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"They Saw A Black Man With A Gun": US Cops Kill Armed Guard
It began in a way gun advocates have suggested would curtail violence. A gun comes out. Shots are fired. A "good guy with a gun" steps in to help before police can respond.
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Police Shot At A Man 20 Times In His Own Yard, Thinking He Had A Gun. It Was An iPhone.
Police say they saw an object in Stephan Clark's hand before they fired 20 bullets that killed him in his back yard Sunday night in Sacramento, a disturbing moment that was made public through body camera footage released Wednesday night.
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Video Shows Man Sobbing, Begging Officer For His Life Before 2016 Shooting
After the officer involved was acquitted of second-degree murder charges, officials in Arizona released graphic video showing Daniel Shaver crawling on his hands and knees and begging for his life in the moments before he was shot and killed by police in January 2016.
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At Least 26 Dead In Texas Church Shooting, Say Officials
A gunman shot and killed more than two dozen people and injured many others Sunday inside a small community church here in South Texas, and he was found dead several miles away from the scene after fleeing, authorities said.
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Hurricane Irma Makes Second Landfall In Florida, Will Roar Up The State's Gulf Coast
The fierce winds of Hurricane Irma regained Category 4 strength with winds of 130 mph early Sunday, as the storm's eye made it to the lower Florida Keys just before 9 a.m. The massive storm already has caused hundreds of thousands of power outages across South Florida, its leading edge lashing several major population centers.
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Hurricane Harvey Batters Texas, Drops 2 Feet Of Water On Houston Area
Officials in Houston warned of "catastrophic" and potentially historic flooding in the nation's fourth-largest city on Sunday morning, as Harvey continued to pummel Texas, dropping more than two feet of rain and causing dire, and deadly, flash floods.
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NYPD: Attacker Dead After Report Of 'Several People Shot' At Bronx Hospital
A former employee opened fire inside one of New York City's busiest hospitals on Friday afternoon, killing one doctor and wounding six other people before taking his own life, New York police said.
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Teacher, 8-Year-Old Student Killed In San Bernardino Special-Ed Classroom Shooting, Officials Say
A spokesperson for the San Bernardino City Unified School District said the shooting occurred in a special education classroom, which, at the time, was filled with first through third-grade students.
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US Agents Searching Flight For Undocumented Immigrant Ask Passengers For IDs
U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed Thursday that their agents requested to see the identification of domestic flight passengers landing at a New York airport Wednesday night as they searched for an undocumented immigrant who had received a deportation order to leave the United States.
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'It's Now Or Never': How Anti-Trump Protests Spread Across The U.S.
The call went out in Portland on Thursday, summonsing the people in the Rose City to the streets.
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"They Saw A Black Man With A Gun": US Cops Kill Armed Guard
It began in a way gun advocates have suggested would curtail violence. A gun comes out. Shots are fired. A "good guy with a gun" steps in to help before police can respond.
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Police Shot At A Man 20 Times In His Own Yard, Thinking He Had A Gun. It Was An iPhone.
Police say they saw an object in Stephan Clark's hand before they fired 20 bullets that killed him in his back yard Sunday night in Sacramento, a disturbing moment that was made public through body camera footage released Wednesday night.
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Video Shows Man Sobbing, Begging Officer For His Life Before 2016 Shooting
After the officer involved was acquitted of second-degree murder charges, officials in Arizona released graphic video showing Daniel Shaver crawling on his hands and knees and begging for his life in the moments before he was shot and killed by police in January 2016.
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At Least 26 Dead In Texas Church Shooting, Say Officials
A gunman shot and killed more than two dozen people and injured many others Sunday inside a small community church here in South Texas, and he was found dead several miles away from the scene after fleeing, authorities said.
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Hurricane Irma Makes Second Landfall In Florida, Will Roar Up The State's Gulf Coast
The fierce winds of Hurricane Irma regained Category 4 strength with winds of 130 mph early Sunday, as the storm's eye made it to the lower Florida Keys just before 9 a.m. The massive storm already has caused hundreds of thousands of power outages across South Florida, its leading edge lashing several major population centers.
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Hurricane Harvey Batters Texas, Drops 2 Feet Of Water On Houston Area
Officials in Houston warned of "catastrophic" and potentially historic flooding in the nation's fourth-largest city on Sunday morning, as Harvey continued to pummel Texas, dropping more than two feet of rain and causing dire, and deadly, flash floods.
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NYPD: Attacker Dead After Report Of 'Several People Shot' At Bronx Hospital
A former employee opened fire inside one of New York City's busiest hospitals on Friday afternoon, killing one doctor and wounding six other people before taking his own life, New York police said.
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Teacher, 8-Year-Old Student Killed In San Bernardino Special-Ed Classroom Shooting, Officials Say
A spokesperson for the San Bernardino City Unified School District said the shooting occurred in a special education classroom, which, at the time, was filled with first through third-grade students.
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US Agents Searching Flight For Undocumented Immigrant Ask Passengers For IDs
U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed Thursday that their agents requested to see the identification of domestic flight passengers landing at a New York airport Wednesday night as they searched for an undocumented immigrant who had received a deportation order to leave the United States.
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'It's Now Or Never': How Anti-Trump Protests Spread Across The U.S.
The call went out in Portland on Thursday, summonsing the people in the Rose City to the streets.
