killing
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The man suspected of killing Scottish aid worker Elisabeth Jane Ross in Greece is 26-year-old Sharif Ahmadzai, the BBC understands.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
The researchers then engineered the bean gum to contain protegrin, an antimicrobial peptide capable of killing harmful bacteria.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
In June, a B-52 bomber jet crashed at Edwards Air Force Base, northeast of Los Angeles, killing eight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
In November 2022, a Ukrainian air-defence missile fell on the Polish village of Przewodow, killing two people.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Slowly, the gray pallor faded and the killing fever cooled from her cousin’s skin.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
The LAPD’s Robbery-Homicide division has taken over the investigation into the killings, Garcia said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
After the 2014 death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., and other high-profile police killings, activists demanded that departments adopt the cameras.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Thirty years later, residents in Chillenden say they can never forget the killings.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
In the killings that occurred between January and June 26, only 16 indictments were filed, amounting to just 12.3 percent of cases, according to the Abraham Initiatives.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
“I grieve to hear this. All the more reason to free the noble Hizdahr zo Loraq, who stopped such killings once.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
