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Midland Police: Suspect taken into custody at Cinergy of Midland, 20 people hurt in active shooting — MIDLAND/ODESSA, Tx. (KOSA) — UPDATE: The City of Midland tells CBS7 that authorities have taken a suspect into custody at the Cinergy of Midland. No other details have been released.
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Texas Shooting Leaves 5 Dead and At Least 21 Injured Near Odessa — The attack began as a traffic stop, the authorities said, and the gunman is dead. — HOUSTON — Five people were killed and more than 20 others were injured in a brazen daylight drive-by mass shooting in the West Texas cities …
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5 Dead, 21 Injured in West Texas Shooting Spree — Police said they shot and killed the gunman outside a mall movie theater. — Five people were killed and more than two dozen were wounded—including three police officers—when a man went on a terrifying shooting rampage in in west Texas on Saturday afternoon.
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Politico, Associated Press and The Texas Signal

At least 1 person dead, 10 injured by active shooter in Odessa and Midland, Texas, police say — Random shootings were reported in both cities, and one shooter carjacked a U.S. Postal Service truck, police said. — Multiple people were shot Saturday afternoon in West Texas …
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5 shot dead in Odessa, Texas, after gunman fired at officer then fled: Police — Five people have been shot and killed by a gunman who opened fire in a series of shootings near Odessa in western Texas, according to authorities. — The suspect has been shot and killed, Midland Police officials said.
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5 dead, 21 injured in shooting spanning Midland, Odessa — At 5:29 p.m. CDT, Midland police said there was no longer an active shooter situation. — ODESSA, Texas — Five people are dead and 21 injured after a shooting that spanned multiple locations in Midland and Odessa.


5 killed, 21 injured in a mass shooting in Odessa, Tex. — At least 5 people were killed and 21 injured after a man opened fire near Odessa, Tex. — The attack began at a traffic stop, Odessa Police Chief Michael Gerke said at a news conference Saturday evening.


Here are 14 reasons I'll vote for any Democrat over Trump — When asked earlier this month whether he could support Sens. Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren if one became the Democratic presidential nominee, former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg was noncommittal.
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How a Trump Tax Break to Help Poor Communities Became a Windfall for the Rich — NEW ORLEANS — President Trump has portrayed America's cities as wastelands, ravaged by crime and homelessness, infested by rats. — But the Trump administration's signature plan to lift them …
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What happened when Trump visited the African American History Museum, according to its founding director — In his upcoming memoir, newly appointed Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III describes the private tour he gave President Trump of the National Museum of African American History and Culture …
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Bernie 2020 Demands Retraction of Inaccurate WashPost “Fact Check” On Medical Bankruptcy — A letter to Washington Post editor Marty Baron details the newspaper's repeated inaccurate criticism of the Vermont senator … Mr. Baron, — I am writing in regards to the Washington Post Fact …
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Sen. Bernie Sanders teases plan to cancel $81 billion in Americans' medical debt
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Bravery and Nihilism on the Streets of Hong Kong — Peter and his friends were on the move in the streets of Hong Kong. They cut through the sooty midday heat, jostling and joking in skateboarding sneakers, making their way past tattered industrial buildings, printing presses, and garages.
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Conservative firebrand Tomi Lahren admitted her ‘Freedom’ clothing line is not made in America after backlash — Fox News commentator Tomi Lahren announced Friday that her “Freedom” athleisure line is not made in the United States. — Lahren responded to the widespread backlash a week …
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Trump trails Democrats by a historically large margin — (CNN)First things first: The theme song of the week is Siskel & Ebert & the Movies. — Poll of the week: A new national Quinnipiac University poll finds that former Vice President Joe Biden, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren …


‘I Am on My Way to Being Very Well,’ Justice Ginsburg Tells Thousands of Fans — WASHINGTON — “How am I feeling?' Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg asked on Saturday, articulating the question on the minds of nervous liberals and many of the 4,000 people who had stood in line for hours …
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Ginsburg says she is ‘on my way to being very well’ after cancer treatment
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Amazon's Next-Day Delivery System Has Brought Chaos And Carnage To America's Streets — But The World's Biggest Retailer Has A System To Escape The Blame — Deaths and devastating injuries. A litany of labor violations. Drivers forced to urinate in their vans.


Leslie H. Gelb, 82, Former Diplomat and New York Times Journalist, Dies — He was an editor, columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent for The Times and served in a variety of government posts. — Leslie H. Gelb, an iconoclastic former American diplomat, journalist …


Trump wants to cut taxes for rich people yet again — Grover Norquist and Steve Mnuchin (right), two of the key figures behind this change. Alex Wong/Getty Images — Indexing capital gains to inflation, as Trump is considering, would overwhelmingly benefit the top 1 percent.
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Washington Monthly, RealClearMarkets, Slate, Washington Post and Raw Story


Fourth Democratic debate scheduled for mid-October — The fourth Democratic presidential primary debate will be held on Oct. 15 and 16 in Ohio, according to a memo the Democratic National Committee sent to presidential campaigns. — The memo, which was obtained by POLITICO, says the second night will only be held if necessary.
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Daily Wire and Axios


Trump's Twitter War on Spelling — The president's supporters don't mind his linguistic slips, but lexicographers and grammarians worry about the permanent effect on language. — It was late May, and the president of the United States could not seem to get off Twitter. The low IQ-ness of Joe Biden.