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AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan's government says a Jordanian police officer opened fire today at a police training center in Amman, killing two Americans, two Jordanians and a South African before being shot dead. Seven other people, including two Americans, were also wounded. In Washington, President Barack Obama said the attacker was dressed in a military uniform.
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri System's president has stepped down following protests by a black student group and a boycott by dozens of black football players. The student had demanded the resignation of President Tim Wolfe. And a graduate student had also been on a weeklong hunger strike.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Hundreds of Yale students and supporters have marched across campus to demonstrate against what they see as racial insensitivity at the Ivy League school in New Haven, Connecticut. The march follows several racially charged incidents at Yale, including allegations that a fraternity turned a woman away from a party because she was not white.
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — A principal says a 6-year-old killed in a police confrontation last week was "a very sweet loving little boy." A funeral was held in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, today for Jeremy Mardis. He was fatally shot by two officers last week in Marksville, Louisiana, when the officers fired into his father's vehicle. A lawyer for the father, who was critically wounded, says body camera video shows his client's hands were up. The officers face multiple charges.
NEW YORK (AP) — The mayors of the nation's three largest cities are calling on Attorney General Loretta Lynch to crack down on some "bad apple" gun dealers. Bill de Blasio of New York, Eric Garcetti of Los Angeles and Rahm Emanuel of Chicago signed the letter to Lynch today. The Brady Campaign and Center to Prevent Gun Violence says 5 percent of dealers supply the guns used in nearly 90 percent of crimes nationwide.
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