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NAPA, Calif. (AP) — Crews are assessing damage to homes, bridges and roadways following Sunday's early morning earthquake in Napa, California. The 6.0-magnitude quake ignited gas fires and damaged some of the region's famed wineries and historic buildings. Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa set up a triage tent, where it says it treated more than 170 people following the quake.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza officials say Israel has carried out a new round of airstrikes and opened tank fire on the coastal strip, killing two Palestinians. Police say one of the airstrikes struck the home of a Hamas justice ministry official and another damaged Gaza's border crossing with Egypt. Officials also say a woman died from tank fire in the north of the strip and a man died in an airstrike in Gaza City.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Monday is the funeral for a black 18-year-old who was shot by a white police officer earlier this month in Ferguson, Missouri. There've been protests since the Aug. 9 incident, but the father of Michael Brown is asking protesters for a "day of silence" Monday, so that the family can bury their son. The funeral will be in nearby St. Louis.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police in Los Angeles say they have in custody a suspect in a series of shootings that killed three people and wounded four on Sunday. The suspected shooter was taken into custody after a one-hour standoff with SWAT officers at a house in Sylmar. Police say in the course of an hour Sunday, gunmen fired on a family on the way to church, killing a woman. A man in a park was fatally shot and a woman was shot in the head while sitting in a car by a church.
TOKYO (AP) — Japan says it's ready to provide a Japanese-developed anti-influenza drug as potential treatment to fight the rapidly expanding Ebola outbreak. The drug developed by Fujifilm (favipiravir) was approved by the Japanese health ministry in March. Fujifilm says it has enough of the drug for more than 20,000 patients. The company is also in talks with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on clinical testing.
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