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Sunday, March 4, 2018

Here's the biggest news you missed this weekend

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Here's the biggest news you missed this weekend

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Trump mocks media — and himself — at Gridiron Dinner

President Trump made his debut at a Washington press dinner Saturday night by mocking the media, his Democratic critics, his staff and even himself — a bit. Saying staff members wondered if he could make fun of himself, Trump told the annual Gridiron Club dinner that "nobody does self-deprecating humor better than I do — no one is even close." In meandering remarks that touched on serious issues like immigration and North Korea, Trump joked about infighting among his staff — "it's fine-tuned" — and cracked that he was running late because oft-criticized aide and son-in-law Jared Kushner had trouble getting through security.

The Northeast, powerless, braces for more bad weather after deadly storm

Work crews across the Northeast raced Sunday to restore power to more than 1.5 million homes and businesses in the wake of a powerful nor'easter as the area braced for more possible bad weather. Tens of thousands of utility workers were working over the weekend after the muscular storm — known as a "bomb cyclone" for undergoing a rapid pressure drop — battered neighborhoods from Virginia to Maine, killing at least seven people. Snow showers and coastal flooding were expected in upstate New York and New England on Sunday as a much weaker storm mingles with the cyclone, nicknamed "windmageddon" for the widespread damage and outages caused by its winds.

Man kills himself outside White House

A man fatally shot himself in the head Saturday outside the White House, police said. According to the Secret Service, the man approached the north White House fence just before noon, "removed a concealed handgun and fired several rounds, none of which appeared to have been directed toward the White House." No one else was injured. President Trump and the first lady were in Florida at the time and not at the residence, nor was any member of the first family.

Trump threatens European car tax

In the first rumblings of a potential trade war, President Trump punched back Saturday at Canadian and European warnings that his steel tariff plan is "absolutely unacceptable" by threatening a tariff on European cars if they try to take him on. The latest volley out of Mar-a-Lago came after Trump first announced plans to impose a U.S. tariff of 25% on steel imports and 10% on aluminum. That received a sharp rejection from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who said the tariffs would seriously disrupt markets in Canada and the states.

Florida senators vote not to stop sales of AR-15s

Florida lawmakers on Saturday nixed a proposal that would have placed a two-year moratorium on the sale of AR-15s, the type of firearm used in the deadly school shooting in Parkland. While debating a wide-ranging bill written after the mass shooting that killed 17 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, senators also defeated an amendment that would impose a full ban on "assault weapons." The state Senate is expected to take up the legislation on a final vote Monday. The bill would create a program for arming teachers, raise the minimum age for buying a rifle to 21 and pour millions into mental health programs.

Roger Bannister, first to run mile in under 4 minutes, dies

Roger Bannister, the first runner to break the 4-minute barrier in the mile, has died. He was 88. Bannister's family said in a statement that he died peacefully on Saturday in Oxford, the English city where the runner cracked the feat many had thought humanly impossible on a windy afternoon in 1954. Bannister, who went on to pursue a long and distinguished medical career, had been slowed by Parkinson's disease in recent years.

Suspect in CMU shooting deaths used gun registered to dad

The Central Michigan University student accused of fatally shooting his parents in a dorm Friday morning used his father's gun, police said. James Eric Davis Jr., a 19-year-old sophomore, was arrested early Saturday after he was seen on a train passing through the north end of campus, the university said. CMU Police Chief Bill Yeagley said the gun was registered to Davis' father, James Eric Davis Sr., a Bellwood, Ill., police officer.

#MustRead: How a push to cut costs and boost profits at surgery centers led to a trail of death

Thousands of times each year, the nation's surgery centers call 911 as patients experience complications ranging from minor to fatal. Yet no one knows how many people die as a result because no national authority tracks the tragic outcomes. An investigation by Kaiser Health News and the USA TODAY Network has discovered that more than 260 patients have died since 2013 after in-and-out procedures at surgery centers across the country. Dozens — some as young as 2 — have perished after routine operations, such as colonoscopies and tonsillectomies.

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