Estimated reading time: 5 minutes MANKATO, MN — A jealous ex-boyfriend with a violent criminal history broke into a Mankato woman’s townhome Sunday afternoon, fatally shot her new boyfriend, and then beat her so severely that he forced her into the bathtub to bleed out, prosecutors say. He was a prohibited person who never should have had a gun in the first place. According to the Mankato Department of Public Safety, officers responded to a 911 call at approximately 1:36 p.m. on Sunday, April 26, 2026, after a caller reported hearing what sounded like gunshots in a neighboring residence on…

France is seeking to quadruple its stockpile of kamikaze drones and drastically expand missile arsenals by the end of the decade, Politico reported on Friday. A draft military planning law said that the preparations were being done to get ready for a “war economy.” A 64-page-long document set to be…

More than one hundred United States-based international law experts have warned that American strikes on Iran may amount to war crimes. These violations come only a few months after the U.S. committed obvious war crimes when it bombed civilian boats in the Caribbean, accusing them of “narco terrorism.” Experts were…