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James T. Hodgkinson, shown in a photo he posted on his Facebook page, shot five people, including U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, on a baseball field in Alexandria, Va. He died of wounds incurred in a shootout with police officers, two of whom were wounded. (Photo by James T. Hodgkinson) Photo used under CC BY

Ballpark spree shooter was an enraged liberal

The FBI identified the gunman who opened fire during a congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia, as James T. Hodgkinson, 66, of Belleville, Illinois. He died of wounds incurred in a firefight with police. In a Facebook post, Hodgkinson describes President Trump as a “traitor” who “has destroyed our democracy.”

The Atlantic

Explosions, then a race for cover: Congressman describes shooting at baseball field

USA TODAY

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Hodgkinson belonged to multiple anti-GOP groups on Facebook

Belleville News-Democrat

Urban warfare in Mideast takes heavy civilian toll

Urban warfare is taking root in conflicts across the Middle East, with five times more civilians in Syria and Iraq killed in cities than in rural areas over the past three years, the International Committee of the Red Cross said. Tens of thousands of war-related fatalities among city dwellers accounted for 70 percent of civilian deaths in the two countries.

Reuters

Yemen: The forgotten war

Amnesty International

U.S., Mexico tackling Central America crime

The United States, Mexico and three Central American nations will soon unveil plans to work with billionaire Carlos Slim’s charity to tackle crime in Central America and find new ways of slowing migration.

Reuters

Horrific London apartment house blaze kills 12

A huge fire has engulfed a large block of flats in London, killing at least a dozen people. Hundreds of firefighters were sent to 24-storey Grenfell Tower as plumes of smoke billowed above the capital after the blaze broke out.

The Independent

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What happened at Grenfell Tower? A visual guide

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

Australia to pay $70M to Manus Island detainees

The Australian government has agreed to pay detainees on Manus Island more than $52 million in the “largest settlement in a human rights class-action” in the country’s history.

CNN

Michigan officials charged in bad-water deaths

Michigan’s health chief is one of five officials charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the Flint water crisis. They are accused of failing to alert the public to an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease. The outbreak, linked to poor water quality, involved about 100 cases and led to 12 deaths.

BBC

In Catholic Ireland, gay PM takes office

When Leo Varadkar assumed power in Ireland, he blazed a trail of firsts: At 38 years old, the biracial son of an Indian immigrant father and Irish mother became the country’s youngest-ever taoiseach, or prime minister. He also became the first openly gay man elected to lead the Republic of Ireland, where homosexuality was illegal until just 24 years ago.

NPR

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Tillerson seeks ‘flexibility’ on Russian sanctions

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has warned Congress against passing any further sanctions against Russia that would prohibit “dialogue” with the country on issues like counterterrorism.

The Hill

Senate Intel heads meet with Mueller

The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee have met with special counsel Robert Mueller amid ongoing probes into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election. Lawmakers had sought the meeting since the deputy attorney general appointed Mueller to run the bureau’s investigation into any ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.

The Hill

Gingrich calls Mueller’s Russia investigation a “rigged game”

CBS News

Car bomb kills 9 in Mogadishu, Somalia

A car bomb has detonated outside a restaurant in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, killing at least nine people and wounding several others, police said. Heavy gunfire followed the attack claimed by the armed group al-Shabab.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Why we react differently to Syria, Manchester

The attack at a concert in Manchester, England, briefly dominated news headlines and public concern. But after years of repeated atrocities, many people also grow numb and are unable to muster the outrage or shock that we may expect in the face of mass murder and destruction.

Newsweek

Finding light in tragedy: Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Carol Guzy

CBS News

Bioengineered livers mimic natural growth

Researchers bioengineering human liver tissues uncovered previously unknown networks of genetic-molecular crosstalk that control the organ’s developmental processes – greatly advancing efforts to generate healthy and usable human liver tissue from human stem cells.

ScienceDaily

Most stars are born with a twin, then split

Though astronomers have long known that many if not most stars are binaries, the question has always been, Were they born that way, or did one star capture another? Astronomers have concluded that all sunlike stars are born as wide binaries. Most subsequently split up, while the rest become tight binaries.

ScienceDaily

Organic compound found in early stages of star formation

Space Daily

GLOBAL HEALTH

Even moderate drinking causes brain decline

Having eight to 12 drinks per week was linked to hippocampus shrinkage in a study of several hundred Londoners

Scientific American

Medicaid cuts affect adults with disabilities

President Trump and Republicans in Congress want to restructure the way Medicaid is funded. Instead of paying for all the medical care and services beneficiaries need, the health care bill Republicans passed through the House last month would grant each state a fixed sum per beneficiary based on what the state has spent in the past.

NPR

‘Catastrophic’ cholera outbreak hits Yemen

UN officials have warned that the number of cases could double every two weeks if left unchecked. Yemen’s government has announced a state of emergency in the capital, saying it cannot keep up with the outbreak.

Deutsche Welle

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GOOD NEWS

Bride plans BFF’s surprise proposal at wedding

Canadian bride Jess Nakrayko proved herself to be the ultimate BFF by helping plan her best friend’s surprise proposal— at her own wedding! “I knew that sharing my day would show her my love and appreciation, and also I was then able to see her in the happiest moment of her life,” Nakrayko says.

People

Jimmy Carter shakes hand of every passenger aboard a flight

Today Show

Child CEO helps disabled people navigate

When 12-year-old Alexander Knoll saw a man in a wheelchair struggling to open a door, he began thinking of how he could help. Now, he’s designed the “Ability App” to help.

NBCNews.com

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

Gund sells a Lichtenstein to start justice fund

Art collector and patron Agnes Gund had sold her prized 1962 Roy Lichtenstein “Masterpiece” for more than $150 million to create a fund that supports criminal justice reform and seeks to reduce mass incarceration in the U.S.

Philanthropy New York

Lunch with Buffett fetches $2.68 million

Bloomberg

Is it too late to prevent famine in Nigeria?

Agricultural production in northeast Nigeria has stalled and food insecurity has gained a terrifying momentum. After eight years of conflict, virtually no one is planting. Families eat their remaining seedlings to survive.

Guardian

ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic debris: the next threat to our seas

Recently, a new type of trash — microplastics — has become a focus for marine researchers, and they fear the impact of this type of debris may be especially dire.

Environmental News Network

Climate will last longer than Trump presidency

The German official‘s trip to California to talk climate-efforts with Brown demonstrates determination of some U.S. governors, some 200 U.S. mayors, business leaders and others to keep cutting Americans’ output of climate-changing emissions from fossil fuels, Brown said.

ABC News

Humans affected environment 11K years ago

Man-made environmental change isn’t new: A study found human activities such as farming and logging led to erosion around the Dead Sea some 11,500 years ago, the earliest ever discovered.

USA TODAY

BUSINESS

Canada’s tech firms capitalize on immigration

Canadian tech companies are eager to capitalize on anxiety among international visitors and would-be immigrants following President Trump’s travel ban and other immigration policies. Meanwhile, the Canadian government is making it easier for highly skilled workers to move there.

NPR

Indian tech firm: Trump is a risk to its business

One of India‘s biggest outsourcing firms has formally called out President Trump as a danger to its business. Bangalore-based Wipro has included Trump’s election as U.S. president in a list of “risk factors” in its latest filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

CNNMoney

Photo of the Day

Shot in the Minawao Refugee Camp in the Far North region of Cameroon. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is concerned about the continuing forced return of hundreds of refugees from Cameroon’s far north region to northeastern Nigeria, which they had fled out of fear of Boko Haram. (Photo by European Commission DG) Photo used under CC BY

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