‘When are we gonna do something?’ NBA coach lashes senators after Texas shooting

‘When are we gonna do something?’ NBA coach lashes senators after Texas shooting

US basketball legend Steve Kerr unleashed in a pre-match press conference,saying 50 Republican senators were ‘holding us hostage’ on gun legislation.

  • byAngus Thomson

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‘What are we doing?’ US senator who represented Sandy Hook begs for gun reform

‘What are we doing?’ US senator who represented Sandy Hook begs for gun reform

“I’m here on this floor to beg — to literally get down on my hands and knees and beg my colleagues,” Democrat Chris Murphy told the Senate.

  • bySusan Haigh andLisa Mascaro
Biden asks America:‘Why are we willing to live with this carnage?’

Biden asks America:‘Why are we willing to live with this carnage?’

Does it really need to be like this? Should going to school be an occupational hazard for the sake of the Second Amendment?

  • byFarrah Tomazin
Hate against Taiwanese led to church attack,say police

Hate against Taiwanese led to church attack,say police

Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes said the motive of the shooting was a grievance between the shooter,identified as a Chinese immigrant,and the Taiwanese community.

  • byAmy Taxin andDeepa Bharath
‘All this hate! For what?’:Anger and heartbreak as Buffalo grieves the dead

‘All this hate! For what?’:Anger and heartbreak as Buffalo grieves the dead

“I thought there was a bomb or something going off:boom,boom,boom,” says Buffalo resident Cecelia Williams. “But this was a terrorist act. ”

  • byFarrah Tomazin
Retirement village pastor hit gunman with chair to halt deadly attack

Retirement village pastor hit gunman with chair to halt deadly attack

After a man opened fire in the California church,killing one and wounding five,members of the congregation tackled and hog-tied him with an extension cord.

  • byDamian Dovarganes andChristopher Weber
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Biden will do ‘everything in his power’ to end hate crimes. But can he do anything?

Biden will do ‘everything in his power’ to end hate crimes. But can he do anything?

The Buffalo mass shooting was inspired by the horrors of the Christchurch massacre. But America won’t respond with sweeping gun law reforms the way NZ did.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
‘He got more than 20 bullets’:Witness reveals details of shooting

‘He got more than 20 bullets’:Witness reveals details of shooting

Dozens of gym-goers were forced to drop to the floor and take cover as Comanchero Tarek Zahed,41,and his brother Omar Zahed,39,were sprayed with bullets.

  • bySally Rawsthorne andJenny Noyes
Mahmoud ‘Brownie’ Ahmad ignored police warning about $1m price on his head

Mahmoud ‘Brownie’ Ahmad ignored police warning about $1m price on his head

Police told Ahmad and his brother as recently as last week there was a price on their heads and they should lie low. But Brownie was gunned down in Greenacre on Wednesday.

  • bySally Rawsthorne andJenny Noyes
‘A meticulous assassination’:the execution of underworld figure Mahmoud ‘Brownie’ Ahmad
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‘A meticulous assassination’:the execution of underworld figure Mahmoud ‘Brownie’ Ahmad

Detectives who warned slain gangster Mahmoud ‘Brownie’ Ahmad that he was a marked man in the days before his brutal execution on Wednesday night also warned his brother Youssef of a price on his head.

  • byJenny Noyes andSally Rawsthorne
Underworld figure Mahmoud ‘Brownie’ Ahmad shot dead in Sydney’s south-west

Underworld figure Mahmoud ‘Brownie’ Ahmad shot dead in Sydney’s south-west

Police responded about 9.30pm on Wednesday to reports a man had been shot at Narelle Crescent in Greenacre.

  • bySarah Keoghan andBen Grubb