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AURORA, Ill. (AP) — The chief executive of the company that owns the warehouse where an employee gunned down five co-workers says a background check on him when he joined Henry Pratt Co.15 years ago did not turn up a 1995 felony conviction for aggravated assault in Mississippi. Scott Hall, president and CEO of Mueller Water Products Inc, which owns Henry Pratt in Aurora, Illinois, told a news conference Saturday that Gary Martin was being fired from his job when he started shooting.
CHICAGO (AP) — The victims of a disgruntled employee who opened fire at a suburban Chicago industrial warehouse were co-workers ranging from an intern in his first day on the job to a plant manager who was a big supporter of Mississippi State University sports.
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say "the trajectory of the investigation" into the reported attack on Jussie Smollett has shifted and they want to conduct another interview with the "Empire" actor. Chicago police late Friday released without charges two Nigerian brothers they had detained for questioning earlier in the week. Spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says information from the brothers has shifted the case.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says Heather Nauert, picked by President Donald Trump to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has withdrawn her name from consideration. Nauert, State Department spokeswoman, said that "the past two months have been grueling for my family and therefore it is in the best interest of my family that I withdraw my name from consideration." She was a Fox News Channel reporter with little foreign policy experience when she joined the State Department.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Census Bureau says it's replacing its old technique for shielding data with a method that's state of the art in protecting basic personal information. The chief scientist for the Census Bureau, John Abowd, says an internal team at the agency found that 2010 information about age, gender, location, race and ethnicity was potentially vulnerable, though he says no hacking is known to have occurred. Abowd says the privacy shield for the 2020 headcount will counter the growing skills of hackers.
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