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A gunman killed two people when he opened fire on the Charlotte campus of the University of North Carolina, medical officials said.Their bodies were found at the scene according to the Mecklenburg Emergency Medical Services Agency, which added that two people sustained life threatening injuries in the attack. Another two were injured, but their injuries were not thought to be life threatening. The university tweeted that an “active shooter” had been reported near the university’s Kennedy Hall administrative building shortly before 6pm local time. Students should “run, hide, fight”, it said. “Secure yourself immediately,” it added. “Monitor email.”On its website it said that the campus was on lockdown and that students and staff should “remain in a safe location.”The injured were taken to Carolinas Medical Centre.It was not immediately clear whether the victims were students or whether a suspect was in custody, but Nasim Fekrat claimed on Twitter that one of the injured was a 20-year-ol...

U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said on Monday that Attorney General William Barr must testify before his panel on Thursday, despite Barr's reported objections to a more aggressive format for questions planned by Democrats. "We've been very clear. Barr has to come. He has to testify. It's none of the business of a witness to try to dictate to a congressional committee what our procedures for questioning him are," Nadler told reporters. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2WghqKA via Yahoo

REUTERSA host of 2020 Democratic candidates called for Attorney General William Barr’s resignation on Wednesday in response to his handling of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election.“AG Barr is a disgrace, and his alarming efforts to suppress the Mueller report show that he’s not a credible head of federal law enforcement,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) tweeted. “He should resign—and based on the actual facts in the Mueller report, Congress should begin impeachment proceedings against the President.”Two of the candidates calling for Barr’s resignation also had the opportunity to question him as he testified Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Moments after she grilled the attorney general, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) told reporters: “No prosecutor worth her salt would make a decision about whether the president of the United States was involved in obstruction of justice without viewing the evidence. This attorney general lacks all...

Lopez's appearance alongside National Assembly leader Juan Guaido was enough to convince the 30-year-old computer programmer to join tens of thousands of Venezuelans protesting against President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday. "Our spirits have been low, but when we saw Leopoldo Lopez out on Caracas' streets, it was a signal to again return to the fight," Garcia said, a gas mask hanging from his neck and chunks of concrete stuffed in the pockets of his hoodie. Lopez, 48, oversaw Guaido's rise from student leader and remains a key figure in their Popular Will party. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2ZP126i via Yahoo

TOKYO (AP) — The Latest on Japanese Emperor Akihito's abdication (all times local): from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2VA3CgX via Yahoo

PoolPOWAY, California—John T. Earnest pleaded not guilty Tuesday to murder charges for an attack on a local synagogue that killed one person on Saturday, a crime the district attorney alleged he committed with “terror on his mind.”Earnest, 19, entered court looking sullen and angry but said nothing during the brief arraignment. Dressed in a blue jail jumpsuit, he watched from a glass box as a public defender entered his not-guilty plea. A judge ordered Earnest held without bail as requested by the D.A.’s office, calling him an “obvious and extraordinary risk to public safety and to the community.”Authorities say Earnest entered Chabad of Poway and opened fire with an assault-style rifle during Passover services. He is charged with murdering Lori Kaye, 60. He is also charged with three counts of attempted murder for wounding Noya Dahan, 8, and her uncle, Almog Peretz, 34, who was also hurt while he helped usher children to safety.Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein credited Kaye for saving his life...