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The scene of an officer-involved shooting in Huntington Beach

Police say they shot and killed an armed man near where crowds had gathered for the US Open of Surfing event

By Keith Allen and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Police fatally shot an armed man at Huntington City Beach in Southern California on Saturday afternoon, the Huntington Beach Police Department (HBPD) said. It happened as crowds were gathered for the U.S. Open of Surfing being held at the Huntington Beach Pier. Police received a call at approximately

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The scene of an officer-involved shooting in Huntington Beach

Police say they shot and killed an armed man near where crowds had gathered for the US Open of Surfing event

By Keith Allen and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Police fatally shot an armed man at Huntington City Beach in Southern California on Saturday afternoon, the Huntington Beach Police Department (HBPD) said. It happened as crowds were gathered for the U.S. Open of Surfing being held at the Huntington Beach Pier. Police received a call at approximately

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A man casts his vote in Germany's national parliamentary election at a polling station in Berlin

Germany’s Social Democratic Party wins most seats in federal elections, preliminary official results show

By Frederik Pleitgen, Salma Abdelaziz, Nadine Schmidt, Stephanie Halasz and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN Germany’s left-leaning Social Democratic Party (SPD) has won the most seats in the country’s federal election, preliminary results show, but it will be some time before the makeup of the new government is known. The SPD claimed a narrow victory over the

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Workers stand on a train car on its side as front-loaders prop up another train car

NTSB reviewing Amtrak train’s black box and video to determine cause of derailment in Montana

By Deanna Hackney and Susannah Cullinane, CNN The National Transportation Safety Board says it is reviewing on-board video as well as data from the “black box” of the Amtrak Empire Builder train that derailed in rural Montana on Saturday, leaving three dead and at least seven hospitalized. Eight cars from Amtrak’s Empire Builder train 7/27

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SPD's Olaf Scholz waves to his supporters after German parliament election at the party's headquarters in Berlin

SPD narrowly wins German election against Merkel’s CDU but uncertainty remains over next leader

By Sugam Pokharel, Jennifer Deaton, Helen Regan, Frederik Pleitgen and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Germany’s left-leaning Social Democratic Party (SPD) will begin negotiations to form a ruling coalition after preliminary results showed the party narrowly winning the largest share of parliamentary seats following Sunday’s federal election. With all 299 of Germany’s electoral districts reporting, the SPD

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Police have arrested eight people on misdemeanor charges in connection with the death of a Virginia Commonwealth University student earlier this year.

Last 3 suspects among 11 indicted in death of Virginia Commonwealth University student turn themselves in

By Keith Allen and Alaa Elassar, CNN Three suspects among the 11 indicted in the death of 19-year-old Virginia Commonwealth University student Adam Oakes turned themselves in to police on Monday, according to a news release from Richmond Police. All have been charged with unlawful hazing of a student, a misdemeanor, according to RPD. Oakes

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Taliban commando fighters stand guard in Lashkar Gah

Barbers in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province are now prohibited from shaving beards and playing music

By Tim Lister, CNN Barbers in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province are now prohibited from shaving men’s beards and playing music in their shops, according to a statement issued by the province’s Taliban-led department of virtue and vice. The new regulations mark the latest in a series of restrictions placed on the people of Afghanistan based on

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