A mass shooting in Louisville; DOJ investigates classified Pentagon documents leak. Tonight's Sentences was written by Jariel Arvin. |
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America reckons with more gun violence |
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- At least four people were killed and at least eight injured in a shooting at Old National Bank in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The suspected gunman, who police believe was once a bank employee, is also dead. [Vox / Li Zhou]
- Authorities are working to determine the motive behind the shooting. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) said a friend of his is among the dead. [USA Today / Trevor Hughes]
- Louisville's shooting comes after nearly 150 mass shootings in the US this year, including one in March that killed six at a Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee. [Associated Press / Dylan Lovan and Claire Galofaro]
- The frequency of mass shootings has led to federal and local calls for gun control. Republicans nationally, in Tennessee, and in Kentucky have refused to substantively limit access to guns. [New York Times / Mike Baker, Serge F. Kovaleski, and Glenn Thrush]
- Calls for gun reforms led to two Democrats being expelled from the Tennessee legislature. Those two lawmakers may soon be reinstated and have said they'll continue to push for reforms. [Vox / Li Zhou]
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📍 If you read just one story Vox explains the factors contributing to America's problems with guns and mass shootings. [Vox] |
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The Pentagon documents leak |
- The Justice Department is investigating how dozens of highly classified Pentagon documents that include details about Russia, Ukraine, and US allies leaked online. [NBC News]
- Some of the documents, which appeared on social media last month, reveal Russia's and Ukraine's military capabilities and the US's spying on allies, including South Korea. [CNN / Natasha Bertrand and Kylie Atwood]
- The leak could complicate Ukraine's battle strategy as it prepares to launch a spring counteroffensive to repel Russia's invasion. [New York Times / David E. Sanger]
- The leaked documents also raised questions from US allies about how the documents got online and Washington's ability to keep future secrets. [Politico / Erin Banco and Alexander Ward]
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has repeatedly touted his record on crime, but there's little evidence his policies are actually reducing crime in his state. [Vox / Nicole Narea] |
- On Monday, Italy's Coast Guard rescued 1,200 migrants who had been stranded for days aboard two ships in the Mediterranean. [New York Times / Isabella Kwai]
- Authorities found four bodies and are still looking for four others after an explosion leveled an apartment building in Marseille, France. [BBC / Laura Gozzi and Christy Cooney]
- The Justice Department on Monday asked a federal court to block a ruling that would make a widely used abortion pill unavailable. [Axios / Oriana González]
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"I can't remember a time when there was this volume of a leak and this broad of a subject matter of authentic information that was just put on social media rather than say, the Snowden files, that went through a group of journalists first." |
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| Why Russia arrested an American reporter |
Evan Gershkovich's detention is a callback to the last time a US journalist was accused of espionage in Russia — and to a Soviet-era tactic for manipulating the West. |
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