, East Baltimore, America, ”

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Residents of Lewiston return to work and school Monday, the morning after coming together to mourn those lost in Maine’s worst mass shooting. More than 1,000 people attended Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul for a vigil in Lewiston, where days earlier a gunman fatally shot 18 people. Some put their heads in their hands as the names of the people who died in Wednesday’s shooting were read. Hundreds more watched a live stream of the vigil shown on a huge screen in front of the church. At Lisbon Falls Baptist Church, arriving church members greeted each other warmly but the atmosphere turned somber when the Rev.

Persons: Grace, ”, Saints Peter, Paul, Gary Bragg, Robert Card, Card, Kevin Bohlin, Allen Austin, ” Austin, Todd Little, “, Daniel Greenleaf, Brian Ganong, Jim Ferguson, Michael Sauschuck, Leroy Walker, Joseph, would’ve, “ It’s, David R, Martin, Matt Rourke, Michael Casey Organizations: —, Saints, Southern Baptist Church, Pathways Vineyard, First United Pentecostal Church, Lewiston, Lisbon Falls Baptist Church, Authorities, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, State Department of Public, Card, Associated Press, Residents, Schemengees, Central Maine Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, AP, USA, Northeastern University Locations: LEWISTON , Maine, Lewiston, Lisbon Falls, ”, Boston, Auburn, Massachusetts, U.S, Lewiston , Maine

☆ The Lost Promise of the Oslo Accords - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Serge Schmemann | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

As a result, the Oslo peace process he had begun, named after the city where it was secretly hatched, had become irreversible. In fits and starts, the Oslo process ground to a halt, and the Israeli “peace camp” that had championed it disintegrated. We must live side by side in peace, equality and cooperation.” Mr. Savir and Mr. Qurei emerged close friends from the negotiations. (Mr. Savir died last year; Mr. Qurei in February). In the 1996 electoral campaign following Mr. Rabin’s death, Mr. Netanyahu attacked Shimon Peres, Mr. Rabin’s partner and often guide in the Oslo negotiations, for “subcontracting” Israeli security to the Palestinians.

Persons: Yitzhak Rabin, Rabin, Yasir Arafat, ”, Rabin’s, Benjamin Netanyahu, dispossession, Uri Savir, Ahmed Qurei, “, we’ve, Qurei, Abu Ala, ” Mr, Savir, Arafat, Netanyahu, Shimon Peres, subcontracting, Ariel Sharon’s, Mahmoud Abbas Organizations: Mr, Palestine Liberation Organization, Palestinian Authority, West Bank Locations: Oslo, Israel, Lebanon, Gaza, Palestinian, Jerusalem, Ramallah, United States

Six weeks before an Army reservist fatally shot 18 people in Lewiston, Maine, the police received alarming warnings that the reservist had grown increasingly paranoid, had punched a friend and had said he was going to carry out a shooting spree. But no law enforcement officials ever made contact with him, according to records released on Monday. The warnings about the reservist, Robert R. Card II, 40, were far more explicit than Maine officials have publicly acknowledged in the wake of Wednesday’s shooting, America’s deadliest mass shooting this year. They came from Mr. Card’s family members and his Army Reserve unit in Saco, Maine, and were investigated by the Sheriff’s Office in Sagadahoc County, where he lived. The Reserve also told the Sheriff’s Office that Mr. Card had been treated at a psychiatric hospital for two weeks in July before being released.

Persons: Robert R, Card’s, Card Organizations: Mr, Army Reserve, Sheriff’s Locations: Lewiston , Maine, Maine, Saco , Maine, Sagadahoc County, Saco, ”

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