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Mississippi farmer struggling after widespread flooding ruins planting season Heavy rains flooded more than a million acres of land during what was supposed to be planting season for crops such as soybeans, cotton, and corn.

New memorial honors the victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing The memorial consists of four glass and metal columns at two sites, one at the marathons finish line where the first bomb detonated, the other a block away marking where the second bomb went off.

Ohio shooting victims include gunman's sister, mother of two who was a nursing student A gunman killed nine people, including his sister, and injured more than two dozen people early Sunday in Dayton, Ohio, the second community to grapple with a mass shooting in fewer than 24 hours. 

El Paso officials, law enforcement brief the media on the latest in shooting investigation The shooting killed 20 people, injured dozens of others. Suspect is in custody.

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Mexico's attorney general is considering litigation alleging that the mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, in which six Mexicans were among the 20 people killed, was terrorism, the country's foreign minister said on Sunday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2YIfdYK

Hong Kong was bracing for major disruptions to business on Monday as a general strike threatens to paralyze parts of the Asian financial center, with more than 100 flights already canceled, amid a broader anti-government campaign. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2GNfK5C

U.S. authorities investigating what drove a young man from the Dallas area to kill 20 people at a Walmart store hundreds of miles away in the border city of El Paso said on Sunday they are treating it as a case of domestic terrorism. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2YngkSE

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British farmers faced losses worth £50m in 2018 as criminals targeted tractors and animals. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2OEDgby

A system which allows designers to make one-off patterns has been developed. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2YHLak5

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Mexican government vows legal action against US in response to El Paso mass shooting The Mexican government on Sunday threatened legal action against the United States for its response to Saturday's mass shooting at Walmart in El Paso, Texas that left 20 people dead, including six Mexican nationals. 

Seventeen people have died and 32 have been injured in an explosion outside Egypt's National Cancer Institute in central Cairo, Egypt's health ministry said early on Monday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2GNdfAg

Two mass shootings that killed 29 people in Texas and Ohio reverberated across the U.S. political arena on Sunday, with some Democratic presidential candidates accusing President Donald Trump of stoking racial divisions while he said "hate has no place in our country." from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Kqh3bU

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