“He was one of us” – Mourners stunned by shooting death of beloved Los Angeles bishop as arrest made
Last updated: 5pm (AEST)Hacienda Heights, California, USRNS The suspect arrested in Saturday’s shooting of Roman Catholic Bishop David G O’Connell is Carlos Medina, the husband of the bishop’s housekeeper, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna. The sheriff made the announcement at a press conference Monday afternoon with a visibly distraught Archbishop José H […]
Detectives treating Los Angeles bishop’s death as homicide
Los Angeles, US AP A Roman Catholic bishop in Southern California was shot and killed Saturday just blocks from a church, a slaying of a longtime priest hailed as a “peacemaker” that’s stunned the Los Angeles religious community, authorities said. Detectives are investigating the death of Bishop David O’Connell as a homicide, according to the […]
Murders of women in Mexico rise amid fears of lockdown violence
Mexico City, MexicoThomson Reuters Foundation Almost 1,000 women were murdered in Mexico in the first three months of this year, according to government data, showing a spike in violence that combined with coronavirus lockdown measures, advocates say, puts women in double jeopardy. The rate was eight per cent higher than in the same period last year, according […]
Quick facts – 10 facts on trans murders as world marks second deadliest year
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation With 331 murders, the last year has been the second deadliest for trans people on record, activists said on Wednesday, an annual day of remembrance for homicide victims. The figure is slightly lower than for the previous 12 months, when 369 trans and gender diverse people – who define themselves as […]
US teen girls at risk in dating violence, study says
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation One in four US teenage girls killed in a homicide is slain by her dating partner, research showed this week, exposing details about the “taboo” issue of dating violence among young people. Teen and adolescent girls are often embarrassed or reluctant to talk about violence, while some schools and […]
COLOMBIA: CITY HELPS YOUNG SHUN ‘LIFE CHOICE’ OF GANG VIOLENCE
ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how a local government led program is changing lives for the better in Cali, Colombia…