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HOUSTON (AP) — Police in Houston say a man inside a house opened fire on authorities and that after he surrendered, eight people were found dead, including five children. Deputies say they were called to the home last night to perform a welfare check and had received information indicating that a man inside was wanted on a warrant for aggravated assault on a family member. The investigation continues.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) —The FBI is being brought into the investigation of the fatal shooting of a Texas college football player by a police officer during a burglary call at a car dealership in suburban Dallas. The Arlington police chief has asked the FBI to participate. Officer Brad Miller, who is white, is on administrative leave after the early Friday shooting of Christian Taylor, who is black.
UNDATED (AP) — Israeli authorities continue to investigate Jewish extremists following the July 31 firebomb deaths of a Palestinian father and his 18-month-old son. The son died in the fire and the father died yesterday of his injuries. Officials say they have carried out interrogations in two unauthorized settlement outposts in the West Bank and jailed two prominent radicals for six months without trial.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan official says a meeting of criminal groups in northern Afghanistan has been ripped by a suicide bomb, leaving 25 members including four leaders dead, along with four civilians. Authorities say the groups have clashed with both national security forces and Taliban insurgents. The Taliban claimed responsibility. Meanwhile, an American soldier was killed and several others wounded in a series of attacks Friday in Afghanistan's capital.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis says the detonation of atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki 70 years ago remains "a permanent warning to humanity" to reject war and ban weapons of mass destruction. During his traditional Sunday blessing, the pope recalled the U.S. detonation of atomic weapons as "a tragic event that still arouses horror and revulsion." He said the bombings of the Japanese cities have become a symbol of mankind's destructive power when science and technology are put to "distorted use."
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