Gunman Aaron Alexis had checkered past and Navy ties
Aaron Alexis, 34, identified as the Washington Navy Yard gunman, was a Navy Reservist and Defense Department contractor with a Buddhism conversion and an online aeronautics course. He faced prior police brushes in Fort Worth and Seattle, including a 2010 incident where a firearm discharge was ruled accidental, and he worked as an aviation electrician and at times a waiter and driver before the 2012 Navy Yard attack.
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King County
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Honda
Megan Shutka
Shutka
United States
Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base
FBI
Washington Navy Yard
100 Year Rainfall Hits Southeast New Mexico
Officials say last week's floods may have exceeded a 50 year event with the National Weather Service recording 8 to 10 inches in Chaves County. In Roswell the majority of flooding occurred as heavy precipitation flowed from Arabella into Blackwater or California Draw, per Chaves County Flood Control Superintendent Dick Smith.
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New Mexico
National Weather Service
Albuquerque
Chaves County
Arabella
Blackwater
California Draw
Roswell
Chaves Coun
Dick Smith
Lyons flood toll and missing rise in anxious wait
Gerald Guntle searches for his sister in Lyons Colorado as floods disrupt phone service and authorities list hundreds missing. Officials fear eight dead with many unaccounted as Larimer and Boulder counties begin evacuation and recovery efforts.
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Gerald Guntle
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Tucson
Aziz
Larimer
Boulder
U.N inspectors confirm chemical attacks in Syria report
UN inspectors conclude rockets loaded with sarin were fired from a military area in Syria. They stopped short of assigning blame, noting the evidence could have been manipulated. Ban Ki moon called the Aug 21 attack a war crime as global powers weighed the findings.
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United Nations
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U.S
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France
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Vitaly Churkin
Ban Ki-moon
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Flood alert persists as New Mexico rivers rise
Rain keeps falling across New Mexico keeping communities on alert for flash flooding. Swollen rivers receive more runoff while Mogollon, a small southwestern town, remains cut off after a weekend collapse of the paved road isolating about 16 residents.
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Mogollon
New Mexico
Infant die of suspected abuse in Roswell area last week
An infant from Roswell died last week after suspected abuse. The 1 month old boy was confirmed deceased by the Office of the Medical Investigator after the body was received from UNM. Police withheld the name while the investigation continues.
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