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Sunday, April 30, 2023

Mass shooting suspect 'could be anywhere'

Hundreds of Americans reached safety following their evacuation of Sudan. And the 2023 NFL draft decisions are in. It's the weekend's news.
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Manhunt underway after Texas shooting that killed 5

The manhunt was expanding Sunday for the suspect in a shooting rampage at a rural Texas home that left five people dead and a community in fear and mourning. Authorities say Francisco Oropeza, 38, was firing his gun in his yard near the town of Cleveland, north of Houston, when neighbors asked him to stop. Someone in the house where the shooting occured recorded video of the suspect walking up to the front door with the rifle, and the confrontation quickly escalated, San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers said. Authorities were casting a wide net in the search, with Capers acknowledging the suspect "could be anywhere now."

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Police at the scene of a mass shooting that killed five people Saturday in Cleveland, Texas.

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US evacuates American citizens from Sudan

Hundreds of Americans fleeing two weeks of deadly fighting in Sudan reached the east African nation's port Saturday in the first U.S.-run evacuation, completing a dangerous land journey under escort of armed drones. The U.S. has been criticized by families of trapped Americans in Sudan for initially ruling out organizing any evacuation for those among an estimated 16,000 Americans in Sudan who wish to leave. U.S. special operations troops flew to the capital, Khartoum, April 22 to airlift out embassy staffers and government personnel. More than a dozen other nations have already been carrying out evacuations for their citizens.

What is happening in Sudan? The fierce conflict, explained.

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A ferry transports evacuees across the Red Sea from Port Sudan to a navy base in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday.

FAYEZ NURELDINE, AFP via Getty Images

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The picks are in (all of them) at the NFL draft

The 2023 NFL draft is complete, with all 259 selections made in Kansas City, Missouri, now official. While the splashiest picks were made during the first two nights of the event, Saturday's final four rounds were an important avenue for teams to round out their rosters and take on long-term projects. A few teams set themselves apart with shrewd decisions while others made some confusing calls.  Here are the biggest winners and losers from Saturday's action.

Draft grades for every team: Eagles soar while Cowboys flop

White House Correspondents' dinner spotlights risks of journalism

President Joe Biden called for the release of wrongly detained Americans abroad and stressed the importance of journalism Saturday at the White House Correspondents' dinner. "The free press is a pillar, maybe the pillar, of a free society, not the enemy," Biden said in his speech. This year, the event took place about a month after a Wall Street Journal Moscow correspondent Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia and charged with spying, despite strong denials from his employer and the U.S. government. "We're working every day to secure his release," Biden said. 

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US President Joe Biden gestures in front of an image of journalist Evan Gershkovich during the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington on Saturday.

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Ukraine hits Crimea depot after Russian missile strike on apartment building

A suspected Ukraine drone strike that ignited a massive fire at a Crimean oil depot in the Russian-occupied city of Sevastopol was a prelude to a much-anticipated spring offensive, the Ukraine military warned Sunday. Russian Occupation governor Mikhail Razvozhaev blamed the fire Saturday on a Ukrainian drone, and social media footage showed the fire raging at a storage facility at Kozacha Bay. The attack came a day after Russia struck Ukraine with over 20 cruise missiles and two drones, killing at least 23 people. Most of the deaths took place in an apartment building in the central Ukraine city of Uman.

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First responders remove rubble at a residential building following a Russian attack in Uman, Ukraine, on Friday.

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This is a compilation of stories from across the USA TODAY Network. Contributing: The Associated Press

Bay St. Louis police, Hancock County sheriff's deputies and Waveland police respond to a shooting in Mississippi Sunday morning, April 30, 2023.

Bay St. Louis police arrested 19-year-old Cameron Everest Brand after a shooting at a Mississippi party left two teens dead and four injured.

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April 30, 2023; Columbus, Ohio, USA;    Fourteen people were taken to a hospital after the roof of a house collapsed at 74 East 13th Avenue near the campus of Ohio State University on Saturday evening.   Mandatory Credit: Barbara J. Perenic/Columbus Dispatch
 

Authorities: 14 injured after house roof collapses near Ohio State University

Fourteen people were injured after a group caused the roof of a house in Columbus, near the Ohio State University campus, to collapse.

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally on April 27, 2023 in Manchester, New Hampshire. Trump, who is currently dealing with a growing number of legal cases against him, is the Republican frontrunner for the Republican presidential ticket.
 

Donald Trump developments in DOJ, NY, Georgia inquiries, legal cases

Donald Trump juggled developments this week in five legal cases simmering against him, from the E. Jean Carroll defamation case to grand jury probes.

An October, 2019 photo shows Jacob Ivascu and Sergio Campusano sitting on the shoulders of Drake Ruiz and Daniel Hawkins during a youth event organized by Northpoint Evangelical Free Church of Corona
 

Ding-dong ditch tragedy: California man guilty of murdering teens

Anurag Chandra rammed his car into a Toyota Prius, killing three teens after they pulled a doorbell prank at his house.

A worker uses a battery-powered leaf blower to  clean gutters in Denver, Colorado. Some regulators are considering limiting the sale and use of gas-powered lawn equipment in the Denver area to improve air quality.
 

Gas lawn mower and leaf blower bans spreading across US

The bans typically apply to new equipment and are popping up from Vermont to California. Proponents say it's good for the climate, health and noise.

Caroline Wallace dances with Eddie Lamm at a hotel  in Brentwood, Tenn., Wednesday, April 19, 2023.
 
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Patches the cat, who was adopted in April 2023 by Kay Ford after Richmond Animal Care and Control posted about him online. At the time, he weighed about 40 pounds.
 

Here's the 411 on Patches the 40-pound cat

Patches' new owner, Kay Ford, took him to the veterinarian Tuesday, where he weighed in at 38.8 pounds. He's on an experimental diet at the moment.

U.S. officials. worried the Chinese-owned TikTok is spying on Americans and spreading misinformation, are considering banning the app.
 

Senators want to ban social media for kids under 13. Parents speak up.

A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation setting age restrictions on social media, but parents are skeptical over its effectiveness.

Close up of a rack of different kinds of beers, dark to light, on a table. Selective focus.
 

What is the healthiest beer? Know this before you open that cold one.

Can beer be a part of healthy diet? Yes, says registered dietitian Chris Mohr, but you'll want to keep this in mind when drinking in moderation.

Six generations of women gathered in southern Kentucky to introduce a baby girl named Zhavia to her great-great-great-grandmother, Cordelia Mae Hawkins, 98.
 

Photo shows 6 generations of one family gathered around baby girl

The six generations in the family photo all share some trademark features and each gave birth for the first time at the same point in her life.

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