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Texas mall massacre gunman identified as witnesses describe horror of the shooting spree that killed 8 people  CNN News Wrap: Police identify shooter who killed 8 at Texas outlet mall  PBS NewsHour Dallas mall shooter: Who is Mauricio Garcia?  Fox News Allen community

’Twas the night before Election Day, and all through Tom and Shiv’s palatial Manhattan apartment, creatures from across the late Logan Roy’s constituency—crypto-fascist right-wing nutjobs, venture capitalist Dems, centrist ghouls, op-ed narcissists, beltway psychos—were creating quite a stir. Succession’s “Tailgate

After Mass Killings in Texas, Frustration but No Action on Guns  The New York Times Jen Psaki: Actually it’s Republicans like Abbott and Cruz who are politicizing gun violence  MSNBC Texas Dem points finger at blue states as latest mass shooting reignites

A provincewide state of emergency was declared in Alberta as more than 110 wildfires burned across the province, while two out-of-control wildfires burned in British Columbia. (Image credit: Government of Alberta Fire Service/The Canadian Press via AP)

A boat has capsized in southern India, killing at least 22 people including children, authorities have said.

Trump’s rape trial defense: Accusers have Trump Derangement Syndrome  Business Insider Judge in E. Jean Carroll trial allows key Trump rape testimony  MSNBC Trump rejects last chance to testify at New York civil trial  POLITICO

Utah came up with a new state flag. It’s not going well.

People are silhouetted as they walk along the beach toward the sunrise Sunday morning in Isle of Palms, S.C. The Charleston area was experiencing unusually cool and dry weather for May.

The NZD/USD is at 0.6296 at the start of what ANZ Bank considers a quieter week on the data and event front.

Wilson Garcia and his family were among the Latino immigrants who carved out a community inside the thick, piney woods near Cleveland, Texas. That community was shattered by gunfire on April 28 when authorities say a neighbor charged into Garcia’s