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Trump tweets, stays out of sight for hours after shootings
Bridgewater, Aug 5 (AP/UNB)— As the nation reeled from two mass shootings in less than a day, President Donald Trump spent the first hours after the tragedies out of sight at his New Jersey golf course, sending out tweets of support awkwardly mixed in with those promoting a celebrity fight and attacking his political foes.
20 dead, more wounded after gunman attacks Texas shoppers
El Paso, Aug 4 (AP/UNB) — A gunman armed with a rifle opened fire in an El Paso shopping area packed with as many as 3,000 people during the busy back-to-school season, leaving 20 dead and more than two dozen injured, police said.
9 killed in Ohio in second US mass shooting within 24 hours
Dayton, Aug 4 (AP/UNB) — Nine people in Ohio have been killed in the second mass shooting in the U.S. in less than 24 hours, and the suspected shooter is also deceased, police said.
Sister: El Paso shooting victim, 25, 'gave her life' for son
El Paso, Aug 4 (AP/UNB) — Among the 20 dead when a young gunman opened fire in an El Paso, Texas, shopping area Saturday was a 25-year-old woman who was shot while holding her 2-month-old son, her sister said.
Trump administration pushes to speed up migrant family cases
Los Angeles, Aug 4 (AP/UNB) — Rosita Lopez said armed gang members demanded money from her and her partner at their small grocery store on the Guatemalan coast and threatened to kill them when they couldn't pay. When her partner was shot soon afterward, they sold everything and fled north.
20 dead in El Paso shopping-complex shooting
El Paso, Aug 4 (AP/UNB) — Twenty people were killed and more than two dozen injured in a shooting Saturday in a busy shopping area in the Texas border town of El Paso, the state's governor said.
Collapsing California cliff claims 3 lives along beach
Encinitas, Aug 3(AP/UNB) — A popular surfing beach was closed Saturday after a cliff collapsed, sending tons of sandstone onto beachgoers and killing three people.
US to test new missile as arms treaty with Russia ends
Washington, Aug 3 (AP/UNB) — With the scrapping of a landmark arms control agreement Friday, the U.S. announced plans to test a new missile amid growing concerns about emerging threats and new weapons.
Puerto Rico governor resigns as promised; successor sworn in
San Juan, Aug 3 (AP/UNB) — Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló resigned Friday as promised, clearing the way for veteran politician Pedro Pierluisi to be sworn in as his replacement, a move that threw the U.S. territory into a period of political uncertainty.
UN report: North Korean prisoners killed for escape attempts
United Nations, Aug 3 (AP/UNB) — Secretary-General António Guterres says in a new report on North Korea's grim human rights record that prisoners who tried to escape or steal have reportedly been publicly executed, and detainees have been subject to sexual violence and severely beaten with clubs and metal rods.