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Sunday, April 16, 2023

4 dead in Alabama mass shooting

Mass shootings claimed more lives in Alabama and Louisville. And cars and highways were still underwater in Fort Lauderdale. It's the weekend's news.
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4 killed in Alabama, 2 in Louisville during weekend of gun violence

Four people were killed and multiple others injured in a shooting Saturday night at a birthday party in Alabama, police said. The gunfire erupted in Mahogany Masterpiece dance studio in Dadeville, about 50 miles northeast of Montgomery. Pastor Ben Hayes, who serves as the chaplain for the Dadeville Police Department and for the local high school football team, said most of the victims were teens. Two people also died and four were wounded Saturday when someone opened fire on a crowd at a park in Louisville, Kentucky, the second mass shooting of the week in that city. 

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Investigators work the crime scene Sunday following a shooting that killed four people in Dadeville, Alabama.

Megan Varner, Getty Images

Bostonians remember deadly marathon bombing 10 years later

Families of those killed in the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 marked the 10th anniversary of the tragedy early Saturday by slowly walking together to the memorial sites near the finish line and laying wreaths. "The day never leaves me," said Jennifer Black, 71, a realtor from Loveland, Ohio, who was watching the procession and recounted how her race in 2013 was cut short due to the bombing. She is back in Boston to run this year. The 127th Boston Marathon takes place Monday.

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Sudan's military clashes with rival group, at least 56 killed

In Sudan, the death toll in fierce fighting between the armed forces and a powerful paramilitary group has risen to 56. The Sudan Doctors' Syndicate said at least 595 people were wounded across the country. The clashes capped months of heightened tensions between the military and the Rapid Support Forces group. Those tensions had delayed a deal with political parties to get the country back to its short-lived transition to democracy, which was derailed by an October 2021 military coup.

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Smoke is seen rising from a neighborhood in Khartoum, Sudan, on Saturday.

Marwan Ali, AP

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Fort Lauderdale remains flooded after torrential rains

Parts of Fort Lauderdale in southeast Florida were still facing dangers from high waters after monumental flooding inundated the coastal area this week. Authorities said Sunday they have deployed 27 pumping trucks across the city after rain exceeding 2 feet shut down a major airport, schools and administrative offices for several days. Buildings were flooded, and cars and highways were left underwater. Officials have also set up water distribution stations and warned residents to avoid floodwaters that could contain downed power lines, contaminants, debris, rodents and snakes.

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Maggie Hernandez rides on a kayak as she salvages what she can from her home on Friday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Joe Raedle, Getty Images

At least 11 killed after Russian missile strikes in Ukraine; arrested US journalist 'not losing hope'

At least 11 people were killed and 22 wounded after Russian missile strikes in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk, Ukrainian authorities said Saturday. Crews also searched for four more people thought to be trapped under the rubble of an apartment building after Friday's missile strikes.

And Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal correspondent detained in Russia, told his family he is "not losing hope" in a hand-written letter, the newspaper said Friday. Gershkovich also said he continues to read, exercise and write during his detention.

From USA TODAY's editor-in-chief: We stand with Evan Gershkovich. You should too.

Record-setting Bruins lead NHL playoff field

The NHL playoff field is now set. The Boston Bruins finished the regular season with a historic 65 wins and 135 points, making them the odds-on favorite to win the Stanley Cup. But their path won't be easy: 15 other teams are starting anew when postseason games begin Monday. Here are USA TODAY Sports' power rankings of each playoff team based on their Stanley Cup chances.

​​​​​​P.S. Like this roundup of stories? Sign up for "The Short List" newsletter here.

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

Staff Sergeant Ricora Jones and her crew train on weapons at Ft. Stewart in Georgia on March 20, 2023. Jones trains and works on tanks as an armor crewman, one of few women in the armor and cavalry branch. She's also pregnant with her first child, a boy.

Ten years after the Pentagon repealed the ban on women in ground combat positions, female soldiers have risen in the ranks of frontline units.

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A screengrab from bodycam footage provided by the Nassau County (Fla.) Sheriff's Office shows two fathers engaged in a dispute after exchanging gunfire in a 2022 road rage incident. One of the men was charged.
 

2 dads exchanged gunfire in Florida road rage fight; daughters shot

Two fathers who got into what police say was a road-rage fight in Florida exchanged gunfire and shot each other's daughters. One of them is charged.

A still from body cam footage released by Farmington Police of the incident April 5,2023 in which Farmington Police officers, responding to a report of domestic violence, went to the wrong home. When Robert Dotson answered his door armed he was fatally shot by the officers.
 

Body cam footage shows New Mexico police shooting homeowner at the wrong address

Police in New Mexico went to the wrong address and fatally shot a homeowner on April 5, newly released body camera video shows.

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'A little frightened': Video shows North Carolina man encounter a bear in his home

A North Carolina resident had an unexpected encounter with a bear as he and the animal stared at each other outside of his home.

Fort Myers High assistant coach Alex Carcioppolo, who was removed from that post on Feb. 16 after sending a group message with a racial slur, and the Green Wave from a game agianst Naples High School on Wednesday, March 30, 2022.
 

HS cancels remainder of baseball season after team walkout

Fort Myers High School's baseball season, in disarray with a Title VI discrimination investigation and the removal of its head coach, has ended early.

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'SNL' spoofs 'Barbie' movie trailer with American Girl doll parody

In a send-up of the new "Barbie" trailer, "Saturday Night Live" imagined what a movie would look like with historically accurate American Girl dolls.

Messenger RNAs (in pink) turn a DNA blueprint into the proteins needed for every cellular activity.
 

'Big shift' in cancer treatment? MRNA vaccine shows promise against melanoma

An mRNA vaccine from Moderna shows promise at preventing recurrences of melanoma skin cancer, which could mark a turnaround for cancer vaccines.

One of several alligators to be seen along the 2-mile loop around the Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands at the western end of Wickham Road in Viera. This bird watcher and wildlife area is currently closed to vehicles, but is open to pedestrians and those on bicycles.
 

Alligator bites off 72-year-old man's leg at Florida RV resort

The alligator attacked the man in Titusville, Florida, on Friday. Officials did not give specifics regarding the circumstances surrounding the attack.

Cornell University researchers placed trash barrel robots in   New York City to see how people interact with the robots in public spaces.
 

Video: Robotic trash cans patrol New York City in experiment

Two robotic trash cans collected refuse and recycling at Astor Place in Manhattan as part of Cornell University researchers' experiment.

Rob Jackson in Cairo, Egypt.
 

Here's how these travelers save money on everyday expenses to travel

A number of travelers pinch pennies on everyday expenses so they can put more money toward traveling.

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