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2 men arrested in Texas shooting that killed 3 and injured 8 at a gathering after a July 4 festival

Authorities say two men have been arrested in a shooting that killed three people and injured eight others as hundreds gathered in a Texas neighborhood on the eve of the Fourth of July DALLAS -- Two men were arrested Friday in a shooting that killed three people and injured eight others as a crowd of hundreds gathered in a Texas neighborhood on the eve of the Fourth of July, police said. Christopher Redic Jr., 20, and Brandon Williams, 19, were both taken into custody on murder charges related to the shooting late July 3 in the Fort Worth neighborhood of Como, Fort Worth police Chief Neil Noakes said. Noakes said investigators believe the shooting was gang-related and followed some kind of altercation. “I don’t know specifically whom they were shooting at," Noakes said. “There’s a potential that altercation is what initiated the violence to occur.” He said there could be additional arrests. Police had previously said several men fired indiscriminately into the crowd. The shootin...

3 Palestinians killed as Israel launches large-scale raid in West Bank stronghold of militants

The Israeli military has launched a large-scale raid in a stronghold of militants in the occupied West Bank JERUSALEM -- The Israeli military launched a large-scale raid in a stronghold of militants in the occupied West Bank early Monday, and local health officials said at least three Palestinians were killed. Israeli forces raided what the Military described as a “unified command center” for militants in the Jenin refugee camp, but did not immediately provide further details. Israeli media said the Military also conducted airstrikes, reviving a tactic it had largely halted during the past two decades, after a Palestinian uprising against Israel's open-ended occupation slowly fizzled. The Palestinian Health Ministry said three Palestinians were killed and 13 injured early Monday, three of them critically. In a separate incident, a 21-year-old Palestinian was killed by Israeli fire near the West Bank city of Ramallah, the ministry said. The Jenin camp and an adjacent town of th...