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NEW YORK (AP) — Pro Football Hall of Famer Frank Gifford has died. His family says Gifford died suddenly of natural causes this morning at his Connecticut home. Gifford was the centerpiece of a New York Giants offense that went to five NFL title games in the 1950s and '60s. He later had a second career on TV, teaming up with Howard Cosell and Don Meredith in the "Monday Night Football" booth. He was also known for his marriage to TV personality Kathie Lee Gifford. Frank Gifford was 84.
HOUSTON (AP) — Texas authorities say a man with a violent criminal history has fatally shot five children and three adults in a Houston home where he used to live. David Conley is charged with three counts of capital murder involving several victims. The cause of their deaths was among the details revealed in an arrest affidavit read in court this afternoon. Conley is being held without bond.
GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) — Police say a shoot-out in a small North Carolina town has left the gunman dead and two police officers wounded. A bystander was also hurt. Gaston County authorities say a man suspected of killing his neighbor was found on a street corner, armed with a pistol and a rifle. Police say he shot at police and was killed when several officers fired back.
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — A march to mark the anniversary of the death of Michael Brown has ended in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown's father led the march, which began at the site where the unarmed black 18-year-old was fatally shot by a white police officer a year ago today. After the march was a service at a Ferguson church.
NEW YORK (AP) — A campaign to raise the minimum wage as high as $15 has rolled to victory in such places as Seattle, Los Angeles and New York, but it has bumped up against a harsh reality. Plenty of scofflaw businesses don't pay the legal minimum now and probably won't pay the new, higher wages either. Some experts say that without stronger enforcement, the number of workers getting cheated out of a legal wage is bound to increase.
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