FedEx shooting in Georgia leaves six injured and one dead
A 19-year-old FedEx package handler opened fire at a Kennesaw warehouse before killing himself. Six people were wounded, three in critical condition, as police said the shooter Geddy L. Kramer of Acworth used a shotgun during the 6 a.m. incident and fled the security shack. In other national briefs, Reid signaled openness to a Keystone XL vote, Wisconsin struck down voter ID, and Craig Ferguson will depart The Late Late Show in 2014.
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Acworth
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Reid
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New Hampshire
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Ohio
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New York
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Ferguson
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Transportation bill to Congress amid bridge and transit funding crisis
The Obama administration sent a four year 302 billion transportation bill to Congress to avert a funding collapse for bridges roads and transit. It would partly end certain business tax breaks and raise funds with other ideas while boosting toll authority and NHTSA penalties.
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Transportation
Anthony Foxx
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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Rebels seize Luhansk capital amid Ukraine turmoil
Pro-Russia separatists storm the Luhansk provincial headquarters and police main offices, raising flags and firing on officers as they push to control a second Ukrainian province. The action deepens Donbass turmoil ahead of Western sanctions and potential energy countermeasures by Russia.
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Interior Ministry
Luhansk
Ukraine
Russia
Reuters
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Arsen Avakov
Donetsk
People’s Republic of
Donbass
Vladimir Putin
U.S
Putin
Supreme Court Upholds EPA Air Pollution Rule
The Supreme Court, in a 6-2 decision, affirmed EPA rules requiring 28 states to curb sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides from coal plants to prevent cross border pollution. Justice Ginsburg said the rule is a cost effective way to allocate reductions, while Scalia warned it rewrites the good neighbor provision. President Obama aims for a 17 percent 2020 greenhouse gas cut. EPA chief McCarthy praised the ruling as a public health victory.
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Scalia
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U.S
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McCarthy
Oklahoma inmate dies after problematic lethal injection
Inmate Clayton Lockett died of a massive heart attack about 40 minutes after the drugs began flowing in Oklahoma City. A vein likely ruptured, delaying the execution and prompting a halt ordered by the director amid a new cocktail debate. Charles Warner received a 14 day stay after similar concerns.
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State Corrections Department
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Lockett
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