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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Police say the shooting at Northern Arizona University that killed one student and wounded three others early this morning began as a fight between two groups. The University police chief identifies the suspect as 18-year-old Steven Jones, believed to be a freshman at the Flagstaff school. The campus is not on lockdown, but school president Rita Cheng says: "This is not going to be a normal day at NAU."
JERUSALEM (AP) — Violence continues to escalate in Israel and the Palestinian territories. There have been at least four attacks today, three by Palestinians and one by an Israeli, as well as deadly clashes along the Gaza border. The rash of Palestinian attacks aimed at Israeli civilians and soldiers this week have been mostly carried out by young Palestinians stabbing people on the streets seemingly at random. One used a vegetable peeler as a weapon to stab a 14-year-old Israeli in Jerusalem today.
NEW YORK (AP) — A voting member of the Federal Reserve's policy committee says he believes the economy is on a satisfactory track and an increase in interest rates is likely to be appropriate before the end of the year. Dennis Lockhart, president of the Fed's Atlanta regional bank, says the economic data is giving mixed signals and he will be watching consumer activity closely before he makes his decision at one of the Fed's two final meetings of year. Fed policymakers are scheduled to meet at the end of the month and again in December.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A U.S. bankruptcy judge has approved a $338 million settlement fund for victims of a fiery oil train derailment that claimed 47 lives in Quebec. A runaway train with 72 oil tankers derailed on July 6, 2013, in Lac Megantic (lak meh-gahn-TEEK'), Quebec, setting off powerful explosions and causing raging fires.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Parts of nearly 260 roads in South Carolina are still closed because of flooding after a massive rainstorm. The state's Department of Transportation also says 125 bridges remain closed. Thirteen miles of Interstate 95 are still closed in Clarendon County. And officials continue to worry about the bridges over the Black and Pocotaglio rivers along the highway. More rain is in the forecast for this weekend.
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