A police officer in Bardstown Kentucky was shot to death in an ambush along the highway exit ramp after leaving his to remove debris from from the road.
The two men accused of hacking the soldier to death were monitored by the security services for years, and one of them was allegedly approached with a view to acting as an informant, the Telegraph reported on Sunday. British Prime Minister Cameron's visit to the security services, MI5's headquarters before deciding to go on holiday with his family has only fueled more ire by parliament members, about his judgment in the aftermath of the worst terrorist attack on British soil since July 7, 2005 when twin bus bombings killed scores of people in downtown London.
Six people were killed and 22 wounded in new gun violence that hit Chicago over Memorial Day weekend, UPI reported. On Friday evening, a 17-year-old girl was shot in the head and pronounced dead at the scene, and 18-year-old man was shot in the chest in the same incident. Another man later that evening was shot and killed.