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4 students among 5 shot at Morgan State University in Baltimore, police searching for suspect

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(BALTIMORE) -- Four students were among five people shot at Baltimore's Morgan State University Tuesday night, prompting a shelter-in-place order at the school, police said.

The victims -- four men and one woman, between 18 and 22 years old -- all suffered non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said.

The gunfire broke out "on campus within the vicinity of the Mur...

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Twenty-one dead, including 2 babies, after bus falls off overpass near Venice, Italy

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(NEW YORK) -- A bus crash on Tuesday in Mestre, Italy, a suburb near Venice, left 21 dead, including two babies, and another 15 riders injured, according to officials.

Prosecutors are investigating whether the 40-year-old driver suddenly became ill before the coach plunged off an overpass and onto a highway, officials said Wednesday. Investigators are also looking int...

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House speaker vacancy live updates: Jim Jordan, Steve Scalise are running to replace McCarthy

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(WASHINGTON) -- A showdown on Tuesday with a breakaway faction of his own party saw House Speaker Kevin McCarthy removed as leader of the chamber -- a historic development that signals chaos to come on Capitol Hill.

Hard-line Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida led the charge against McCarthy, a fellow conservative. Gaetz introduced a so-called motion to vacate l...

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Powerball jackpot climbs to $1.2 billion ahead of Wednesday's drawing

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(NEW YORK) -- An estimated $1.2 billion jackpot is up for grabs in the next Powerball drawing on Wednesday night.

It's now the third-largest purse in the American lottery game's history and the biggest so far this year. It's also the seventh-largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever, according to a press release from Powerball.

The grand prize, which has an estimated cas...

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Patrick Stewart says he thought Tom Hardy's career would be over after 'Star Trek: Nemesis'

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Patrick Stewart says it gives him "nothing but pleasure" that Tom Hardy has had such a successful career. However, when Stewart filmed 2002's Star Trek: Nemesis with the actor, he thought it would be the end of the eventual Mad Max: Fury Road star's career.

According to Insider, in Stewart's brand-new memoir Maki...

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More than 75,000 health care workers begin strike at Kaiser Permanente

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(NEW YORK) -- More than 75,000 workers at Kaiser Permanente launched a strike Wednesday, with a coalition of unions alleging the health care system is engaging in unfair labor practices.

Employees in Virginia and Washington, D.C., walked off the job at 6 a.m. ET while those in California, Colorado, Washington and Oregon began striking at 9 a.m. ET, beginning the largest h...

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Rhode Island News Summary

(Undated)  --  Here is the latest news: Police in Providence are continuing their search for four suspects who were involved in a home invasion. A Cumberland man has been sentenced to spend ...

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(Undated)  --  Here is the latest news: The Rhode Island Attorney General has determined several Providence police officers used necessary force on a man who died in 2021.  A homicide i...

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Rhode Island News Summary

(Undated)  --  Here is the latest news:  Cicilline will leave Congress on June 1st.  Poker returns to Bally's Twin River this week.  A Pawtucket man reported missing has b...

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