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Virginia Beach attacker notified boss of plans to leave job

The assailant was an employee “in good standing” in his department, said City Manager Dave Hansen, who described the man’s performance as “satisfactory.”

5 injured in Venice as cruise ship slams into tourist boat

VENICE, Italy — A towering, out-of-control cruise ship rammed into a dock and a tourist riverboat on a busy Venice canal on Sunday morning, injuring five people, officials said. The collision sparked new calls for placing restrictions on cruise ships in the famed city.

Pentagon tells White House to stop politicizing military

Patrick Shanahan, Trump’s acting defense chief, is also considering sending out formal guidance to military units in order to avoid similar problems in the future.

Jerry West to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom

West, a member of the basketball Hall of Fame who played guard for the Los Angeles Lakers and played college basketball at West Virginia University.

Gun control bill headed to Nevada governor

A gun control bill that would ban bump stocks and enact “red flag” provisions to take guns away from people who may pose a threat to others passed the Legislature on Saturday and is now headed to Gov. Steve Sisolak’s desk.

In central US, levee breaches flood some communities

Crews were making a “last ditch effort” on Saturday to save low-lying parts of a small Arkansas cityfrom floodwaters pouring through a breached levee, and authorities downstream were warning people to leave aneighborhood that sits across the swollen river from the state capital.