Gun Violence hits Boise, Idaho

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INTERNATIONAL: Three people have been killed, including a hospitalized suspect, and four others have been wounded in a shooting on Idaho’s Boise Towne Square. The Ada County coroner has identified the shooter as 27-year-old local, Jacob Bergquist. Boise Police Chief Ryan Lee says Bergquist was known to both police and mall security, although he didn't appear to have an arrest record in the city. Security guards had reported him in the past though for disruptive or disorderly behavior. The four wounded include two women, who sustained what were described as non-life-threatening injuries, and a 68-year-old woman who was struck inside a vehicle, possibly as police and the suspect exchanged gunfire. A Boise police officer, who was treated and released, was hit by glass from the window of the vehicle he was using. The motive for the shooting remains unclear but it appears it followed an altercation with a mall security guard. One shopper told police that he was in the food court when he heard five to eight shots ring out and that security personnel ushered him out before police arrived.

Rare “Medicane” Hits Italy

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A rare cyclonic storm has hit the southern Italian island of Sicily, causing widespread flooding around the city of Catania, turning streets and squares into rivers and lakes. At least two people have been killed. Footage shows cars submerged as powerful floods engulfed a road. Italian weather experts say the area is being pounded by a rare Mediterranean hurricane, known as a Medicane. The Civil Protection emergency relief body has issued another of its highest red alerts for the northern and eastern parts of southern Calabria, warning of potential risk to life and damage to property.

Migrants Rescued off Greek Coast

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And…the Greek coast guard has confirmed that four migrants, three of them children, drowned on Tuesday after a boat in which they and 23 others were trying to cross from Turkey to Greece sank. The boat sank off the Greek island of Chios. Greece is one of the main routes into the European Union for asylum-seekers crossing from Turkey in overcrowded rubber boats. Twenty-two people were rescued and one person is believed to be missing. Footage shows the rescue operation, with one migrant being pulled to safety from choppy waters and several migrants covered in thermal blankets aboard the coast guard's rescue boat. Ten vessels and two helicopters assisted in the rescue operation.