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NORTH CAROLINA
Police identify suspect
in Friday’s shootings
Lakim Anthony Faust, who investigators think shot four people near a Greenville Wal-Mart, appears to have planned the shooting but picked his victims at random, Greenville Police Chief Hassan Aden said Sunday. The 23-year-old Greenville man will be charged with four counts of attempted first-degree murder when he recovers from gunshot wounds he suffered as police took him into custody Friday. Investigators have found no links between Faust and the four victims, Aden said at a news conference Sunday. But evidence gathered during a search of Faust’s home appears to show he had some plan for the attack and wanted to shoot a number of people.
MONTENEGRO
At least 13 dead, 32 hurt
in tourist bus crash
At least 13 people were killed and 32 injured when a bus carrying Romanian tourists swayed off a bridge and plunged into a deep ravine in central Montenegro on Sunday, police said. Montenegro Interior Minister Rasko Konjevic said the bus with 46 people on board crashed about 18 miles north of the capital, Podgorica. “sadly, this death toll could climb further,” Konjevic said, because seven of the passengers were seriously injured.
TENNESSEE
VW mum on prospects
for plant expansion
Volkswagen calls its Chattanooga, Tenn., plant a global model for energy conservation and efficient production. But executives remain tightlipped about whether the facility is in line to produce a new crossover SUV for the German automaker. A decision about production of the new model could come as soon as the quarter beginning in July. Local and state officials hope the company decides to double down on the plant that currently employs about 2,500.
BRAZIL
Discontent still simmers
even though calm returns
After a week of protests at a frenetic pace, a restive calm settled over Brazil on Sunday, though there were a few peaceful demonstrations against corruption. The protests that began more than a week ago in Sao Paulo quickly enveloped Brazil. A survey from the National Counties Federation said that every state in the nation had a protest of some sort. About 4,000 people marched on a road along Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana and Ipanema beaches Sunday, while a few hundred protested in the northeastern city of Fortaleza. No clashes were reported.
TEXAS
Hundreds protest what could be
nation’s toughest abortion restrictions
More than 600 women’s rights protesters crowded into the Texas Capitol on Sunday to watch Democrats begin a series of parliamentary maneuvers to stop the Republican majority from passing some of the toughest abortion restrictions in the country. Democrats began the session by pointing to a technicality that delayed voting on any bills for 4½ hours. The forced adjournment burned up precious time since the session ends at midnight Tuesday and the abortion bill still needs to go back to the Senate for final approval.
INDIA
Weather hampers efforts
to rescue of flood victims
Dense fog and rain hampered efforts Sunday to evacuate thousands of people stranded in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, where at least 1,000 people have died in monsoon flooding and landslides, army officials said. The army suspended helicopter flights to rescue stranded people after heavy fog descended on the Himalayan region Sunday morning, but the flights resumed in the afternoon, the military said. On Sunday, Indian troops evacuated 1,000 stranded people from the mountains around Jungle Chatti in the Kedar Valley of Uttarakhand, the ministry said.
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