A Minnesota House bill, HF 3433, proposes a ban on the possession and transfer of a wide range of semiautomatic firearms. Current owners of soon-to-be-prohibited firearms could retain them only by obtaining a law enforcement-issued "certificate of ownership." The certificate would require owners to store the firearms according to state-mandated rules and agree to law enforcement inspections...

A paedophile teacher who abused former Australian of the Year Grace Tame will not face trial on charges he harassed his former student on social media after a judge ruled he was unfit due to mental impairment.  Nicolaas Ockert Bester, a former teacher at Hobart private schools, was convicted of sexually abusing Ms Tame when she was his student in 2011....

Convicted child murderer Ian Huntley remains in a critical condition in hospital today after being smashed in the head three times with a metal pole, the Daily Mail can reveal.  The 52-year-old, who is serving life in prison for the murder of two 10-year-old girls in 2002, was attacked while working in the waste management workshop at HMP Frankland. ...

Four people killed aboard a Florida-registered speed boat following an alleged shootout with the Cuban coast guard were US residents, local officials said. The deceased were among a group of ten 'armed' individuals who had entered the country's waters to carry out a terror attack, Cuba's government claimed in a statement issued Wednesday night....