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• Margaret Sullivan: There actually is a right or wrong side on the matter of controlling rampant gun violence

  04-08-2019 23:33
  Sadly, we in the news media know just how to do it.When a mass shooting happens, even when it happens twice in a 24-hour period - even when the death toll soars into the dozens - we reflexively spring into action. We describe the horror of what happened, we profile the shooter, we tell about the victims' lives, we get reaction from public officials.It's difficult, gut-wrenching work for those journalists who are on the scene.And then there's the next one. And the next one.If journalism is suppos
  
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• Tribune Editorial: Charter school accountability? We’re still hoping

  04-08-2019 23:00
  We’ve been here before. A charter school dies in a fiery crash, and Utah leaders decide charters need a closer watch.It’s been going on since at least 2010, when a legislative audit found multiple weaknesses in the financial oversight of charters.Improvements were made then, but by 2013 the state decided it needed to create reports for every charter, which included an evaluation of their finances. That was supposed to give charter school overseers a baseline to judge financial viabil
  
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• More ‘thoughts and prayers’ after another string of mass shootings in America

  04-08-2019 22:42
  Washington • In the span of 24 hours, nearly 30 Americans were gunned down in mass shootings in Texas and Ohio – and scores more injured in those melees could eventually die from the attacks.Sen. Mitt Romney sent a tweet. Rep. Chris Stewart did, too.Rep. Ben McAdams called for action.No other members of Congress from Utah responded to requests for comment.“My heart aches for the victims and their loved ones,” McAdams, Utah's lone Democrat, said in a statement. “Two c
  
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• Spida got that team USA heat (Via @spidadmitchell insta)pic.twitter.com/Kuex9ve2hL

  04-08-2019 21:54 via twitter.com
  Spida got that team USA heat
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• Join us in wishing rookie @princeoni13 a very happy birthday pic.twitter.com/5YqyXvsk0t

  04-08-2019 21:00 via twitter.com
  Join us in wishing rookie @princeoni13 a very happy birthday pic.twitter.com/5YqyXvsk0t
  
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• Police: Shooter killed 9 in Ohio, including his sister

  04-08-2019 20:23
  Dayton, Ohio • A gunman in body armor opened fire early Sunday in a popular entertainment district in Dayton, Ohio, killing nine people, including his sister, and wounded dozens of others before he was quickly slain by police, city officials said.Connor Betts, 24, was killed by police less than a minute after he started shooting a .223-caliber rifle in the streets of Dayton's historic Oregon District about 1 a.m. in the second U.S. mass shooting in less than 24 hours. Police haven't release
  
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• Letter: Running out of reasons to vote Republican

  04-08-2019 20:12
  I believe I’m stating the obvious that Trump and elected Republicans are out of reasons to vote for them. Vague positives such as MAGA, freedom, patriotism, etc., ring hollow when the self-titled “party of moral values” supports a man with none, using fear to create desirability.No?“Rapists, murderers coming over the border. Jobs disappear by raising the minimum wage. Universal health care — bad. Cut Social Security and Medicare in order to save them.”Socialis
  
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• After pair of mass shootings, Trump remains out of sight

  04-08-2019 20:00
  Bridgewater, N.J. • 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.Trump was to return to Washington on Sunday evening, at which point aides said he would likely address reporters, but the nation did not glimpse the president in the immediate afte
  
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• Role of LDS Church, work of a public defender questioned as death row inmate Douglas Lovell seeks another trial

  04-08-2019 19:53
  It’s been more than three decades since Douglas Lovell raped a 39-year-old woman and then, in an attempt to stop her from testifying, killed her.He’s been sentenced to die by lethal injection — twice.But Lovell, one of Utah’s eight death row inmates, is nowhere near an execution date.And an evidentiary hearing that starts Monday could pave the way for yet another chance for Lovell to avoid a lethal injection.During this evidentiary hearing that will stretch through the mo
  
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• Attack on Texas shoppers to be handled as domestic terrorism

  04-08-2019 19:53
  El Paso, Texas • The shooting that killed 20 people at a crowded El Paso shopping area will be handled as a domestic terrorism case, federal authorities said Sunday as they weighed hate-crime charges against the gunman that could carry the death penalty.A local prosecutor announced that he would file capital murder charges, declaring that the assailant had "lost the right to be among us."The attack on Saturday morning was followed less than a day later by another shooting that claimed nine
  
