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Car belonging to LAPD officer named ‘person of interest’ in homicide found

Pomona police said late Saturday they are seeking a rookie Los Angeles police officer in connection with the fatal shooting of a 23-year-old man the day before, calling the officer a “person of interest” in the homicide case.

 
54 dead after Brazilian bus plummets over cliff

The bus, carrying a group of evangelical Christians to a religious event in the neighboring state of Parana, swerved off a curve on Saturday and fell hundreds of meters before crashing in a wooded area.

 
Thousands of Hungarians gather to rally against government

The rally by civil groups and some leftist parties coincided with an established national holiday and with a new Sunday trading ban that forced most shops to close, despite criticism from the retail sector and an Ipsos survey showing more than two-thirds of people asked were against it.

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Families of Sandy Hook victims suing shooter’s mother’s estate

At least eight lawsuits have been filed in Connecticut courts since January on behalf of relatives of 16 people killed in the massacre — four adults and 12 children. Court documents also list two people who suffered serious injuries.

Funeral of Wisconsin teen to bring together hundreds

Tony Robinson Jr., a biracial young man, was unarmed during a confrontation with a white police officer in Madison, his death being the latest in a string of shootings of unarmed black and Latino men in U.S. cities that stirred debate about race and policing.

 
Crashed military helicopter had aborted training mission before accident

A Black Hawk helicopter that went down in waters off the Florida Panhandle three days ago — killing 11 service members — had aborted a training mission due to bad weather before it crashed, a military official said Friday.

9 teen students arrested for LA sexual assaults

Police arrested nine teenagers from a Los Angeles high school on Friday in connection with sexual assaults and unlawful sex acts against two students, and investigators are seeking five more minors who also are suspects, a police official said.

 
Spy may have aided missing British teens enter Syria

A Turkish broadcaster on Friday released what it said was footage of an alleged spy working for a country in the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State helping three British school girls enter Syria via Turkey.