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Utah tries to fathom suburb shooting that killed mom, son
SANDY, Utah (AP) — Utah investigators and residents of a middle-class Salt Lake City suburb were trying Wednesday to understand what led a man to open fire on a woman and children inside a car — leaving the woman and one of her sons dead, another son in critical condition and a girl injured.
James Comey confirms Trump tried to make him drop probe into Flynn's Russia ties and pledge loyalty
Former FBI Director James Comey will confirm past reports that Donald Trump pressured him to drop investigations related to an ongoing probe into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election, according to prepared testimony released a day before he is set to testify to Congress. Mr Comey's prepared testimony appears to confirm past reports based on memos that the former FBI director wrote following interactions with the President, including a January dinner between the two when Mr Trump asked him if he wanted to keep his job before demanding loyalty. In other interactions between the two in February, the President pressured Mr Comey to drop an FBI investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, who was forced to resign from his post a day earlier, and less than a month into the presidency amid concerns about his contacts with Russians.
Anti-Muslim crimes spike in London after attack: mayor
Anti-Muslim crimes in the British capital have increased fivefold since the London Bridge terror attack, Mayor Sadiq Khan said Wednesday, warning that police would take a "zero-tolerance approach". "Provisional statistics for 6 June show a 40 percent increase in racist incidents, compared to the daily average this year, and a fivefold increase in the number of Islamophobic incidents," the mayor's office said in a statement. It said 54 racist incidents were recorded on Tuesday, compared to a daily average of 38 so far in 2017.
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