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8chan owner called before US Congress, as latest host drops site

Katie Paul and Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters
Updated as of Aug 07 02:24 PM

Online message board 8chan's fortunes worsened on Tuesday, as it was once again made homeless by a technical services provider and its owner was called to testify to the US Congress after 8chan was linked to a weekend mass shooting in El Paso, Texas.   Read more »

Philippines justice dept 'gathering info' on 8chan linked to US shooting

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 07 02:26 PM

The American owner of a far-right online message board connected to 3 mass shootings has left the Philippines, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Wednesday. Read more »

Racism, misogyny: US authorities probe motives of 2 gunmen

Mark Ralston, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 07 02:18 AM

One was fueled by racist hatred of immigrants and warned of a "Hispanic invasion." The other's motives are less clear but he apparently resented women and compiled a "hit list" of girls in high school. Read more »

El Paso residents tell Trump to stay away after shooting

Gilles Clarenne and Daniel Woolls, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 07 02:11 AM

Residents in majority-Hispanic El Paso told US President Donald Trump Tuesday to stay away amid fury over his anti-immigration rhetoric as he struggles to unite the country in the wake of mass shootings that killed 31 people. Read more »

PH-based founder of site linked to US mass shootings says he created 'a monster'

Neil Jerome Morales, Reuters
Updated as of Aug 07 12:41 AM

MANILA - The creator of a far-right online message board connected to three mass shootings that killed dozens of people has described himself as "naive and ignorant", likening the platform 8chan to Frankenstein's monster, with no limit to its extremism. Read more »

Police checking Philippines link of 8chan tagged in US shooting

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 07 12:46 AM

MANILA (UPDATED) - Philippine National Police (PNP) chief General Oscar Albayalde said Tuesday authorities were verifying reports that online message board 8chan, which was used to announce a mass shooting in the US, was being operated out of the country. Read more »

Obama: Reject language from leaders that 'normalizes racist sentiments'

Reuters
Posted at Aug 06 08:16 AM

Former President Barack Obama responded to the weekend mass shootings in Ohio and Texas on Monday with a plea to Americans to reject the language of hatred, fear and intolerance from any of their leaders. Read more »

2 more Texas shooting victims die in attack, Trump to visit El Paso

Julio-Cesar Chavez, Reuters
Posted at Aug 06 07:44 AM

EL PASO, Texas - Two more victims of a shooting rampage at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, died of their wounds on Monday, police said, raising the death toll to 22 in the massacre as U.S. President Donald Trump planned a visit to the stricken community. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: August 5, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 06 02:29 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

US prosecutors charge Texas shooting suspect with murder, seek death penalty

Julio-Cesar Chavez, Reuters
Posted at Aug 05 10:12 PM

EL PASO, Texas - A single capital murder charge was filed on Sunday against the man accused of killing 20 people and wounding more than two dozen others at a Walmart store in El Paso, a mass shooting authorities are viewing as a case of domestic terrorism. Read more »

Trump: US gov't kumikilos na para matigil ang mass shootings

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 05 09:41 PM

Sa gitna ng magkakasunod na insidente ng mass shooting sa Amerika, ayon kay US President Donald Trump ay kumikilos na ang gobyerno para hindi na maulit ang mga ganoong insidente. Read more »

El Paso shopper, recently arrived from Mexico, took a bullet for his wife

Daina Beth Solomon, Reuters
Posted at Aug 05 12:38 PM

Juan de Dios Velazquez had only moved to El Paso, Texas, with his wife Estela Nicolasa from Ciudad Juarez, just across the border in Mexico, six months before they were caught in Saturday's mass shooting at a Walmart store. Read more »

Cloudflare terminates 8chan as customer on 'hate-filled' content - CEO

Reuters
Posted at Aug 05 11:38 AM

U.S. cyber security firm Cloudflare on Monday said the company will terminate online message board 8chan as its customer after a shooter used the messaging forum just before killing 20 people at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas on Saturday. Read more »

After shootings, under-fire Trump says 'hate has no place' in US

Gilles Clarenne with Megan Jelinger in Dayton, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 05 07:15 AM

EL PASO - An under-fire President Donald Trump said Sunday that "hate has no place" in the United States after two mass shootings left 29 dead and sparked accusations that his rhetoric was part of the problem. Read more »

Deadliest recent mass shootings in the US

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 04 11:47 PM

Here are of some of the other deadliest recent mass shootings in the United States. Read more »

Pope condemns spate of US gun violence, prays for victims

Reuters
Posted at Aug 04 07:59 PM

Pope Francis on Sunday condemned attacks on "defenseless people" in a spate of gun violence in three American states, including one that killed 20 people in a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas. Read more »

No Pinoys injured so far in Texas mass shooting

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 04 10:48 AM

No Filipinos so far have been reported to be injured in the latest mass shooting in the United States. Read more »

Gunman kills 20 at Texas Walmart store in latest US mass shooting

Joel Angel Juarez, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 04 09:22 AM

EL PASO, US - A gunman armed with an assault rifle opened fire on shoppers at a packed Walmart store Saturday, reportedly killing at least 15 people in the latest mass shooting in the United States. Read more »

Gunman's death in mass shooting at northern California food festival ruled suicide

Reuters
Updated as of Aug 03 10:55 AM

LOS ANGELES - An autopsy found that the teenager who opened fire with an assault rifle at a weekend food festival in Northern California, killing three people, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, a coroner's spokeswoman said on Friday. Read more »

Pinay recounts horrific ordeal during Gilroy mass shooting

TJ Manotoc, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 31 05:47 PM

A Filipina who attended the Gilroy Garlic Festival during the time of the mass shooting is still reeling from shock.   Read more »