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What should've been a nice, relaxing summer day at the beach became the scene of an ugly confrontation between a white woman and two African-Americans.

Walter Palmer, the dentist from Minnesota who allegedly bribed park rangers in Zimbabwe to let him hunt and kill a beloved and protected lion, has released a public statement in which he denies any intentional wrongdoing but also expresses regret for his actions.

Police have identified John Russell Houser, 59, as the person suspected of opening fire in a Lafayette, Louisiana, movie theater Thursday night, killing two people and injuring seven more (one critically), before killing himself. Houser was described as a "drifter" from Alabama who had been living in a nearby motel.

The United States Marine Corps has officially released the names of the four men killed during Thursday's shooting in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

A jury has found James Holmes guilty on charges that he shot and killed 12 people at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, on July 20, 2012.

A gunman opened fire Thursday morning at two military recruiting centers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, killing four Marines before police shot and killed the alleged shooter. The names of those involved have not been released at this time.

A video in which officers in Gardena, Calif. shoot and kill an unarmed man was released by a federal judge on Tuesday.

Federal officials raided the home of Subway pitchman Jared Fogle on Tuesday morning as part of a child pornography investigation.

The Supreme Court issued a ruling Friday morning legalizing same-sex marriage in all 50 states. The 5-4 decision found that the Constitution's guarantees of due process and equal protection under the law overturns all gay-marriage bans across the country.

In a major victory for the Obama administration, the Supreme Court handed down a ruling in the King v. Burwell case upholding the tax subsidies in the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.