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The Latest: Sheriff: Judge fired back at gunman, killing him

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The Latest: Sheriff: Judge fired back at gunman, killing him

The Latest: Sheriff: Judge fired back at gunman, killing himSTEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on the shooting of a judge outside an Ohio courthouse (all times local):


Spanish police shoot dead Barcelona attack fugitive

Spanish police shoot dead Barcelona attack fugitiveSpanish police on Monday shot dead Younes Abouyaaqoub, the suspected driver of a van that mowed down pedestrians in Barcelona, after a massive manhunt for the Moroccan national who was wearing what appeared to be a suicide belt when he was killed. "We confirm that the person shot down in the incident in Subirats (near Barcelona) is Younes Abouyaaqoub, the perpetrator of the terrorist attack in Barcelona," police in Catalonia tweeted. Four days after his van rampage on the tourist-packed Las Ramblas boulevard, police took down the 22-year-old in the village about 60 kilometres (37 miles) west of Barcelona.


Lebanon says it helped foil plot to down plane in Australia

Lebanon says it helped foil plot to down plane in AustraliaBEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's interior minister said Monday that the country's police intelligence played a major role in foiling a plot to bring down an Emirati passenger plane that was supposed to take off from Sydney bound for the United Arab Emirates' capital, Abu Dhabi.


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Lebanon says it helped foil plot to down plane in Australia

Lebanon says it helped foil plot to down plane in AustraliaBEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's interior minister said Monday that the country's police intelligence played a major role in foiling a plot to bring down an Emirati passenger plane that was supposed to take off from Sydney bound for the United Arab Emirates' capital, Abu Dhabi.


Solar eclipse 2017: Curtain of darkness sweeps across America as country witnesses once-in-a-lifetime event

Solar eclipse 2017: Curtain of darkness sweeps across America as country witnesses once-in-a-lifetime eventCrowds along the West Coast of the United States were awed by the eclipse of the sun, turning out in huge numbers to observe the celestial phenomenon. People massed in an arc across the western part of the country to witness the rare event, with large gatherings reported in multiple states that fall under the "path of totality" in which a total eclipse is visible. Spectators directly in the path of totality were treated to a rare sight, when the sun and moon align directly and the only visible portions of the sun were the solar flares that shoot out from the sun’s surface, visible only along the edges of the black circle created where the moon obscured the closest star to earth.


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