shooting

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Boelter also faces state charges in connection with the shooting but Minnesota does not have the death penalty.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Watch him describe a crew shooting down Iranian missiles: “It’s so incredible, these guys, these geniuses. … Ding, ding, ding, ding. Missile launch, then psshm, poom!”

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

The Orange County district attorney’s office had originally charged Jennings in connection to the shooting but dismissed the case to allow for the federal case to proceed, according to the Justice Department.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Then that afternoon, President Trump posted on social media that Israel was pulling back in Lebanon, and Hezbollah had agreed to stop shooting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

In the water now and then a whale surfaced, with its booming deepwater sound, shooting out jets of water high into the air.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook