Roundup Shooting Suspect Charged With Murder
Richard Platts, 49, was charged with murder after fatally shooting caseworker Theresa Hunt at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital and grazing psychiatrist Dr Lee Silverman who fired back. Police found 39 unspent rounds on him. two guns were recovered at the scene. Prosecutors credit the doctor with saving lives.
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Philadelphia
Richard Platts
Emily Harris
Delaware County District Attorney
Platts
Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital
Theresa Hunt
Lee Silverman
Plotts
Hunt
Jack Whelan
Gas prices dip across U.S. as analysts warn of diesel slide
A national survey shows regular gasoline down nine cents to 3.58 per gallon, with midgrade at 3.78 and premium at 3.93. Diesel slips four cents to 3.90. Tulsa and San Francisco post extreme prices. Sacramento California notes 3.86.
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Camarillo
Calif
U.S
Trilby Lundberg
Lundberg
Tulsa
Oklo
San Francisco
California
Sacramento
Ukrainian forces press drive near Malaysia Airlines crash site
Ukrainian troops launched a major assault around Donetsk region seeking control near the Malaysia Airlines plane crash site as U.S. satellite images allege Russian-fired rockets and heavy weapons aiding separatists. Moscow denies involvement while Dutch and Australian investigators pause amid renewed fighting.
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Donetsk
Ukraine
Malaysia Airlines
U.S. State Department
Russia
State Department
U.S
Director of National Intelligence
Moscow
Foreign Ministry
John Kerry
Sergei Lavrov
Horlivka
RIA Novosti
Shakhtarsk
California wildfires destroy homes and grow near Yosemite
Northern California fires burned about 3 800 acres in the Sand Fire near Plymouth in Amador and El Dorado counties destroying 10 homes and seven outbuildings while prompting evacuations of around 500 residences. In Foresta near Yosemite one home was destroyed as a separate blaze expanded to 2 100 acres with about 400 firefighters battling it.
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Plymouth
Calif
California
Sierra Nevada Foothills
Yosemite National Park
Sacramento
Sierra Foothills
Amador
el Dorado
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
CalFire
Lynne Tolmachoff
Alfred Shults
Carolyn
el Dorado County
Sacramento Bee
Shults
Foresta
Scott Gediman
Yosemite
Gediman
Old el Portal
Washington
Oregon
Colorado
Utah
Burns
Judge strikes down D.C. ban on handguns
U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Scullin ruled that Washington D C’s prohibition on carrying ready-to-use handguns outside the home violates the Second Amendment. The decision cites the 2008 ruling striking down the city’s handgun ban and references Chicago’s 2010 case as supportive. The case was brought in 2009 by the Second Amendment Foundation and several DC residents.
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Washington
District of Columbia
U.S
Frederick J. Scullin
U.S. Supreme Court
Congress
Scullin
Chicago
George H.W. Bush
Supreme Court
Second Amendment Foundation
New Hampshire
Libyan forces clash as militias battle near Tripoli airport
Dozens killed in Benghazi and Tripoli fighting as forces loyal to Gen. Khalifa Hifter clash with Islamist militias. Rockets hit homes, civilians wounded, and airfield battles persist around Tripoli's international airport.
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East
Cairo
Khalifa Hitter
Benghazi
Qaida
Hifter
Sive
Mohammed al-Zahawi
Tripoli
Misrata
Zintan
Associated Press
Misarata Brigade
Libya
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Sierra Leone
New York
Mhi
Kerry
Lavrov
Netherlands
Mark Rutte
Rutte
National Security Council
Bill Creek
Rancho Cicada
D.C
Muammar Gaddafi
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