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• 3 takeaways from Utah Royals FC’s Saturday loss at Chicago

  04-08-2019 19:35
  Here are three takeaways from the Utah Royals FC’s 2-0 loss to the Chicago Red Stars.1. Something may really be wrong with the RoyalsIt would be one thing if in the last six weeks, Utah had a win or two to show for some of the good sequences that lead to scoring chances. It would be one thing if the defense would allow only one goal instead of two.But for the last six games, the Royals are without a win. Four of those are losses. And in the two draws — both against Portland — t
  
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• Amazon’s ‘Fleabag’ dominates Television Critics Association Awards. And ‘Queer Eye’ wins again

  04-08-2019 19:29
  TV critics love “Fleabag.” They really, really, really love “Fleabag.”The Amazon comedy took home three awards at the 2019 Television Critics Association Awards on Saturday night — the show was named outstanding comedy and program of the year, and creator/writer/producer/star Phoebe Waller-Bridge won the award for individual achievement in comedy.For the second year in a row, a Utahn was among the winners. Tan France and the rest of the Fab Five were at the ceremony
  
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - Utah Jazz: 3 big questions heading into the 2019-20 season

  04-08-2019 19:17 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz had a busy offseason, changing up the team a lot over the summer. With that change comes questions concerning how the team will perform The U...
  
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• Umphrey’s McGee has honed its live act with years on the road; now they’re bringing it to Red Butte

  04-08-2019 19:15
  Umphrey’s McGee is one of those bands that is relentless. Since they started playing bar gigs in 1998, they have toured relentlessly — logging more than 2,200 shows across the country, including three nights at Red Rocks Amphitheatre.Given the grind they have gone through, it might get easy to get stale. But they have built a reputation on cutting-edge live shows that cut across the musical spectrum — part funk-soul, part bluesy guitar rock, some experimental prog-rock, package
  
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• 2 mass shootings in less than 24 hours shock U.S.

  04-08-2019 18:34
  Two mass shootings at crowded public places in Texas and Ohio claimed at least 29 lives in less than 24 hours and left scores of people wounded, a shocking carnage even in a country accustomed to gun violence.In the Texas border city of El Paso, a gunman opened fire Saturday morning in a shopping area packed with thousands of people during the busy back-to-school season. The attack killed 20 and wounded more than two dozen, many of them critically.Hours later in Dayton, Ohio, a gunman wearing bo
  
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• 3 takeaways from Real Salt Lake’s Saturday victory over NYCFC

  04-08-2019 18:28
  Here are three takeaways from Real Salt Lake’s 3-1 win over New York City FC.1. RSL showed a different kind of resilienceFor the entire season going into Saturday, if RSL conceded the first goal, the game was effectively over. It didn’t matter when that goal came, or if the team got one back. In 10 games, Real didn’t come away with a win if it fell behind first.But that changed against NYCFC. After giving up a goal within the first five minutes, Salt Lake scored three unanswere
  
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• Oily rags to blame for fire in west Salt Lake

  04-08-2019 18:01
  A fire broke out at a packaged food company early Sunday morning, according to a report by FOX 13.Investigators say a spontaneous combustion was caused by oily rags stores in bins. No injuries were reported, but the damage at WhiteWave Foods, 1658 South 4370 West, is estimated to be between $80,000 and $100,000.According to FOX 13, firefighters had the fire under control within about 30 minutes of arriving just after 1 a.m.Video footage as crews first arrived at this morning’s fire: pic.tw
  
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• Hello, Jo Adell: Los Angeles Angels’ rising star stops in Salt Lake City

  04-08-2019 17:17
  Jo Adell covered the 38 miles from Orem to Smith's Ballpark faster than anyone in the Los Angeles Angels organization ever navigated that I-15 trek.He made it in two years, even with a major detour around second base in Mesa, Ariz.Ranked the No. 4 prospect in Major League Baseball, the 20-year-old outfielder has joined the Salt Lake Bees in an advancement that’s significant for his own career and for the Angels system. Adell would have arrived sooner, if not for the baserunning accident wi
  
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• Retiring, already? Football is demanding, as these ex-Utes’ stories show

