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October 9, 2015
Police ID gunman In Northern Arizona campus shooting

Police ID gunman In Northern Arizona campus shooting

Police say the shooting at Northern Arizona University that killed one student and wounded three others began as a fight between two groups.
October 8, 2015
French President Francois Hollande hugs U.S. Airman First Class Spencer Stone, while Oregon National Guard Spc. Alek Skarlatos applauds, after they we

US airman who thwarted French train attack stabbed in brawl

Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone, celebrated as a hero for helping to stop a terror attack on a French train over the summer, was stabbed and seriously wounded outside a bar in his hometown early Thursday in what police said was an alcohol-related brawl.
Nation
October 8, 2015
Harold Ancrum, a church member at Canaan United Methodist Church, checks on the floodwaters at the church near Summerville, S.C., Thursday, Oct. 8, 20

After the flood, a rush to preserve drinking water

South Carolina's capital city had too much water. Now, officials are racing to make sure it has enough.
Celebrities
October 8, 2015
Mpls. native to appear on 'Dateline' with 26 other Bill Cosby accusers

Mpls. native to appear on 'Dateline' with 26 other Bill Cosby accusers

"This has forged bonds that are very inexplicable," she said.
Video
October 8, 2015
French President Francois Hollande hugs U.S. Airman First Class Spencer Stone, while Oregon National Guard Spc. Alek Skarlatos applauds, after they we

Police: Spencer Stone stabbing 'unfortunate altercation'

Police: Stone stabbing 'unfortunate altercation'
West Metro
October 7, 2015

Eden Prairie school locked down after student's statements

Authorities later found no danger at the school.
Nation
October 7, 2015
Christopher Harper-Mercer is shown on a MySpace page holding a rifle.

Mother-son bond over guns links Oregon, Connecticut slayings

The deadly shooting last week at an Oregon community college has an eerie parallel with the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School that killed 20 pupils and six adult staff members in 2012.
Local
October 7, 2015

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October 7, 2015
U.S.C.G. Cpt. Mark Fedor, right, and Lt. Cmd. Gabe Somma brief the media on the search for survivors of the cargo ship El Faro that sank during Hurric

Search for answers begins in sinking of US cargo ship

On board the 790-foot El Faro when it set out on its doomed voyage into the path of Hurricane Joaquin were five Polish workers whose job was to prepare the engine room for a retrofitting.
Nation
October 6, 2015
FILE -- Johnny Hincapie, one of seven men convicted of felony murder in the stabbing death of Brian Watkins, a tourist from Utah, in 1990, appears in

Judge tosses conviction in NYC tourist killing; man freed

After 25 years of trying to clear himself in a notorious tourist killing, Johnny Hincapie walked out of a courthouse Tuesday, his conviction overturned and his resolve intact.
October 6, 2015
Patrick Kennedy's new memoir takes a hard look at his life, and how he and his family struggled with substance abuse and mental health issues.

Patrick Kennedy memoir creates rift among his family

A memoir by former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy has created a rift with family members upset over his portrayal of family secrecy, substance abuse and mental illness, including that of his father, late Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy.
October 6, 2015

Wisconsin students criticize plan to lift out-of-state cap

University of Wisconsin-Madison students ripped a plan to lift the school's cap on out-of-state undergraduates Tuesday, saying the move will lead to larger classes and justifying the change as a way to pump new talent into state's workforce makes no sense.
Local
October 6, 2015

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Business
October 5, 2015
Trade ministers of the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim countries attend a press conference after negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP

U.S. finishes trade deal with 11 Pacific countries; Minnesotans split in support

The Trans-Pacific Partnership divides Minnesota caucus in Congress along party lines.
October 5, 2015
FILE - In this Thursday, June 3, 2010 file picture, a Brown Pelican tries to raise its wings as it sits on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along

US, states announce settlement with BP over gulf oil spill

The Justice Department and five states on Monday announced a $20 billion final settlement of environmental damage claims arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
October 5, 2015
FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2014 file photo, Chicago police Commander. Glenn Evans, right, walks out of the Leighton Criminal Building in Chicago after h

Chicago police commander to go on trial for tough tactics

When a West Side neighborhood decayed into a deadly shooting gallery, the Chicago police chief said he was sending his "best guy" into the fray to turn back the drug- and gang-fueled violence.
Politics
October 5, 2015
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton gestures as she speaks at Human Rights Campaign gathering in Washington on Oct. 3, 2015.

Clinton pitches new gun controls following Oregon shooting

Hillary Rodham Clinton offered an emotional plea for tougher gun control laws on Monday, vowing after last week's deadly Oregon school shooting to tighten regulations on firearms buyers and sellers with a combination of congressional and executive action.
Video
October 5, 2015
Dozens rescued in flooded South Carolina

Dozens rescued in flooded South Carolina

After historic rainfall drenched parts of South Carolina, flash flooding stranded hundreds, forcing several rescue attempts
Local
October 4, 2015

Gallery: Top photos, Oct. 4, 2015

The best photo from here and around the world submitted October 4, 2015
Nation
October 3, 2015

Gallery: Top Photos, Oct 3, 2015

The best photos from here and around the world submitted October 3, 2014.

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