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US man named Loony Toon sentenced to 20 years for shooting at police officers https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/01/loony-toon-oregon-man-sentenced-shooting-police #UsCrime #Oregon #UsNews #UsPolicing #WestCoast
US man named Loony Toon sentenced to 20 years for shooting at police officers

Oregon man with extensive criminal record fired at three officers while speeding away from a traffic stop in 2025

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World news | The Guardian20h ago
Bus driver charged in Virginia crash that killed five people https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/31/virginia-bus-crash-driver-charged #Virginia #UsNews #UsCrime
Bus driver charged in Virginia crash that killed five people

Driver faces two counts of involuntary manslaughter in Friday crash that killed five and injured more than 40 others

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World news | The Guardian23h ago
Trump’s cuts to intervention programs could increase violent crime, experts say https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/31/trump-federal-funding-cuts-crime #UsNews #UsCrime
Trump’s cuts to intervention programs could increase violent crime, experts say

Community programs are more effective at reducing violence than simply making arrests, advocates say

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World news | The Guardian23h ago
Priest accuser hopes Texas conviction will keep him from victimizing others https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/31/anthony-odiong-accuser-speaks-out #NewOrleansClergyAbuse #NewOrleans #UsCrime #Louisiana #Texas #UsNews
Priest accuser hopes Texas conviction will keep him from victimizing others

Woman, who says Anthony Odiong pressured her into sex acts, says church officials failed to act when told of abuse

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After priest’s conviction for sexual assault, a Louisiana chapel he built removes his name https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/30/anthony-odiong-waco-texas-healing-chapel #NewOrleansClergyAbuse #Texas #Catholicism #UsCrime #NewOrleans #Louisiana #UsNews
After priest’s conviction for sexual assault, a Louisiana chapel he built removes his name

Anthony Odiong was convicted of sexually victimizing congregants; now a chapel he helped found is distancing itself from him

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World news | The Guardian1d ago
Chicago-to-Minneapolis United Airlines flight diverted after attempted cockpit breach https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/30/chicago-minneapolis-united-airlines-flight-diverted-attempted-cockpit-breach #UnitedAirlines #Chicago #Minneapolis #UsCrime #Wisconsin #UsNews
Chicago-to-Minneapolis United Airlines flight diverted after attempted cockpit breach

Plane landed in Wisconsin and ‘unruly passenger’ was taken into custody before flight continued to Minnesota

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US news | The Guardian2d ago
Texas jury deliberates fate of Catholic priest charged with sexual assault after Guardian reporting https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/29/texas-trial-catholic-priest-sexual-assault #Texas #UsCrime #NewOrleansClergyAbuse #UsNews
Texas jury deliberates fate of Catholic priest charged with sexual assault after Guardian reporting

Anthony Odiong is charged with exploiting his status as clergyman to pursue sex with female parishioners to whom he was providing spiritual direction

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US news | The Guardian2d ago
Suspect in killings of three elderly men apprehended in cave on Hawaii’s Big Island https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/29/hawaii-suspect-arrest-three-men-killed #Hawaii #UsCrime #WestCoast #UsNews
Suspect in killings of three elderly men arrested in cave on Hawaii’s Big Island

Police conducted manhunt for Jacob Daniel Baker after bodies of men were discovered separately earlier this week

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Senior CIA official accused of stealing $40m in gold bars from agency https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/29/cia-official-gold-theft-trial #Virginia #Cia #UsCrime #UsNews
Former senior CIA official accused of stealing $40m in gold bars from agency

David Rush’s trial for allegedly taking 303 gold bars and $2m in foreign currency from agency was pushed to next week

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US news | The Guardian3d ago
California’s ‘Los Gatos party mom’ sentenced to 35 years in prison https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/28/california-los-gatos-party-mom-sentenced #UsCrime #California #UsNews #WestCoast #Children #Society
California’s ‘Los Gatos party mom’ sentenced to 35 years in prison

Shannon O’Connor, 52, was convicted of charges including child endangerment and facilitating forcible sexual assault

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