  04-08-2019 17:04
  Britain Covey returned to Utah’s football practice field last August, eager to enjoy “the greatest time in your life” after two years away from college. Yet he understands why teammates would walk away from the game.Ute coach Kyle Whittingham is proud of the staff’s record of sending players to the NFL. But he’s aware of the commitment that’s required to stay and play at that level.Retirement stories have become common around Utah’s program, and they&rsq
  
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• 9 killed in Ohio in second U.S .mass shooting within 24 hours

  04-08-2019 16:08
  Dayton, Ohio • A gunman wearing body armor and carrying extra magazines opened fire in a popular nightlife area of Dayton, Ohio, killing nine and injuring dozens, authorities say, in the second U.S. mass shooting in less than 24 hours.Dayton police patrolling the area responded in less than a minute to the shooting, which unfolded around 1 a.m. Sunday on the streets of the Oregon District, Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley said at a press conference.Whaley said if the police had not responded so quic
  
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• Robert Kirby: You can bash someone’s religion, but don’t expect that person to be, or stay, your friend

  04-08-2019 16:00
  A Scottish member of Parliament recently was called out because of his religious beliefs. Stephen Kerr, a Tory from Stirling, is also a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In other word(s), Mormon.A pro-Scottish independence columnist satirically seized on Kerr’s religious beliefs, writing about Kerr’s claim that Scotland could not afford to be an independent state while he simultaneously held a belief in angels. As if one had everything to do with the other.Ke
  
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• Lina Nilsson: Is Utah poised to become the best place for women in tech?

  04-08-2019 16:00
  I build innovative tech products for a living and moved from the San Francisco Bay Area to Utah about a year and a half ago. Recently, I was in a meeting and realized that I have been forgetting to deploy my standard meeting “tools”: I haven’t been resetting my chair height uncomfortably high to appear as tall as the guys and I have been jotting down notes for all to see. And yet, no one at Recursion, my high-tech biotech employer here in Salt Lake City, has asked me to be the
  
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• The LDS Church adds a new step for members using QuitMormon.com to resign, complains of fraud

  04-08-2019 15:59
  By the thousands, onetime Latter-day Saints have turned to an immigration lawyer in Salt Lake City for help. They want to resign their church membership without having to interact with a bishop or any other lay leader.Mark Naugle, largely through Reddit, has cultivated a unique and free service through his QuitMormon website.The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has largely complied with the more than 40,000 legal letters Naugle has sent its way since late 2015, but it recently added a
  
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• Salt Lake City voters say air quality is their most pressing issue, but mayoral candidates making it a top priority lag in new poll

  04-08-2019 15:56
  A new poll of Salt Lake City voters conducted ahead of this month’s primary election shows residents see air quality as the most pressing problem facing the state’s capital — and it’s an issue on which several say they have based their pick for mayor.Take Elizabeth Ballantyne, a 53-year-old Sugar House resident who believes the state’s dirty air negatively affects both the community’s health and economic vitality. She’s voting for David Garbett, a former
  
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• Peter S. Cooke: More war does not mean a better peace in Afghanistan

  04-08-2019 15:00
  Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad has one of the most difficult jobs in the U.S. government: convincing a highly intransigent and violent insurgency to make peace with an Afghan government it despises and dismisses as a foreign puppet. It’s the diplomatic equivalent of pounding a square peg into a round hole.Yet, as frustrating and cumbersome as the diplomatic process has been to date, all of the other options available to the United States in Afghanistan are even worse. The only other alternati
  
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• Nevada lake poised to become great restoration story

  04-08-2019 15:00
  Reno, Nev. • People driving between Reno and Las Vegas probably won’t notice anything unusual as they pass Walker Lake, located at the base of Nevada’s Wassuk Range in one of the least-populous counties in the United States.But people who waited decades yearning for the lake to recover from its human-driven death spiral are marking a historic milestone.On July 5, for the first time since Europeans settled the remote and scenic Walker Basin, there is water flowing through the Wa
  
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• Leonard Pitts: Trump framing election as a referendum on white people

  04-08-2019 14:50
  If you are a regular here, you may have heard this story before. But it bears repeating.In 1958, George Wallace ran for governor of Alabama against John Patterson, a fire-breathing segregationist. Wallace, though also a segregationist, was considered enough of a racial moderate to be endorsed by the NAACP. So naturally, he was trounced. Sometime afterward, as recounted by biographer Marshall Frady, a rueful Wallace made a defining declaration to a room full of politicos: “John Patterson ou
  
