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Before John Oliver began his regularly scheduled “dumb show” about doghouse foreclosures and turnip subsidies on Last Week Tonight, he took some time to address the shootings that have occurred in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Tex. “When it comes to gun control, I know it can feel like it everything has been said before,” he said before going down a laughable rabbit hole of explanation. “In fact, even pointing out…

Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. The founder of 8chan, an internet messaging board that is a haven for extremist content online, is calling for the site to be shut down in the wake of a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas which left 20 people dead and dozens more injured. Fredrick Brennan, a software developer who founded the site in 2013 but cut ties with it in December,…

Video Fox News Flash top headlines for August 5 Fox News Flash top headlines for August 5 are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com The gunman who fatally shot nine people — including his sister — and injured more than two dozen others in Dayton, Ohio, early Sunday was reportedly suspended during his high school years for compiling a “hit list” of those he wanted to kill and a “rape…

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Annie Gowen Mark Berman Tim Craig Hannah Natanson August 4 at 9:32 PM The 21-year-old man accused of slaying 20 people in an El Paso shopping center will be treated as a domestic terrorist, authorities said Sunday, adding that they are seriously considering charging him with federal hate crimes. The suspect, Patrick Crusius, from suburban Dallas, is probably the author of a rambling, hate-filled manifesto posted on the 8chan website…

A mom of two studying to be a nurse, a graduate student learning to care for cancer survivors — and the shooter’s own sister — were among the victims of the Dayton, Ohio, massacre. Connor Betts, 24, killed nine people when he opened fire on a packed street lined with bars and restaurants around 1 a.m., including his little sister, 22-year-old Megan Betts, his youngest victim, authorities said. It is…

A controversial video of President Trump speaking at a rally in Florida in May is resurfacing on social media amid the news of two mass shootings on Saturday in Texas and Ohio. In the video, Trump is seen smiling and joking after a supporter at the rally yelled that Border Patrol should ‘shoot’ migrants at the border. The supporter’s yell was in response to Trump’s question of how to deal…

A 2-year-old victim survived a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, according to Rep. Veronica Escobar, because the child’s mother used her body as a shield. Escobar described the woman sacrificing her life on “This Week” Sunday. She was one of 20 people killed in the shooting at a Walmart. “We’ve been one of the safest communities in the nation for decades,” Escobar said. “We are a warm, loving, compassionate,…

Video Trump praises law enforcement in wake of shootings in Ohio and Texas President Trump addresses mass shootings that took place in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio. President Trump on Sunday forcefully denounced two mass shootings in Ohio and Texas, saying “hate has no place in our country.” As the president spoke, top Democratic presidential candidates — including Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Cory Booker — demanded Senate Majority Leader…

Video Trump praises law enforcement in wake of shootings in Ohio and Texas President Trump addresses mass shootings that took place in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio. President Trump on Sunday forcefully denounced two mass shootings in Ohio and Texas, saying “hate has no place in our country.” As the president spoke, top Democratic presidential candidates — including Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Cory Booker — demanded Senate Majority Leader…

CLOSE CLOSE Dayton’s mayor lauded police for stopping the gunman in less than one minute. USA TODAY Police have released the names of those killed when a gunman opened fire in a popular entertainment district in Dayton, Ohio, killing at least nine people and injuring 26 others early Sunday. The assailant was killed by officers responding to the call. The FBI has joined the investigation. Early Sunday, witnesses took to social media to report shots fired and police and…

Video Trump praises law enforcement in wake of shootings in Ohio and Texas President Trump addresses mass shootings that took place in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio. President Trump on Sunday forcefully denounced two mass shootings in Ohio and Texas, saying “hate has no place in our country.” As the president spoke, top Democratic presidential candidates — including Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Cory Booker — demanded Senate Majority Leader…

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke believes President Donald Trump shares blame for the shooting rampage in El Paso, Texas, by repeatedly using rhetoric that “stokes racism.” O’Rourke made the comments Saturday evening after returning to his hometown of El Paso, where 20 people were killed and at least 26 others injured in a mass shooting at a shopping mall. RELATED STORY: 20 Killed In Shooting At El Paso Shopping Center…

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Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg blamed white nationalism, which he said is “condoned at the highest level of our government,” for the mass shooting in El Paso Saturday that killed 20 people. Police are investigating the attack as a possible hate crime. “There’s no question that white nationalism is condoned at the highest level of our government,” Buttigieg told Fox News Sunday anchor Chris Wallace when asked if he thinks…

Bodies are removed from at the scene of a mass shooting, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, in Dayton, Ohio. Several people in Ohio have been killed in the second mass shooting in the U.S. in less than 24 hours, and the suspected shooter is also deceased, police said. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

The man accused of gunning down nearly two dozen Walmart shoppers in Texas has been open with authorities, willingly giving detectives answers about one of the worst mass murders in U.S. history, officials said Sunday. While El Paso police chief Greg Allen declined to elaborate on what kind of statements are being made by alleged mass murderer Patrick Wood Crusius, the 21-year-old has apparently spoken freely. Patrick Crusius.El Paso Police…

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“Protests have been happening in multiple districts at the same time rather than one concentrated area, which is rather unprecedented,” Samson Yuen, an expert on social movements at Lingnan University in Hong Kong, said of the weekend protests. “As protests move toward residential areas, anger and momentum has been building towards the general strike on Monday.” The strike and other events in the largely leaderless protest movement have been organized…