A law enforcement official said the suspect used an AR-15-style semiautomatic weapon in Saturday night’s attack in Colorado, but a handgun and additional ammunition magazines also were recovered.
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Strong quake topples buildings in Indonesia’s Java, killing at least 162
Emergency workers are treating the injured on stretchers outside main hospitals, on terraces and in parking lots.
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Boston police discover apparent fetal or infant remains
A search of the condo building also turned up a second set of suspected human remains.
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Lawmakers urge action after report of other high court leak
Sen. Dick Durbin, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wants Congress to pass a bill requiring the Supreme Court to adopt a code of ethics.
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‘Power Rangers’ star Jason David Frank dies at 49
Frank’s manager did not name the cause of death or say when he died, but asked for ‘privacy of his family and friends during this horrible time’
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Special counsel investigating Trump is impartial and tough, former colleagues say
John L. “Jack” Smith was part of a team that won the first death penalty case in a New York federal court in a half a century, then went on to the International Criminal Court, where he prosecuted genocide and war crimes.
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UN climate deal: Calamity cash, but no new emissions cuts
Negotiators have approved an historic deal to create a fund for compensating poor nations that are victims of extreme weather worsened by rich countries’ carbon pollution.
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With the U.S. out of Afghanistan, China comes calling
In April, China spearheaded the Tunxi Initiative, which corralled Afghanistan’s neighbors and Russia to support reconstruction and economic assistance in the war-torn country.
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Minnesota poised to legalize cannabis early next year
Gov. Tim Walz thinks it could be one of the first bills he signs now that Democrats control the state’s legislature.
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Turkey strikes in Syria, Iraq a week after Istanbul bombing
The airstrikes came after a bomb rocked a bustling avenue in the heart of Istanbul on Nov. 13, killing six people and wounding over 80 others.