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Several different inclusion criteria are used; there is no generally accepted definition. [2] [3] Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit research group that tracks shootings and their characteristics in the United States, defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people, excluding the perpetrator(s), are shot in one location at roughly the same time. [4]
On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively.The bombings killed between 150,000 and 246,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict.
The strike had started on November 12 and was concluded after a three-year agreement with unionized coal companies on wages, health and safety, and work rules. [99] The Helios-A space probe, built in West Germany, was launched from Cape Canaveral in the U.S. in order to orbit the Sun and gather data.
The War in Iraq (2013–2017) was an armed conflict between Iraq and its allies and the Islamic State.Following December 2013, the insurgency escalated into full-scale guerrilla warfare following clashes in the cities of Ramadi and Fallujah in parts of western Iraq, and culminated in the Islamic State offensive into Iraq in June 2014, which lead to the capture of the cities of Mosul, Tikrit ...
The exact application of the three-strikes laws varies considerably from state to state, but the laws call for life sentences for at least 25 years on their third strike. In the state of Maryland, any person who receives their fourth strike for any crime of violence will automatically be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.
The following is a list of events of the year 2024 in the United States.. With the dominant political story of this year being the 2024 presidential election, most American-focused media outlets routinely have been covering the nominees, with Donald Trump becoming the second president in American history to win two non-consecutive terms, defeating Democratic vice president Kamala Harris who ...
A waterfront strike along the West Coast begins in San Francisco (billy club used at the strike in Seattle pictured, right) The San Jose Light Opera Association is established Victor Jules Bergeron, Jr. opens a small bar/restaurant across from his parents' grocery store at San Pablo Avenue and 65th Street in Oakland , originally calling it ...
30 July – Unison confirms that refuse workers in 14 Scottish council areas will strike from 14 to 22 August. [217] 31 July – The Unite and GMB unions announce eight days of strike action for refuse workers beginning on 14 August, which will include those working for Edinburgh City Council and occur during the Edinburgh Festival. [218]