Georgia
Murder charge for man who filmed shooting
The Georgia man who filmed cellphone video of Ahmaud Arbery's fatal shooting was arrested Thursday and charged with murder. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said 50-year-old William "Roddie" Bryan was arrested on charges of felony murder and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment. No other details were given. The bureau said it would hold a news conference Friday morning. Arbery was slain Feb. 23 when a white father and son armed themselves and pursued him after spotting the 25-year-old black man running in their neighborhood.
Arizona
3 injured in shooting at shopping mall
A gunman opened fire Wednesday night at a recently reopened shopping mall near Phoenix, leaving one person in critical condition and two others with injuries that were not life-threatening, authorities said. Glendale police said Thursday that they had a suspect in custody, 20-year-old Armando Hernandez Jr. The suspect said he wanted to target shoppers in retaliation for bullying he had suffered, authorities said.
India
Death toll from cyclone rises to over 80
Wide swaths of coastal India and Bangladesh were flooded and millions were without power as Cyclone Amphan, the most powerful storm to hit the region in more than a decade, killed over 80 people and cut a path of destruction that is still being assessed. Many parts of the Indian metropolis of Kolkata, home to more than 14 million people, were under water, and its airport was closed briefly by flooding. Roads were littered with uprooted trees and lamp posts, electricity and communication lines were down and centuries-old buildings were damaged.
South Sudan
Bout of violence leaves hundreds dead
Hundreds of people have been killed in a new burst of intercommunal violence in South Sudan, the International Committee of the Red Cross said, with "many more" injured and thousands displaced. Among those killed in Jonglei state were a local Red Cross volunteer and a nurse working with the medical aid group Doctors Without Borders, the statement said. Local authorities have expressed outrage at the killings over the weekend, the latest in intercommunal fighting that plagues a country trying to recover from five years of civil war.
Britain
PM Boris Johnson avoids criminal inquiry
A British police watchdog agency said that it would not conduct a criminal investigation into Prime Minister Boris Johnson over claims that as mayor of London he had done official favors for an American businesswoman whose apartment he sometimes visited during working hours. But the agency said it had found evidence that officials who directed sponsorship money and networking opportunities toward the woman, Jennifer Arcuri, did so in part because of what they knew about Johnson and Arcuri's close relationship.
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