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Video shows white man driving away from police officer without getting killed

A video shared on social media shows a white man shouting slurs and driving away from a police officer who approached his vehicle.

The incident was said to have occurred in Canada on Tuesday. Video was later shared on Twitter.

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'Long-overdue reckoning': Washington Post editorial applauds NRA's comeuppance after years of corruption

In a blunt opinion piece from the Washington Post editorial board, the National Rifle Association was scorched for decades of corruption and self-dealing, saying that gun advocacy group is finally facing a "reckoning."

With a federal judge tossing out the NRA's bankruptcy case after "finding that the nation's largest gun rights groups had filed the case not for legitimate financial reasons but to gain an unfair litigation advantage," the Post's editors applauded the move.

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Neo-Nazi arrested after dumping 3 dead bodies at Albuquerque hospital: FBI

An apparent dispute between members of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang has left three men dead and one man in jail on federal gun charges.

"A suspected white supremacist is facing charges after allegedly ditching a bullet-riddled car containing three dead men in the parking lot of an Albuquerque hospital this week," The Daily Beast reported Saturday. "Richard Kuykendall, a 41-year-old with an "apparent association" with the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang, was charged Friday with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition for his role in the Wednesday triple homicide, according to a criminal complaint filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for New Mexico."

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'Very dangerous' California white supremacist gang member charged in Fresno murder: report

According to KSEE, a man associated with a white supremacist gang in Fresno, California has been charged with murder.

"40-year-old Brandon Engelman from Coarsegold is charged with shooting and killing 56-year-old Pacer Hampton, of Fresno, last month. It was the county's first homicide," reported AJ Kato. "On April 13, Hampton was found in his crashed car on Olive Avenue. He had been shot to death. Detectives received surveillance video from neighbors and identified a white Chevrolet Tahoe as a vehicle of interest. Once the photo was released to the public, Mims said tips pointed them to Engelman."

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Fatal shooting at Florida federal building — one man was killed: police

Orlando Police Lt. Diego Toruno on Monday updated reporters following fatal shooting at a United States Citizenship and Immigration Service Building.

Toruno said a woman and a man were walking into the building shortly before 10 a.m. when a gunman in a car opened fired. The woman was able to flee, but the man was shot and was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Police officers among three wounded in Alabama shootings

Alabama was the scene of two shootings on Saturday afternoon.

"Two police officers were shot Saturday afternoon while investigating a scene in Montgomery. Their injuries are believed to be non-life-threatening," AL.com reported.

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Mother and 3-year-old daughter shot in Times Square: report

There is a heavy police presence in Manhattan following a shooting in Times Square.

"A mother and her 3-year-old daughter were shot Saturday evening in Times Square, police sources told The Post. The gunfire erupted just before 5 p.m. at West 44th Street and Seventh Avenue," the NY Post reports. "The mother was struck in the leg and the child was hit in the upper torso, law enforcement sources said."

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Masked man loaded and brandished a gun during Zoom call about University of Texas alma mater song

A Zoom discussion about the University of Texas alma mater song being racist turned dark when a masked man appeared in the discussion, loaded and then brandished a gun.

NBC News reported Wednesday that a lecture led by history Prof. Alberto Martinez, outlined "the song has racist origins, contrary to the university's position."

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After mass shooting in park, mayor calls on Baltimore men to 'be better'

The mayor of Baltimore called upon men in the city to be better after a weekend quadruple shooting in Carroll Park.

'We had a mass shooting," said Mayor Brandon Scott said.. "Lets call it what it is. A mass shooting in Carroll Park which is completely unacceptable."

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Florida school worker charged with mass shooting threat: 'Imma shoot up Lauderdale Lakes Middle'

On Thursday, the Miami Herald reported that a Broward County school employee has been charged with making mass shooting threats.

"Patrick Jean, a 28-year-old front desk attendant at Lauderdale Lakes Middle School, was arrested on Wednesday," reported Devoun Cetoute and Carli Teproff. "He is facing two counts of threats to discharge a destructive device and two counts of written threats to kill or conduct a mass shooting, the Broward County Sheriff's Office said."

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Illinois town suffers three shootings -- in only two hours: report

Police in Rockford, Illinois on Thursday scrambled to investigate three different shootings.

WTVO-TV headlined "Rockford Police investigate third shooting in 2 hours."

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Four killed in North Carolina mass shooting — including two police officers: report

America has suffered yet another mass shooting, this time in North Carolina.

"Authorities say a man killed his mother, stepfather and two deputies during an hours-long standoff in Watauga County Wednesday. A third officer was also shot in the standoff. Deputies say 32-year-old Isaac Alton Barnes is suspected of killing Sgt. Chris Ward, K-9 Deputy Logan Fox, Michelle Annette Ligon and George Wyatt Ligon," WBTV reported.

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'Heinous' mass shooting in Virginia -- five females shot with one dead: report

America has suffered yet another mass shooting.

"The Richmond Police Department says that five people were shot at an apartment complex on Midlothian Turnpike on Tuesday evening. One person was killed, another is in critical condition," WRIC-TV reports.

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