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• Wiz Khalifa says he’ll never weed out Utah from his touring schedule

  04-08-2019 14:00
  Wiz Khalifa is best known for a decade’s worth of platinum-selling hip-hop hits such as “Black and Yellow,” “We Dem Boyz,” “Work Hard, Play Hard,” the Snoop Dogg collaboration “Young, Wild & Free,” and the Golden Globe-nominated “Furious 7” soundtrack theme song, “See You Again.”Oh, and also for smoking weed. A lot of weed. Like, $10,000 a month worth of weed.Given that Utah is not necessarily known as a hotbed for
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: ‘Serengeti’ is a gorgeous wildlife soap opera. Which is weird.

  04-08-2019 14:00
  The Discovery Channel’s “Serengeti” is filled with spectacular footage of African animals, filmed over two years in the wild. It is not, however, a documentary. It’s more like a six-part animal soap opera.Seriously. And you don’t have to take my word for it: “It’s not a documentary,” said director and producer John Downer — although he doesn’t exactly admit that it’s a soap.“We’re faithful to the animals’ behavio
  
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• Marina Gomberg: After my recent wreck, I learned something about car safety that’s got me fuming

  04-08-2019 14:00
  I’m not a trained vocalist or anything, but I doubt the random person would know that if they’d heard me nailing “I’ll Make a Man Out of You” from Disney’s “Mulan” a couple of weeks ago.It was a hot Friday afternoon and I was driving up U.S. 89 with my kidlet, Harvey, in the backseat on our way to my parents’ place for the weekend. My wife, Elenor, was off to Los Angeles for a couple days to help my brother-in-law after a major surgery, so I
  
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• Letter: NuScale nuclear power is too risky

  04-08-2019 14:00
  NuScale’s nuclear power project is too much of a financial and environmental risk when there are cleaner energy alternatives.Not only will NuScale’s virtually untested nuclear technology be an estimated 40% more costly than renewable energy portfolios, the project in Idaho Falls, Idaho, will also likely go exceedingly over budget.Many recent nuclear projects nationwide have resulted in extreme cost overruns and project cancellations, the burden of which has often fallen on ratepayers
  
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• Letter: My story of cancer treatment and how much is cost

  04-08-2019 14:00
  Much has been said about the lack of health care and its costs. Here is my story.I recently underwent four months of prostate cancer treatment at Gamma West at St. Mark’s Hospital. I initially received a shot that cost $2,500.Then I had a mold made of my body from just above to just below my private parts. This included three permanent tattoos to guide the radiation. I went to Gamma West for 28 treatments. This consisted of technicians aligning my body each time. It took approximately five
  
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• Ask Ann Cannon: My divorced parents never want to be in the same place. Not even for the grandkids.

  04-08-2019 14:00
  Dear Ann Cannon • My parents have been divorced for 20 years now, but my dad still refuses to show up anywhere if my mom is going to be there. I love both my parents and want to include them in my kids’ lives and activities, but instead I’m busy juggling everybody’s schedules so my parents’ paths won’t cross. The stress of doing this is getting to me. Help! What can I do?— FrazzledDear Frazzled • I suppose there’s such a thing as an “amic
  
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• 2nd try lands Utahn in ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ finals. And her brother might join her.

  04-08-2019 14:00
  Utahn Stephanie Sosa came oh-so-close to making the finals of “So You Think You Can Dance” last year, only to be cut when the field was trimmed to the top 10.But she mustered her courage, convinced her brother to audition with her, and — a year later — the 19-year-old who grew up in Provo and Orem is one of five remaining female contestants in the Fox dancing competition. And her 18-year-old brother, Ezra, is one step away from joining her.“Coming back was really sc
  
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• House deemed unsafe in Holladay blaze; firefighters continue to work at scene

  04-08-2019 06:53
  Holladay • Unified Fire Authority crews continue to fight a fire at a house in Holladay on Saturday night.According to FOX 13, the emergency call came in just before 8:30 p.m. for the fire at 6085 S. 2930 East.The house was deemed unsafe for firefighters when the floor begin to give in. Firefighters kept battling the blaze from outside the house by hosing the structure down.No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire is unknown.For more, visit FOX 13.
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• Besler provides highlight as Real Salt Lake downs NYCFC 3-1 at Rio Tinto Stadium

