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Growing legal battle in Florida over ex-cons fighting to have their voting rights returned

Growing legal battle in Florida over ex-cons fighting to have their voting rights returned The 1.4 million ex-felons who had their voting rights restored face more issues following a bill passed by Governor DeSantis, which states felons must pay all fines and fees linked to their sentence before they can vote.

Mississippi farmer struggling after widespread flooding ruins planting season

Mississippi farmer struggling after widespread flooding ruins planting season Heavy rains flooded more than a million acres of land during what was supposed to be planting season for crops such as soybeans, cotton, and corn.

New memorial honors the victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing

New memorial honors the victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing The memorial consists of four glass and metal columns at two sites, one at the marathons finish line where the first bomb detonated, the other a block away marking where the second bomb went off.

Ohio shooting victims include gunman's sister, mother of two who was a nursing student

Ohio shooting victims include gunman's sister, mother of two who was a nursing student A gunman killed nine people, including his sister, and injured more than two dozen people early Sunday in Dayton, Ohio, the second community to grapple with a mass shooting in fewer than 24 hours. 

El Paso officials, law enforcement brief the media on the latest in shooting investigation

El Paso officials, law enforcement brief the media on the latest in shooting investigation The shooting killed 20 people, injured dozens of others. Suspect is in custody.

SFGATE: El Paso victims include mom who died protecting her baby

El Paso victims include mom who died protecting her baby Published on August 05, 2019 at 05:37AM by By MORGAN LEE and AMY GUTHRIE, Associated Press In the border town of El Paso, Texas, a shooter opened fire and left 20 people dead and more than two dozen injured. Hours later in Dayton, Ohio, a shooter killed 9 people and injured at least 27 others. Here are some of their stories: JORDAN ANCHONDO: 'GAVE HER LIFE' FOR HER BABY Jordan Anchondo was among those killed in El Paso, Anchondo's sister said, and she apparently died while protecting her 2-month-old son from the hail of bullets. Leta Jamrowski of El Paso spoke to The Associated Press as she paced a waiting room at the University Medical Center of El Paso, where her 2-month-old nephew was being treated for broken bones — the result of his mother's fall. "From the baby's injuries, they said that more than likely my sister was trying to shield him," she said. "So when she got shot she was ho

White Extremist Ideology Drives Many Deadly Shootings

By WEIYI CAI, JASON KAO and JOE WARD from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2yDVGhI

Walmart Store Connected Cultures, Until a Killer ‘Came Here for Us’

By SIMON ROMERO, MANNY FERNANDEZ and MICHAEL CORKERY from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2OEFKqo

Mexico considers litigation labeling El Paso massacre as 'terrorism'

Mexico's attorney general is considering litigation alleging that the mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, in which six Mexicans were among the 20 people killed, was terrorism, the country's foreign minister said on Sunday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2YIfdYK

Hong Kong protesters seek to shut down city with general strike

Hong Kong was bracing for major disruptions to business on Monday as a general strike threatens to paralyze parts of the Asian financial center, with more than 100 flights already canceled, amid a broader anti-government campaign. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2GNfK5C

How Gun Control Groups Leveled the Playing Field Amid Mass Shootings, Though Obstacles Remain

By REID J. EPSTEIN, MAGGIE ASTOR and DANNY HAKIM from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2ZzFA4G

Terror and Policy: 2 Sides of White Nationalism

By CHARLES M. BLOW from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2ZHmUzG

Walmart massacre in Texas investigated by authorities as domestic terrorism

U.S. authorities investigating what drove a young man from the Dallas area to kill 20 people at a Walmart store hundreds of miles away in the border city of El Paso said on Sunday they are treating it as a case of domestic terrorism. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2YngkSE

Hong Kong Braces for General Strike Monday

By AUSTIN RAMZY from NYT World https://ift.tt/2YIEFh0

In El Paso Shooting Suspect’s Manifesto, an Echo of Trump’s Language

By PETER BAKER and MICHAEL D. SHEAR from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2MF2owe

Seventeen dead in car explosion in central Cairo: health ministry

Seventeen people have died and 32 have been injured in an explosion outside Egypt's National Cancer Institute in central Cairo, Egypt's health ministry said early on Monday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2GNdfAg

Despite Two More Injuries, Yankees Will ‘Keep Pushing Forward’

By JAMES WAGNER from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2ZtuL44

Democrats aim their outrage at Trump after two mass shootings

Two mass shootings that killed 29 people in Texas and Ohio reverberated across the U.S. political arena on Sunday, with some Democratic presidential candidates accusing President Donald Trump of stoking racial divisions while he said "hate has no place in our country." from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Kqh3bU

Dayton Shooting Victims Included Gunman’s Own Sister

By FARAH STOCKMAN and NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2YGlqsy

Renée Fleming to Lead Opera at Aspen

By MICHAEL COOPER from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/31j52Mc