Thousands of US inmates to be released
Craig TaylorRoughly 6,000 federal inmates will be released in the coming weeks in an effort to ease prison crowding and lessen harsh penalties for non-violent offenders, US media report. BBC News – US & Canada
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Calls for Oregon sheriff to resign
A leading US gun-control group calls for the resignation of the man leading the investigation into the deadly mass shooting in Oregon. BBC News – US & Canada
Oregon teen ‘played dead’ in shooting
A teenager survived the Oregon shooting because she was covered in another victim’s body and the attacker believed she was dead, her father says. BBC News – US & Canada
Weapons haul found with Oregon gunman
Federal agents find six weapons at the college where a gunman killed nine and seven weapons at the gunman’s apartment, all purchased legally. BBC News – US & Canada
‘Ten dead’ in US college shooting
At least 10 people have been killed in a shooting at Umpqua Community College in the US state of Oregon, US media report. BBC News – US & Canada
Georgia executes first woman since 1945
The US state of Georgia executes a woman for the first time in 70 years despite a number of last-ditch appeals, including one by the Pope. BBC News – US & Canada