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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Members of a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina where 9 people were shot and killed are to take another step toward recovery today as they reopen their sanctuary to Sunday worship. Events to show solidarity are planned throughout the city and beyond, including the synchronized ringing of church bells at 10 a.m. EDT. South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and her family were to attend the service at Emanuel.
FRIENDSHIP, N.Y. (AP) — There's a geographical shift in the search for two convicted killers who escaped from a northern new York prison. There have been possible sightings of the men near railroad tracks some 350 miles away, near the Pennsylvania border and police are focusing some of their attention there. They've asked residents to report anything suspicious.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The New York Times is reporting that even a big increase in capacity hasn't fixed the waiting lists of veterans seeking VA health care. In fact, the newspaper reports the number of veterans forced to wait one month or more is 50 percent higher now than it was a year ago when a scandal over false records and long wait times wracked the Department of Veterans Affairs.
MUMBAI, India (AP) — The latest incident of tainted liquor in India has now claimed 92 lives. Officials say eight more people died in Mumbai, making it the worst such incident in India in more than a decade. Eight officers and constables at a suburban police station have been suspended on charges of connivance and negligence. Illicit liquor sold to the poor is often spiked with chemicals such as pesticides to increase its potency.
ROME (AP) — A massive money-laundering investigation reported by The Associated Press earlier this month could lead to charges. Italian prosecutors are seeking to indict 297 people and the Bank of China. The suspects, mostly Chinese migrants living in Italy, include four senior managers of the Chinese state bank's branch in Milan.
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