  04-08-2019 06:12
  Sandy • Kyle Beckerman may have notched two assists. Albert Rusnák may have scored the goal that gave Real Salt Lake the lead for good.But it was reserve midfielder Nick Besler who stole the show. Besler provided the final 3-1 scoreline in RSL’s win Saturday over New York City FC with a shot that could end up on the Top 10 of ESPN’s “SportsCenter." Jefferson Savarino, who scored earlier in the game, took a shot that found Besler, who had his back turned away from th
  
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• Here are the winners of Salt Lake City’s Food Truck and Brewery Battle

  04-08-2019 06:09
  Thousands ate, drank and voted on Saturday during Salt Lake City’s third annual Food Truck and Brewery Battle. The all-ages bash featured 18 food trucks, 12 brewers and music.It was sponsored by The Gateway, The Food Truck League, U-92 Radio and The Salt Lake Tribune.Throughout the night, attendees voted by text for their favorites, with Fry Me to the Moon and Bohemian Brewery winning People’s Choice Awards. Fry Me to the Moon was last year’s People’s Choice, too, bringin
  
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• Struggles continue for Utah Royals FC in 2-0 loss to the Chicago Red Stars

  04-08-2019 04:16
  Scoring has never been the Utah Royals FC’s strong suit. Instead, the club has hung its boots on being a stingy defensive team. But in recent weeks, the defense has slipped while Utah created more scoring chances. The Royals felt Saturday’s game against the Chicago Red Stars was an opportunity to get back on the right track. But the opposite happened instead, with URFC losing 2-0 to Chicago at SeatGeek Stadium. It was the same story for the Royals: a game replete with scoring opportu
  
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• Official: Video shows YouTube ‘King of Random’ fatal crash

  04-08-2019 03:23
  St. George • A Utah sheriff’s official says the creator of the YouTube channel “King of Random” shot video that showed his fatal paragliding crash and that it indicates the craft crashed quickly after its chute collapsed.Washington County sheriff's officials are investigating the death Monday of 38-year-old Jonathan Grant Thompson, whose videos of experiments and hands-on tips have been watched over a billion times.Sheriff’s Lt. David Crouse told The Associated Pres
  
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• At least 20 dead in El Paso shopping center shooting as authorities investigate Texas man and manifesto

  04-08-2019 02:35
  (Rudy Gutierrez | The Associated Press )
  Police tape strung across an intersection behind the scene of a shootingat a shopping mall in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday.Multiple people were killed and one person was in custody after a shooter went on a rampage at a shopping mall, police in the Texas border town of El Paso said.(Rudy Gutierrez/)El Paso, Texas • A gunman wielding an assault-style rifle killed at least 20 people and injured 26 more on Saturday at a busy Walmart and shopping mall no
  
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• Antelope Island is alive with spiders — until September

  04-08-2019 01:22
  If you’re arachnophobic, read no further.Spider enthusiasts and the curious gathered Saturday for a one-day festival at Antelope Island State Park, celebrating the arachnids’ crucial role in ecosystems on the desolate island on the Great Salt Lake.Millions of spiders known as Western Spotted Orb Weavers inhabit the island west of Centerville this time of year, feasting on brine flies hatched in the lake’s salty waters. The quarter-sized crawlers typically lay their eggs and di
  
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• Salt Lake City residents, faith leaders rally against Trump’s proposed ban on refugees

  04-08-2019 01:04
  Utahns offered love and support Saturday for the world’s refugees, urging elected officials to reject a Trump administration proposal that would all but shut down their resettlement in the United States by next year.In an event timed with similar “Rise for Refuge” rallies in other cities, about 80 Salt Lake City residents gathered outside City Hall to join in prayers for a welcoming approach to the estimated 70 million people displaced by violence in their home nations.Faith le
  
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• At least 19 people shot, killed at El Paso Walmart, 1 suspect under arrest, authorities say

  04-08-2019 01:00
  (Rudy Gutierrez | The Associated Press )
  Police tape strung across an intersection behind the scene of a shootingat a shopping mall in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday.Multiple people were killed and one person was in custody after a shooter went on a rampage at a shopping mall, police in the Texas border town of El Paso said.(Rudy Gutierrez/)At least 19 people were killed and 40 injured in a shooting at a Walmart and neighboring stores in El Paso on Saturday afternoon, sending shoppers racing for c
  
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