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Powerful blizzard hammers U.S. Northeast, snarling travel
U.S.High winds and heavy snow barreled into the U.S. Northeast on Thursday, shutting schools and government offices, leaving tens of thousands without power and snarling travel as New York's JFK Airport halted flights due to whiteout conditions. -
Friends and family members embrace outside the Orlando Police Headquarters during the investigation of a shooting at the Pulse night club, where as many as 20 people have been injured after a gunman opened fire, in Orlando, Florida, U.S June 12, 2016. REUTERS/Steve Nesius
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Witness: gunshots, screams and blood at Florida nightclub shooting
ReutersA witness describes hearing gunshots, screams and then seeing blood at a Florida nightclub shooting that left at least 20 people dead and 42 injured. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). -
Headquarters during the investigation of a shooting at the Pulse nightclub, where people were killed by a gunman, in Orlando, Florida, U.S June 12, 2016. REUTERS/Steve Nesius
A man armed with an assault rifle and a handgun stormed a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and killed 50 people in the worst U.S. mass shooting in history.Here's what we know so far:- The shooter, Omar S. Mateen, was killed by police. CBS News reported that he was born in Port St. Lucie, Florida, and that his parents were from Afghanistan.
- Authorities are calling it a "terrorist incident," but they haven't confirmed any connections to Islamic militants.
- "We do have suggestions that the individual may have leanings toward that particular ideology. But right now we can't say definitively." -- Ronald Hopper, FBI
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Nine-year-old Liam Eller (L), helps a police officer move flowers left behind outside Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church after the street was re-opened a day after a mass shooting left nine dead during a bible study at the church in Charleston, South Carolina.. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
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Hillary Clinton: U.S. must face 'hard truths' after South Carolina shooting
Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton said on Thursday after a deadly shooting in a South Carolina church that the United States must face "hard truths" about race and violence.
"We have to face hard truths about race, violence, guns and division," she told a Las Vegas conference of Hispanic elected officials. "How many innocent people in our country from little children, church members to movie theater attendees, how many people do we need to see cut down before we act?"
(Reporting by Amanda Becker in Washington; Writing by Lisa Lambert; Editing by Peter Cooney) -
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#CharlestonShooting suspect reportedly told victims 'you rape our women...you have to go' http://t.co/g5pSGEk6qO http://t.co/XucvKi2HLz
Jun. 18, 2015- Reply
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Authorities announced an all clear in a reported bomb threat on the street of Morris Brown AME Church, the site of a vigil for South Carolina shooting victims, according to the Charleston County Sheriff's Office.
Police in Greenville, South Carolina were also investigating a bomb threat at West End Community Church, where another vigil was taking place.
(Reporting by Suzannah Gonzales: Editing by Cynthia Johnston) -
RAP SHEET: Dylann Roof has 2 arrests in 2015. Cocaine/LSD (felony/ Feb 28) + Trespassing (Apr 26) #CharlestonShooting http://t.co/MmPmGAL1QL
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A car which police believe belongs to a suspect which police are searching for in connection with the shooting of several people at a church in Charleston, South Carolina is seen in a still image from CCTV footage released by the Charleston Police Department. REUTERS/Charleston Police Department/Handout via Reuters
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Australia defends its handling of French submarine deal
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia defended its scrapping of a deal for French submarines on Sunday, saying the government had raised concerns to Paris for months, as a new deal with the United States and Britain continued to fuel a multinational diplomatic crisis.