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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — An FBI official says investigators have no evidence at this point that anyone but a lone gunman was involved in the fatal shooting of four Marines in Tennessee. FBI agent Ed Reinhold also told a news conference Thursday night that the shooter initially fired from inside his car when he drove by a military recruiting center at a strip mall, then drove to a second military site, where he shot the Marines. But Reinhold notes that the investigation is only in its early stages.
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Colorado theater shooter James Holmes has been convicted in the 2012 attack on defenseless moviegoers at a midnight Batman premiere that left 12 people dead and dozens of others wounded. Jurors rejected defense arguments that the former graduate student was insane and driven to murder by delusions. The jury needed only about 12 hours to find Holmes guilty on all 165 counts despite 11 weeks of testimony. The same jurors must now decide whether Holmes deserves the death penalty.
GALESBURG, Ill. (AP) — There have been reports of a tornado sweeping through three towns in northwest Illinois. The towns are Cameron, Monmouth and Kirkwood. Police are turning cars away from Cameron. Trees and power lines are down in the area and thousands are without power, but state emergency officials say area hospitals have received no patients.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A pioneering scientist who helped direct NASA's Galileo mission to Jupiter and the international Rosetta space exploration project has died. Officials at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena say Claudia Alexander died Saturday after a long battle with breast cancer. Alexander conducted landmark research on the evolution and interior physics of comets, Jupiter and its moons, solar wind and other subjects. Alexander was 56.
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The fantasy saga "Game of Thrones" has received a leading 24 Emmy Awards nominations. The series is a contender again for top drama honors, an award that has eluded it since it debuted in 2011. Among the positive surprises was a best actress nomination for Tatiana Maslany, who stars in BBC America's "Orphan Black."
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