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Maryland paper returns to press one day after mass shooting in its own newsroom

Maryland paper returns to press one day after mass shooting in its own newsroom

Twitter/@capgaznews(ANNAPOLIS, Maryland) — The blood was fresh on the newsroom floor and the grief of its staff raw, but the Capital Gazette of Annapolis, Maryland, promised it would publish a newspaper on Friday. Hours later, freshly printed papers were on doorsteps around coastal Maryland. Just hours after a gunman stormed […]

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Maryland community reeling after mass shooting inside the Capital Gazette newsroom

Maryland community reeling after mass shooting inside the Capital Gazette newsroom

WJLA-TV(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) —  A community is reeling hours after a gunman targeted the local Capital Gazette newspaper in Maryland, looking for victims before he gunned down five unsuspecting employees. The suspect, whom law enforcement sources named as Jarrod Warren Ramos, allegedly walked into the newspaper office at 888 Bestgate Road […]

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Extended heat wave begins Friday in Northeast

Extended heat wave begins Friday in Northeast

ABC News.(NEW YORK) — Excessive and dangerous heat has overtaken the central U.S. and is expanding toward the East Coast for this weekend. As this heat heads toward the Northeast, several consecutive days above 90 degrees are likely. Hot temperatures will last into next week, and possibly right through the […]

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Shooting at Maryland newsroom that killed 5 was a targeted attack, police say

Shooting at Maryland newsroom that killed 5 was a targeted attack, police say

WJLA-TV(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) — The shooting at a Maryland newsroom that killed five people was a targeted attack, according to local police. Anne Arundel Police Department Bill Krampf said that the assailant, armed with a shotgun, looked for victims in the newsroom of the Capital Gazette, a daily newspaper in Annapolis, […]

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At least 5 dead in shooting at Annapolis newspaper: Officials

At least 5 dead in shooting at Annapolis newspaper: Officials

WJLA-TV(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) — Five people are dead and several others are “gravely” injured from a shooting at the Capital Gazette, a daily local newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, said the Anne Arundel County Government. One suspect was engaged by responding officers within about 1 minute and taken into custody, officials said. […]

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Reporter describes scene of active shooter at Maryland newspaper as a ‘war zone’

Reporter describes scene of active shooter at Maryland newspaper as a ‘war zone’

WJLA-TV(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) — A reporter described the scene from inside the building of a Maryland newsroom where an active shooting opened fire on employees as a “war zone.” Phil Davis, a courts and crime reporter for the Capital Gazette, a daily Annapolis newspaper, wrote that a single gunman shot through […]

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Police officer arrested in fatal shooting of unarmed man

Police officer arrested in fatal shooting of unarmed man

iStock/Thinkstock(KINGSLAND, Ga.) — A Georgia police officer was arrested and charged with voluntary manslaughter after he allegedly shot and killed an unarmed man who ran from him following a traffic stop, authorities said. Officer Zechariah Presley, 25, a member of the Kingsland Police Department, surrendered on Wednesday to the Camden […]

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Federal officers clearing out Occupy ICE encampment in Portland

Federal officers clearing out Occupy ICE encampment in Portland

KOIN-TV(PORTLAND) — A tent encampment erected by protesters that prompted the closure of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in Portland, Oregon, was being dismantled by federal law enforcement agents. Federal officers wearing riot gear and wielding batons moved in about 5:30 a.m. Pacific Time on Thursday and began […]

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Dangerous, excessive heat expanding in central US, moves into Northeast

Dangerous, excessive heat expanding in central US, moves into Northeast

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Strong thunderstorms are moving into the Northeast Thursday morning before some of the hottest temperatures this year, beginning Friday. Some of Thursday’s thunderstorms could produce very heavy rainfall and flash flooding in spots. More thunderstorms will develop in the region during the day on Thursday, with […]

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Border chief is confident separated families can be reunited

Border chief is confident separated families can be reunited

ABC News(WASHINGTON) — The nation’s top border official expressed confidence Wednesday that more than 2,000 migrant children currently separated from their parents after crossing the border illegally could be reunited with family in the next month. “I think they’re going to really work at it,” Customs and Border Protection Commissioner […]

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