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Tuesday, February 17, 2026
TopicUS shootings

Topic: US shootings

14-yr-old kills 4 in Georgia high school shooting, Biden calls for gun-safety norms

2 students & 2 teachers killed. Suspect Colt Gray is said to have acted alone in the incident which injured several others. He was armed with semiautomatic rifle, authorities said.

23-year-old suspect who killed eight people near Chicago turns up dead in Texas

Police in Joliet, a town about 56 km southwest of Chicago, said investigators believed Romeo Nance knew the seven people slain at the two dwellings there.

3 students of Palestinian descent shot at in Vermont in presumed hate crime, ‘suspect held’

By Gabriella Borter and Steve Gorman (Reuters) -A suspect was arrested in the shooting of three college students of Palestinian descent in Burlington, Vermont, CNN reported early on Monday, in an

At least 22 killed, over 50 wounded in mass shootings across Maine

According to NBC, shootings were at three separate locations: a bowling alley, a restaurant, and a Walmart distribution center.

Five dead as gunman opens fire at bank in Louisville, Kentucky

A short while after confirming the attack, police said that the shooter had been 'neutralized' and was no longer a threat, without giving further details.

3 children, 3 adults shot dead by ex-student at Tennessee Christian school

The suspect had drawn detailed maps of the school, including entry points for the building, & left behind a 'manifesto', Police Chief John Drake said.

New York police identify ‘person of interest’ as Brooklyn subway shooter remains at large

Keys found at the scene of the attack belong to a U-Haul van rented by Frank R. James, 62, who has addresses in Philadelphia and the Milwaukee area, police said.

13 people shot in Brooklyn subway station, undetonated devices found

The fire department of New York was initially called to the 36th Street station to probe a ‘smoke condition’, they found bloodied commuters.

As Texas synagogue hostages rescued, gunman allegedly linked to ‘Lady Al-Qaeda’ Aafia Siddiqui

The gunman, now dead, had reportedly demanded the release of Siddiqui, who has alleged connections to Al-Qaeda & is serving 86-year sentence in US prison for attempted murder.

Two mass shootings in US again shift focus to gun control and racism

Gun control, which has become a talking point after shootings in Dayton and El Paso, has been a peripheral theme on Democrats’ 2020 campaign trail until now.

On Camera

Imagine if Epstein files named Rahul Gandhi or MK Stalin. What would BJP and TV media do?

The questions are not going to go away. But future generations will know who refused to ask the tough questions and who didn’t.

Tamil Nadu FM presents interim budget, attacks Centre for ‘artificially inflating’ state’s debt

DMK govt accuses Centre of withholding funds, tightening borrowing, unilateral deductions from state accounts. Says Centre's accounting & funding decisions have 'artificially inflated' debt burden.

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

At the Western Army Command, the American delegation was briefed on the capabilities of the formation, past operations and the path ahead.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.