Nine people injured in mass shooting at Ohio party held in Airbnb

It was one of at least 365 mass shootings – cases in which there are four or victims – that occurred in the US so far this year as of Sunday, according to the nonpartisan Gun Violence Archive. The US's perennially high numbers of mass shootings have prompted many to call for more substantial gun control, though Congress has largely been unwilling or unable to address that issue...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/02/ohio-party-mass-shooting-airbnb

 

San Jose Man Accused Of Shooting Black Airbnb Guest Said “Oh, You Think You Can Run?” Before Firing

Magnano said Waters reported that he had shot someone he thought was breaking into his house. According to officials, however, the surveillance footage showed Bullock was shot while he was in the street and nowhere near the entrance to Waters's home, his front lawn, or his driveway…

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/skbaer/san-jose-man-shooting-black-man-hearing

San Jose Man Allegedly Shot Unarmed Black Airbnb Guest In The Back

The victim was crossing the street in the 1200 block of Somerset Drive around 11:08 p.m. on Oct. 2 when he saw the suspect, later identified as 66-year-old Mark Waters, exit a home and "quickly approach him" while holding a handgun, according to San Jose police and the Santa Clara County district attorney's office. The victim tried to run away, but as his back was turned, Waters fired his weapon, striking the young man in the leg, prosecutors said…

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/skbaer/san-jose-man-charged-shooting-unarmed-black-man

Meet the Customer Service Reps for Disney and Airbnb Who Have to Pay to Talk to You — ProPublica

... After paying about $1,500 for home office equipment: a computer, two headsets and a phone line dedicated to Arise; after paying Arise to run a check on her background; after passing Arise's voice-assessment test and signing Arise's nondisclosure form; after paying for and passing Arise's introductory training, to which she devoted three days, unpaid; after paying for and passing a certification course to provide customer service for Arise client AT&T, to which she devoted 44 unpaid days; after then being informed she had to get more training yet — an additional 10 days, for which she was told she would be paid, but wasn't; and then, after finally getting a chance to sign up for hours and do work for which she would be paid (except for her time spent waiting for technical support, or researching customer issues, or huddling with supervisors), Tami Pendergraft spent three weeks fielding telephone calls from AT&T customers, after which she received a single paycheck. For $96.12...

https://www.propublica.org/article/meet-the-customer-service-reps-for-disney-and-airbnb-who-have-to-pay-to-talk-to-you

Being black while renting from Airbnb? That can also get the police called on you for no reason - Daily Kos

The last few weeks have proven that black people can't do anything while black without scaring or provoking the ire of some very fragile white people. We can't get coffee, we can't golf, and we most certainly can't rent from Airbnb and ignore white people we don't know. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1762826