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A Louisiana man killed 8 children, 7 of his own. His family said warning signs preceded the tragedy

KTBS, FACEBOOK, SHAMAR ELKINS, CNN, Facebook/Shamar Elkins By Zoe Sottile, Lauren Mascarenhas, Isabel Rosales, Maria Sole Campinoti, Taylor Romine, CNN Shreveport, Louisiana (CNN) — Freddie Montgomery looked across the street as he walked home from visiting a neighbor and saw Shamar Elkins. The 31-year-old was sitting on the front porch of his Shreveport, Louisiana, home

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Jefferson City Council approves High Street viaduct repair project; lets 911 infrastructure bill expire

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council on Monday awarded a $74,800 contract to Double Arch Construction in order to repair the High Street viaduct. Previous reporting shows that Jefferson City Public Works shut down the viaduct after what was initially reported as a pothole turned out to be a significant structural issue. Early estimates had put

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King Charles III and Queen Camilla visited an exhibition of the late queen's fashion on Monday.

Britain’s royals remember Queen Elizabeth II on what would have been her 100th birthday

By Issy Ronald, Max Foster, CNN (CNN) — Britain’s royal family marked what would have been the late Queen Elizabeth II’s 100th birthday by unveiling comprehensive plans for a new charity and memorial in central London. Senior members of the family also attended several events on Tuesday to honor Britain’s longest-serving monarch, who died nearly

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A drone view of visitors at the archaeological site of Teotihuacan as they gather to welcome the spring equinox

Canadian killed, six Americans among injured as gunman shoots tourists at Mexico’s Teotihuacan pyramids

By Michael Rios, Mauricio Torres, CNN (CNN) — A Canadian woman was killed and six Americans were among the more than a dozen wounded after a gunman opened fire at Mexico’s Teotihuacán pyramids, a popular tourist hotspot, on Monday, authorities said. According to preliminary information, a man fired shots at the archaelogical site near Mexico

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Ukrainian infantry officer Oleksiy

343 days on the front line: Ukrainian officer’s long deployment underscores Kyiv’s manpower issues

By Daria Tarasova-Markina, Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Infantry officer Oleksiy Mykhailov just spent 343 days without leaving the front line, in what his battalion believes is one of the longest combat deployments for an officer in the Ukrainian Armed Forces. His lengthy deployment, in the woodlands between settlements in the eastern Zaporizhzhia region, underscores

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