Two dead, including suspect in Dallas-area college shooting: police

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A person who opened fire on Wednesday on a college campus in the Dallas suburb of Irving, Texas, has apparently killed one victim and committed suicide, Irving police said on a Twitter post.

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Active shooter at North Lake College in Dallas suburb of Irving: police

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - An active shooter was at North Lake College in the Dallas suburb of Irving, local police said on their Twitter feed on Wednesday, and the school was placed on lockdown.

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U.S. expected to announce no charges in Louisiana black man's shooting

BATON ROUGE, La. (Reuters) - U.S. Justice Department officials were set to discuss the fatal shooting last year of a black man in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Wednesday, following media reports that authorities had decided not to prosecute two white officers involved in the incident.

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FBI's Comey defends 2016 decision on Clinton email probe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey on Wednesday defended his decision to announce last year that the agency had reopened an investigation into former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's emails, saying not doing so would have been "an act of concealment."

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Two Chicago police officers wounded in south side shooting

(Reuters) - Two Chicago police officers were shot and wounded in the city's south side on Tuesday evening, and police were searching for the gunman or gunmen, police said.

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NSA collected Americans' phone records despite law change: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. National Security Agency collected more than 151 million records of Americans' phone calls last year, even after Congress limited its ability to collect bulk phone records, according to an annual report issued on Tuesday by the top U.S. intelligence officer.

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Clinton says Comey's letter, Russian hackers cost her the election

(Reuters) - Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday she was on the path to victory in the 2016 presidential election until late interference by Russian hackers and FBI Director James Comey scared off some potential supporters.

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