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Recent Examples of bloodshed
The bloodshed at the hands of a teenager with a semiautomatic rifle spurred unusual activism from surviving students.
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Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
The bloodshed came less than three hours after 15-year-old Heath Campbell was shot in the head and a 16-year-old boy was hit in the shoulder about a mile away — on E. 93rd St. near Rutland Road in East Flatbush — just before 3:35 p.m., cops said.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2025
But the bloodshed received very little national attention until the night in 1975 when two FBI agents, Ronald Arthur Williams and Jack Ross Coler, drove onto the reservation, allegedly following a suspect.
—Joe Leydon, Variety, 28 Jan. 2025
On his last full day as president, Joe Biden celebrated as a temporary truce between Israel and Hamas officially took effect, raising hopes that months of bloodshed in the Gaza Strip were finally coming to an end.
—Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
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Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
The bloodshed came less than three hours after 15-year-old Heath Campbell was shot in the head and a 16-year-old boy was hit in the shoulder about a mile away — on E. 93rd St. near Rutland Road in East Flatbush — just before 3:35 p.m., cops said.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2025
But the bloodshed received very little national attention until the night in 1975 when two FBI agents, Ronald Arthur Williams and Jack Ross Coler, drove onto the reservation, allegedly following a suspect.
—Joe Leydon, Variety, 28 Jan. 2025
On his last full day as president, Joe Biden celebrated as a temporary truce between Israel and Hamas officially took effect, raising hopes that months of bloodshed in the Gaza Strip were finally coming to an end.
—Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
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Deputy District Attorney David Jarman, who is prosecuting the case, said the facts support a second-degree murder charge.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2025
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In the episode, which airs April 4, Mickey will team up with her nephew Bode Leone (Max Thieriot) to investigate a murder attempt on her father, Wes Fox (W. Earl Brown).—
Alamin Yohannes,
EW.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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By the end of the carnage, the pop star is incarcerated for the murders, but the Levelists, who all managed to escape the compound before police arrived, are spread out across disparate communities, blending in, waiting.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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Nihilistic action comedies such as Novocaine are built on juxtaposing irreverent humor with cathartic carnage, which can sometimes feel off-putting and contrived.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
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The women in the fresco are both hunters and dancers, suggesting that the duality of slaughter and revelry was a central tenet.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Feb. 2025
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More victims sent to slaughter In 2024, pig butchering revenue grew nearly 40% year over year, with the number of deposits to pig butchering scams growing nearly 210% over the same period, according to Chainalysis.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
13 Feb. 2025
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There remains some debate over whether the attack led by John Mason, a Connecticut Colony founder honored with a statue in a niche on the Capitol, can be celebrated as Pequot War victory or a criminal massacre of women and children.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2025
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The Orlando City Council last month endorsed a design for a memorial unanimously approved by the Pulse Memorial Advisory Committee, which included relatives of the 49 people who died in the massacre and some members who had visited the club that horrible night in June 2016.—
Stephen Hudak,
Orlando Sentinel,
13 Mar. 2025
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Two killings in 27 hours A short while later, in April 2023, Messiah Nantwi detonated.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
16 Mar. 2025
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Police got the suspect’s description from security camera footage at Nash’s home in the 4900 block of Melinda Drive, where the killings took place.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Mar. 2025
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Manson and his followers were eventually arrested and charged in the savage slayings in December 1969.—
Lynsey Eidell,
People.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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Wedding’s placement on the Top Ten list could be tied to the slaying of the government’s top witness against him in Medellín, Colombia, in January.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
6 Mar. 2025
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Most Popular Most Popular CT high school student charged with manslaughter following 2024 crash that killed motorcyclist A bakery tradition is rekindled after 27 years in CT town.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
13 Mar. 2025
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Jordan Willis and Ivory Carson pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges last week in connection with the Jan. 9, 2024, deaths of David Harrington, 37, Clayton McGeeney, 36, and Ricky Johnson, 38, after an NFL watch party.—
Audrey Conklin,
Fox News,
10 Mar. 2025
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Investigators initially charged Kyle Hill, 33, with DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide before upgrading the charges to first degree murder and attempted first degree murder, St. Petersburg police announced on Wednesday.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
People.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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At a time when homicides and shootings are dropping dramatically in Baltimore, new data shows the city still averages at least one carjacking a day.—
Rebecca Pryor,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Bloodshed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodshed. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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