Shooting at Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans injures 19
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA (BNO NEWS) -- Nineteen people were injured Sunday when as many as three gunmen opened fire at a crowd watching a Mother's Day parade in New Orleans, police said on Monday. The motive was not yet known, and no arrests were [...]
Taliban kill senior peace envoy in southern Afghanistan
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- A senior member of Afghanistan's peace council was killed Wednesday when suspected Taliban insurgents ambushed his vehicle in the country's south, local officials said. In a separate incident elsewhere in the [...]
Militants kill 3 police officers, 2 teens in southwest Russia
MAKHACHKALA, RUSSIA (BNO NEWS) -- Two teenagers were killed Wednesday when a bomb exploded near a store in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, local authorities said. It came just hours after three police officers in the same region were [...]
Gunman kills 5 in small Illinois town before being killed by police
MANCHESTER, ILLINOIS (BNO NEWS) -- Five people were killed Wednesday and a young girl was critically injured when a gunman opened fire after breaking into their home in a small Illinois town, state police said. The suspected gunman was later [...]
44 die as Taliban militants storm Afghan court
FARAH, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- A group of Taliban militants stormed a court in western Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least 44 people and injuring more than 90 others in an attempt to free insurgents who were standing trial, local officials [...]
‘Out-of-control’ dogs kill teen girl in northwest England
ATHERTON, ENGLAND (BNO NEWS) -- A fourteen-year-old girl was killed Tuesday afternoon when she was attacked by a pack of 'out-of-control' dogs while eating pie at a friend's house near the city of Manchester in northwest England, police said. [...]
Police kill suspect after upstate New York shooting spree
HERKIMER, NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) -- Police in upstate New York stormed an abandoned building Thursday where a man was hiding after carrying out a deadly shooting rampage in the area, triggering a firefight which resulted in the deaths of the suspect [...]
Ohio executes man who killed security guard during robbery
LUCASVILLE, OHIO (BNO NEWS) -- The state of Ohio on Wednesday executed a man convicted of killing a security guard while robbing an adult bookstore in 1994 to be able to afford more cocaine, officials said. He was the fourth person to be executed [...]
Two police officers and supect shot and killed in California
SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) -- Two police officers were shot and killed before the suspected gunman was also killed in a violent shootout in California, officials said Tuesday.
The incident occurred when two police officers, Sergeant [...]
Maoist landmine targets police, at least 8 killed
GAYA, INDIA (BNO NEWS) -- A landmine explosion killed eight people, including six police officers in eastern India, local authorities said.
The attack occurred at around 12:30 p.m. local time, when six police officers and two villagers riding [...]