Kansas – World Justice News

Two men charged with murder over shooting at Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebrations

February 21, 2024 World Justice News 0

Two men have been charged with murder in connection with a fatal shooting following the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade. A woman was killed and 22 other people were injured in the 14 […]

Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade shooting leaves one dead and 21 injured

February 14, 2024 World Justice News 0

One person has been killed and 21 others were injured, including eight children, after a shooting at the end of the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade. The team and their supporters had been […]

Kansas man dies after being shot by dog in truck

January 25, 2023 World Justice News 0

A man has died after a dog stepped on a rifle and shot him from the rear of a truck in the US state of Kansas. The victim, who has not been named by police, […]

Primary election and abortion referendum in Kansas

Kansas abortion vote: Major victory for pro-choice groups

August 3, 2022 World Justice News 0

The conservative US state of Kansas has decided in a referendum to protect abortion rights – in a major victory for pro-choice groups. Voters overwhelmingly said they did not wish to amend the state constitution […]

Kansas woman admits to training all-female IS battalion in Syria

June 8, 2022 World Justice News 0

A US woman has confessed to leading an all-female squadron for the so-called Islamic State group in Syria, as well as plotting attacks on American soil. Allison Fluke-Ekren pleaded guilty to one count of providing […]

The Kansas case that could change how rape is charged

September 30, 2021 World Justice News 0

Sex crimes are notoriously difficult to prosecute – but one woman in Kansas is using a rarely used 19th Century law to ask her fellow citizens to help bring charges against the man she says […]

Lisa Montgomery: Only woman on US federal death row to face execution

January 2, 2021 World Justice News 0

A US appeals court has lifted a stay of execution on the only woman awaiting a federal death penalty. Lisa Montgomery strangled a pregnant woman in Missouri before cutting out and kidnapping the baby in […]

FBI probes police killing of boy on family’s drive

September 25, 2020 World Justice News 0

The FBI is to investigate the fatal police shooting of a teenage boy as he reversed a vehicle out his family’s garage in the US state of Kansas. A police officer fired 13 shots, killing […]

How the US caught flashy Nigerian Instagrammers ‘with $40m’

July 8, 2020 World Justice News 0

The day after his 29th birthday in May, Olalekan Jacob Ponle posted a picture on his Instagram standing next to a bright yellow Lamborghini in Dubai. “Stop letting people make you feel guilty for the […]

Kansas City: Gunman on run after four shot dead in bar

October 6, 2019 World Justice News 0

Four people have been killed in a shooting at a bar in Kansas City in the midwestern US state of Kansas. Local police said in a tweet that five other people were wounded during the incident […]

Human Rights

Self-styled ‘king of Germany’ goes on trial accused of heading criminal group

November 8, 2026 0

A self-declared “king” of Germany has gone on trial in Düsseldorf accused of leading a criminal organisation along with three other men described as his senior “subjects”. Peter Fitzek, 61, who calls himself Peter the […]

Human Rights

Kenyan doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie given life sentence for murdering 191 people

November 6, 2026 0

A Kenyan court has sentenced the leader of a doomsday cult, Paul Mackenzie, to 200 years in prison for murdering 191 people, all but one of them children. Alongside 28 others, Mackenzie was found guilty […]

Human Rights

All 548 death row inmates in California to have sentences changed to life in prison

November 6, 2026 0

Governor Gavin Newsom said he’ll commute all death sentences in the state to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He made the announcement as he prepares to leave office after eight years in […]