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Police Report Multiple Victims In Tennessee School Shooting
Police say multiple people including an officer were shot Monday at a high school in the east Tennessee city of Knoxville.
Kudermetova Wins Her 1st WTA Title On Clay In Charleston
Veronika Kudermetova of Russia won her first WTA title, coming up strong on the big points to beat Danka Kovinic 64, 62 at the Volvo Car Open on Sunday.
6.0 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Celebes Sea, Near Philippines: Seismological Centre
An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck in the ocean 214 km (132 miles) southsouthwest of Sarangi, Philippines, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said on Saturday.
Judge Sets Bail For Some In Sex Abuse Case At Youth Center
Five men charged in a sex abuse case at a New Hampshire youth detention center made court appearances Friday.
Inmate Charged In Iowa Prison Deaths Had Threatened Before
An inmate charged with beating two Iowa prison employees to death with a hammer had threatened to assault staff at another prison a year earlier using a different maintenance tool, according to records released Friday.
Prince Philip's Death: How Covid-19 Has Put a Spanner in Royal Protocols Decided Decades Ago
The announcement of a royal death, posted on the railings at Buckingham Palace, will be taken down quickly to avoid crowd.
Man Linked To 5 Killings In 2 States Makes Court Appearance
A New Jersey man facing murder charges in two states made a brief court appearance Thursday and remained jailed awaiting a possible indictment.
Police: 1 Killed, 4 Wounded In Shooting At Texas Business
One person was killed and four people were wounded Thursday in a shooting at a cabinetmaking business in Bryan, Texas, police said, and the shooter was not in custody.
Yosemite National Park To Limit Summer Visitors Due To Virus
Yosemite National Park will require advanced reservations for day visitors during the peak summer season to limit the number of visitors and allow social distancing amid the pandemic.
Vaccine Rollout In England Prevented 10,400 Deaths By End-March, Study Says
England's fast rollout of COVID19 vaccines prevented over 10,000 deaths of people aged 60 and older by the end of March, according to an analysis by Public Health England.
Egypt To Produce Up To 80 Million Sinovac Vaccine Doses Annually, Minister Says
Egypt has agreed with China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd to manufacture its COVID19 vaccine domestically, and could produce up to 80 million doses a year, the health ministry said on Thursday.
Arkansas Senate OKs Alternate, Scaled-back Hate Crimes Bill
The Arkansas Senate on Wednesday approved a strippeddown hate crimes bill derided by longtime supporters of such legislation who claim the measure is too vague and would provide insufficient medicine for a state that's one of only three nationwide without...
More Governors Publicly Vaccinated, But Florida's Kept Mum
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has received a singledose coronavirus vaccine, his office confirmed Wednesday. He did so out of the public eye even as governors elsewhere across the political spectrum have been vaccinated publicly to reassure Americans that the...
Complaint May Spur Review Of Meat Industry's Virus Response
A union complaint about whether an Oklahoma meatpacking plant is doing enough to protect workers from the coronavirus could test the industry's response to the pandemic because Seaboard Foods says it is following recommendations from the government and tr...
Judge Rules Pretrial Against Opioid Firm; Cites Delays, Lies
A Tennessee judge has made a rare move to rule against an opioid firm before a civil trial over its role in the epidemic, saying there was a coordinated strategy by the company and its attorneys to delay proceedings, deprive plaintiffs of information and...
Snippets from UK: Boris Johnson's India Trip in Doubt Amid Covid Wave; Fewer Flights Between Two Countries
From a question mark on British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s much-awaited visit to India to Britain’s ‘controversial race report’, a roundup of what’s making news.