A student was killed in a shooting inside Mount Tabor High School in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Wednesday. Police were searching for the gunman.
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Missouri Marine Jared Schmitz, 20, an ‘American hero,’ killed in Afghanistan airport attack
Jared Schmitz, a Marine from Missouri, is reportedly among the 13 American service members killed in a suicide bombing Thursday in Kabul.
1 dead, 6 wounded in downtown Portland, Oregon, shooting, police say
Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Manchester, New Hampshire also saw shootings with at least four victims overnight.
‘A beacon to the world’: One year after John Lewis’ death, Navy christens ship in his honor
A year to the day after his death, the U.S. Navy christened the USNS John Lewis, and many reflected on the legacy of the civil rights icon.
Charlottesville removes Confederate statues, including one that sparked deadly far-right rally
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Arizona reports spike in cases and deaths; ‘full blown third wave’ surges in Africa: Latest COVID-19 updates
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1 dead, 1 seriously hurt after driver crashes into crowd at Pride parade in Florida
It wasn’t immediately known if the driver acted intentionally in the Saturday night incident that forced the cancellation of the parade.
‘Larger than life’ George Floyd statues unveiled to mark Juneteenth in US cities
Several U.S. cities unveiled new monuments this week to mark Juneteenth and honor the lives of George Floyd, Harriet Tubman and others.
4 dead, 4 injured in mass shooting on Chicago’s South Side, police say
Police say four people are dead and four others are injured after gunfire erupted at a home on Chicago’s South Side early Tuesday morning.
9 injured, 1 killed in Chicago shooting; police searching for 2 gunmen
Police were searching for two men who opened fire in a South Side Chicago neighborhood Saturday, killing one woman and injuring nine other people.