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Death toll in Spain attacks rises to 14

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- Catalan authorities say a woman injured in an attack in a popular seaside town south of Barcelona has died. The woman, who wasn't named, is the first fatal victim of the attack late Thursday in Cambrils, about 130 kilometers (80 miles) south of Barcelona. It came hours after a van slammed into pedestrians on a busy Barcelona promenade , killing 13 people and injuring over 100 others. Police on Friday shot and killed five people wearing fake bomb belts who staged a car attack in a seaside resort in Spain's Catalonia region hours after a van plowed into pedestrians on a busy Barcelona promenade , killing at least 13 people and injuring over 100 others. Authorities said the back-to- back vehicle attacks — as well as an explosion earlier this week elsewhere in Catalonia— were connected and the work of a large terrorist group . Three people were arrested, but the driver of the van used in the Barcelona attack remained at large and the manhunt intensi...

Deputies: Man fatally shot woman before killing their 3-year-old

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Authorities say the bodies of a man and a 3-year-old girl have been found in a wetlands area near Lawrence, and a woman who is believed to be the girl's mother was fatally shot about 10 miles away. (KCTV5) LAWRENCE, KS (KCTV/AP) - Authorities say a man fatally shot a woman outside a Douglas County home before killing their 3-year-old daughter and himself near wetlands roughly 10 miles away. The Douglas County Sheriff 's Office said Tuesday morning that autopsies on the three killed have been completed. They have been identified as 41-year-old Peter Sander of rural Douglas County , 36-year-old Erin Berg of Maryville, MO and Mazey Berg. Deputies said Sander shot and killed Mazey and then shot himself taking his own life. Law enforcement officials found Mazey and Sander near Erin Berg's vehicle at the Baker Wetlands. That occurred a short time after he shot and killed Erin Berg in the driveway of a home in the 1000 block of East 900 Road. The sheriff's office said Sa...

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Person shot to death by St. Louis police after stabbing officer | Law and order

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ST. LOUIS • Police said an officer shot and killed a man who had stabbed an officer inside an apartment Tuesday morning . But a woman who said she was related by marriage to the person killed said that person was a transgender woman named Kenneth “Kiwi” Herring. The relative, Crevonda Nance, said police shot and killed Herring shortly after responding to the latest dispute in an ongoing feud between Herring and unfriendly neighbors. +9  A photo of Kenny "Kiwi" Herring is displayed on a sign during a protest and memorial outside her home in the 5200 block of Ridge Avenue in St. Louis on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017. Earlier in the day Herring was fatally shot by police. Police say Herring cut one of the officers with a knife before they opened fire. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com David Carson Speaking just after the shooting, Interim Police Chief Lawrence O’Toole said the officer suffered a cut to his arm during the encounter. The injured o...