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Recent Examples of bloodshed
The latest bloodshed in the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict was triggered in October 2023, when Palestinian Hamas militants attacked Israel, killing 1,200 and taking about 250 hostages, according to Israeli allies.
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USA Today, 17 June 2025
Israel and its rivals have not resolved their political disputes, which in some cases have been further inflamed by the bloodshed.
—Greg Myre, NPR, 28 June 2025
Federal prosecutors said Monday that the man charged with shooting two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses, killing one couple, went to two other legislators’ homes that night, bent on more bloodshed.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 16 June 2025
Police in Northern Ireland sporadically come under attack whenever tensions rise in parts of the British region, 27 years after a peace deal ended three decades of sectarian bloodshed there.
—Reuters, NBC news, 11 June 2025
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USA Today, 17 June 2025
Israel and its rivals have not resolved their political disputes, which in some cases have been further inflamed by the bloodshed.
—Greg Myre, NPR, 28 June 2025
Federal prosecutors said Monday that the man charged with shooting two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses, killing one couple, went to two other legislators’ homes that night, bent on more bloodshed.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 16 June 2025
Police in Northern Ireland sporadically come under attack whenever tensions rise in parts of the British region, 27 years after a peace deal ended three decades of sectarian bloodshed there.
—Reuters, NBC news, 11 June 2025
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He was sentenced to death in Idaho in 2024 after being convicted of murder in the deaths of Tylee, JJ and his ex-wife, Tammy Daybell.—
Jenna Sundel
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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The two had been convicted in 2006 of first-degree murder in the deaths of Jonathan Gleason, 17; Michelle Nathan, 19; Erin Belanger, 22; Roberto Gonzalez, 28; Francisco Ayo Roman, 30; and Anthony Vega, 34.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 July 2025
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Gregory, a horrified business owner who was arriving at work in Sunset Park when the battered BMW sped past him, said he was stunned by the carnage the BMW left behind.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
12 July 2025
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Voicework: Doogie Is Deadpool Deadpool VR nails the carnage, but the cherry on top is Deadpool himself.—
Zackery Cuevas,
PC Magazine,
15 June 2025
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Without the best available data, there’s no guarantee that this year’s slaughter actually helps the species or keeps humans safer.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 July 2025
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Instead of paying for more water or feed, many ranchers choose to sell their cows for slaughter instead of breeding.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
2 July 2025
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Macron's move brings to a head months of increasing French criticism of Israel's conduct in its war against Hamas—the Islamist militant group that rules Gaza—that was sparked by the October 7, 2023, massacre of civilians in Israel.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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Kent State is an empathetic, politically dispassionate look at that massacre in the spring of 1970.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
21 July 2025
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The killing turned Gary, who was charged with second-degree murder, into an instant hero among some people.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
26 July 2025
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Once contained to local disputes resolved between communities, the violence has exploded into mass killings fueled by population growth, the climate crisis, and the collapse of traditional peacemaking.—
Emmanuel Akinwotu,
NPR,
26 July 2025
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Glenn, 29, pleaded no contest to tampering with evidence June 4 in the June 2023 slaying of James Wilkins, 27, of Warren.—
Christina Hall,
Freep.com,
23 July 2025
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Jessica Lynn Lopez is one of three people convicted in the 2012 slaying of Brittany Killgore, who prosecutors said was murdered after she was lured by one of the defendants, then abducted.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 July 2025
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Kennedy also faces other charges, including gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and DUI causing injury, prosecutors said.—
Sara Schilling,
Sacbee.com,
23 July 2025
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Later that same year, she was convicted of first-degree manslaughter in her second trial.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
22 July 2025
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The victim, 66-year-old Eugene Allen, was discovered by residents around 4:30 p.m. During the investigation, homicide squad detectives identified Nieves Reyes as a suspect in the man’s death.—
Theodore Parisienne,
New York Daily News,
24 July 2025
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If anyone has information about Damian Ward’s death, the Prince George’s County Police Department said a homicide detective can be reached by calling at 301-516-2512.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
23 July 2025
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