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Mass shooting at Buffalo supermarket leaves 10 dead in 'racially motivated' attack |
| Vigils, prayer services and rallies were held across Buffalo Sunday after authorities said a gunman wearing tactical gear and a livestreaming camera killed 10 people and wounded three more in a hate-fueled shooting rampage at a busy supermarket. Eleven of the 13 people who were shot Saturday at the Tops Friendly Markets were Black, Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said. The suspect, who was taken into custody at the scene, is white. The FBI is investigating the shooting as a hate crime and racially motivated violent extremism. The suspect, Payton Gendron, 18, was charged with murder and officials said they will weigh additional charges in the coming days. Gov. Kathy Hochul called the gunman a "white supremacist" who terrorized New York's second-largest city in a "cold-hearted," "military-style execution" as people were buying groceries. |
| 👉 More news: The suspect threatened his high school last year and was referred for a mental health evaluation, an official said. Catch up on Sunday's latest updates. |
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Thousands gather for nationwide 'Bans Off Our Bodies' rallies |
| Abortion-rights advocates gathered in the nation's capital and by state capitol buildings across the country Saturday for a challenging task: persuading the Supreme Court not to reverse the 50-year precedent set by Roe v. Wade. After listening to speeches from abortion-rights activists, elected officials and faith leaders in the nation's capital, thousands of demonstrators embarked on an hourlong march to the Supreme Court under cloudy skies and occasional drizzle, joining several hundred other demonstrators who were already there. More than 380 "Bans Off Our Bodies" demonstrations for abortion rights were planned for Saturday. Planned Parenthood began organizing the nationwide "day of action" months before a draft Supreme Court opinion that would overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision leaked. Prior to Saturday's protests, the Senate failed to pass a bill that would have enshrined a nationwide right to abortion. |
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 | | Abortion rights activists participate in a Bans Off Our Bodies rally at the base of the Washington Monument on May 14, 2022 in Washington, DC. | | Tasos Katopodis, Getty Images | |
Sen. Mitch McConnell, other GOP leaders visit Ukraine; Finland formalizes intent to join NATO |
| Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv this week, according to a Telegram post from the Ukrainian leader on Saturday. The U.S. senator from Kentucky was joined by three other GOP leaders, Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, John Cornyn of Texas and John Barrasso of Wyoming. Zelenskyy wrote that the visit marks "a strong signal of bipartisan support for Ukraine from the United States Congress, as well as from the American people." |
| Finnish leaders expressed their support for joining NATO last week, and on Sunday they formalized their intentions by announcing the Nordic nation will apply for membership. Independent since 1917, Finland has been militarily nonaligned since a 1948 treaty with the Soviet Union. The Nordic country shares an 830-mile border with Russia and is hoping to avoid the brutal assault Ukraine is now trying to repel. |
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 | | A Ukrainian firefighter works inside a destroyed cultural center in Derhachi, eastern Ukraine, on May 15, 2022. A Russian airstrike destroyed the venue on May 12. | | Bernat Armangue, AP | |
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Britney Spears reveals she 'lost' her 'miracle baby' |
| A month after announcing her pregnancy, pop superstar Britney Spears has suffered a miscarriage. Announced on Instagram Saturday, Spears wrote: "It is with our deepest sadness we have to announce that we have lost our miracle baby early in the pregnancy. This is a devastating time for any parent." In April, Spears shared she was pregnant with her third child on Instagram writing that she "got a pregnancy test … and uhhhhh well … I am having a baby." In Saturday's statements, Spears said that perhaps she and Sam Ashgari "should've waited to announce until we were further along however we were overly excited to share the good news." Spears ended the statement by requesting privacy during this time. The same post appeared on Ashgari's Instagram page. |
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 | | In this file photo taken on July 22, 2019, Britney Spears arrives for the premiere of Sony Pictures' "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood" at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California. | | VALERIE MACON, AFP via Getty Images | |
1 killed, 5 injured when plane crashes on bridge near Miami, hitting an SUV |
| One person was killed and five others were injured after a small plane crashed on a bridge near Miami on Saturday afternoon, striking an SUV with three passengers and bursting into flames. The single-engine Cessna 172 departed from Hollywood-Fort Lauderdale International Airport bound for Key West and soon lost power, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. The plane burst into flames after crashing and fire officials discovered a body in the plane while extinguishing the flames. The National Air Traffic Controllers Association confirmed the person who died was Narciso Torres, 36, a veteran Miami Airport Traffic Control Tower controller who was on board the plane. A woman was driving the SUV and had two toddlers in the vehicle, who were taken to a hospital for evaluation, according to police. |
 | | This photo provided by WSVN-TV emergency personnel respond to a small plane crash in Miami on Saturday, May 14, 2022. The small plane has crashed on a bridge near Miami, striking an SUV and bursting into flames. The Federal Aviation Administration reported the single-engine Cessna 172 lost power just before Saturday's crash. | | WSVN-TV via AP | |
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