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Odessa hospital endures agony of being a mass shooting’s trauma center

A gunman firing indiscriminately from his car on Saturday in Odessa, Texas, killed seven people and wounded 22 more. Many of the victims were sent to Odessa's Medical Center Hospital. William Brangham talks to Russell Tippin, the Medical Center Health…

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Pentagon approves military construction cash to build border wall

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

Defense Secretary Mark Esper has approved the use of $3.6 billion in funding from military construction projects to build 175 miles of President Donald Trump's wall along the Mexican border.

U.S. plan to use fake social media profiles for surveillance is against Facebook rules

By Tami Abdollah, Associated Press

"Law enforcement authorities, like everyone else, are required to use their real names on Facebook and we make this policy clear," Facebook spokeswoman Sarah Pollack told The Associated Press in a statement Tuesday.

How to help those affected by Hurricane Dorian

By Zoe Rohrich

Nonprofits and government agencies are mobilizing to help with recovery efforts from Hurricane Dorian. Here are some ways you can help people who have already been hit by the storm and those in its path.

North Carolina judges toss districts drawn for GOP advantage

By Emery P. Dalesio, Associated Press

The three-judge panel of state judges ruled Tuesday that courts can step in to decide when partisan advantage goes so far it diminishes democracy.

Walmart to stop selling handgun ammunition following mass shootings

By Anne D'Innocenzio, Associated Press

The announcement comes just days after a mass shooting claimed seven lives in Odessa, Texas and follows two other back-to-back shootings last month, one of them at a Walmart store.

Stay or go? Why hurricane evacuation of nursing homes remains an unsolved challenge

By Lindsay J. Peterson, Kathryn Hyer, The Conversation

Evacuation increases death and hospitalization rates for nursing home residents who experience hurricanes, but sheltering in place also poses great risks.

Friends and family remember Odessa shooting victims

By Associated Press

Seven people between the ages of 15 and 57 were killed in a mass shooting in West Texas on Saturday. An additional 22 were injured, including a toddler.

34 confirmed dead in California boat fire

By Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press

The Coast Guard and law enforcement said no one has been found alive after flames tore through a dive boat early Monday as passengers on a recreational scuba diving trip slept below deck.

Hurricane Dorian stalls over the Bahamas, causing widespread flooding

By Ramon Espinosa, Dánica Coto, Michael Weissenstein, Associated Press

As of daybreak Tuesday, Dorian's winds had dipped to 120 mph, making it a still highly dangerous Category 3 hurricane, and the storm was at a standstill, with part of its eyewall hanging over Grand Bahama Island.