At least four people were killed by a gunman who opened fire in a Louisville, Kentucky, bank. And officials say the leaked Pentagon documents on the Ukraine war could cost lives. |
4 dead in Kentucky bank shooting, the 15th mass killing of the year |
A gunman opened fire at a downtown Louisville, Kentucky, bank Monday, killing four people – including two who were close friends of the state's governor. The suspect was a 23-year-old employee of the bank, officials said. Nine people were injured, officials said, and the suspect was also dead. Two police officers are among the injured. "This is awful," an emotional Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said at a news conference. "Our bodies and our minds are not meant to go through these kinds of tragedies." Follow our live coverage. | Police respond to a shooting at the Old National Bank building on Monday in Louisville, Ky. Luke Sharrett, Getty Images |
Expelled Tennessee lawmaker may get his seat back |
Nashville officials are poised to vote to reinstate one of the two Black Democratic lawmakers expelled by Republican colleagues over their gun control protest on the House floor after a deadly school shooting. A vote by the city's Metro Council on Monday could return Justin Jones to his seat after essentially a long weekend, and many council members have said they want him back at the statehouse. Expelled Memphis Rep. Justin Pearson, meanwhile, is awaiting word from the Shelby County Commission about plans to address his vacancy. Here's the latest. | Democrats Justin Jones, left, and Justin Pearson were expelled from the Tennessee legislature on Thursday. Nicole Hester/The Tennessean via USA TODAY Network |
What everyone's talking about |
Pentagon: Leaked documents could be deadly |
Pentagon officials offered a dire assessment of the damage done by the leak of highly classified documents about the war in Ukraine and U.S. spying, saying the unauthorized disclosures could cost lives. Pentagon spokesman Chris Meagher said Monday that the secrets disclosed in the leaks could have "tremendous implications," and "could lead to people losing their lives." The secrets exposed in the leak appear to include the shortage of critically needed artillery shells for Ukrainian forces, U.S. spy planes in the region and information revealing the extent of U.S. spying on its adversaries and allies. Here's what we know. |
10 years after tragic Texas chemical explosion, risk of another remains high |
The nightmares have eased but the images remain burned into Michael Irving's memory. As the first law enforcement officer on the scene of the West Fertilizer Plant fire in 2013, Irving was the first to smell smoke, the first official to call in the fire and the first to begin evacuating people in harm's way. "I will never be the same person again," he said. The explosion, triggered by 50 tons of ammonium nitrate, killed 15 people – including 12 first responders – injured 260 and registered as a 2.1 magnitude earthquake. Ten years later, federal officials and chemical safety advocates warn not enough regulatory changes have taken hold to make the U.S. any safer today from similar explosions. Keep reading. | Firefighters search a destroyed apartment complex on April 18, 2013, after a massive chemical explosion in West, Texas. LM Otero, AP |
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