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This Day in History

On June 12, 2016, a gunman opened fire at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, leaving 49 people dead and 53 wounded in what was then the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history; the gunman, Omar Mateen, pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group during a three-hour standoff before being killed in a shootout with police.

Adult son convicted, sentenced to life for shooting and beheading father in Pennsylvania
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Adult son convicted, sentenced to life for shooting and beheading father in Pennsylvania

  • By MARK SCOLFORO and MIKE CATALINI Associated Press

A Pennsylvania man who posted a YouTube video of his father's severed head has been convicted of murder. Bucks County Judge Stephen A. Corr issued the guilty verdict against Justin D. Mohn on Friday in the January 2024 shooting death of his father at their home in the Philadelphia suburbs. The judge sentenced him to life without parole. Prosecutors said Mohn shot his 68-year-old father and decapitated him. The 33-year-old was arrested after scaling a fence at the state's National Guard headquarters. His lawyer is declining to say if Mohn will appeal.

Remembering Mandela
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Remembering Mandela

  • By Jonathan Madison

Feb. 11, 2019, marked the 27th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison. We ought not to remember it as just a historical date — ra…