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Police: At least 9 wounded in shooting
An early morning shooting in Cincinnati on Sunday left at least nine people wounded, police said.
The suspected shooter fled the scene after opening fire in a crowded area on the city’s Main Street and remains at large, Cincinnati Police Department Assistant Chief Mike John said at a news conference Sunday.
None of the victims are in critical condition, John said.
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Road. An evacuation center remains open at Trinity Valley Elementary School. A map shows evacuations in Humboldt County on both sides of State Route 299.
The Forest Service anticipates additional evacuations from the Six Rivers Lightning Complex over the next 24 hours.
Meanwhile, firefighters continued to fight the deadly McKinney Fire in Siskiyou County. As of Sunday morning, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection reported that the blaze has burned more than 60,200 acres and was 40% contained.
At least four people have died in the fire since it ignited July 29 near Highway 99 and McKinney Creed Road, southwest of the Klamath River.
A large area west of Interstate 5 near Yreka up to the Oregon border remains under evacuation orders.
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LOS ANGELES — More human skeletal remains were found Saturday at a beach on Lake Mead, the fourth set of remains found at the lake where water levels have dramatically receded in recent years because of a lingering drought, authorities said.
Park Rangers responded to a call about the discovery of the remains at Swim Beach at Lake Mead National Recreation Area about 11:30 a.m. Saturday, according to the National Park Service. They were assisted in their investigation by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department dive team.
The skeletal remains are the second set to be found at Swim Beach.
Authorities provided no additional information about the discovery. A spokesperson with the Clark County Office of the Coroner-Medical Examiner could not be reached for comment.
This is the fourth time since May that human remains have been discovered at Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir, which has dropped to unprecedented lows amid a 22-year drought. The lake provides water to 25 million people and millions of acres of farmland in several states in the Southwest, including California.
The first set of skeletal remains was found in a barrel in May and likely belonged to a gunshot victim killed in the 1970s or 1980s, officials said.
Six days later, another set of remains was found at Callville Bay. A third set was recovered last month at the lake’s Swim Beach.
Authorities believe the region’s extreme drought and Lake Mead’s dropping water levels will lead them to discover more remains. None of the remains discovered have been identified.
In addition to human remains, the receding waters have revealed watercraft, including a World War II-era boat that had been put into service at the lake before sinking.
Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times/TNS A boat that sank in Lake Mead resurfaces as water continues to recede in the nation’s largest reservoir. Four sets of human remains have been found in recent months.
Egypt mediates truce to end Israel-Gaza fighting
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Egypt mediated a deal to end three days of violence between Israel and the Islamic Jihad that left 44 people dead in the Gaza Strip, including two senior militants and 15 children, and sent thousands of Israelis into shelters to avoid the almost 1,000 rockets launched at Israel.
“We announce the start of a cease-fire starting at 11:30 p.m. today and we welcome the Egyptian efforts,” Islamic Jihad said in a statement sent to reporters. The group said, however, that it maintained the “right to respond to any Israeli aggression.”
In Israel, the head of the National Public Diplomacy Directorate issued a statement confirming that the truce would take effect at 11:30 p.m. Sunday. “The state of Israel thanks Egypt for its efforts,” the statement said. It said Israel also reserved the right to “respond strongly” to any violations.
The latest Israel-Gaza confrontation began last week when Israel killed a militant leader of the Islamic Jihad, Taysir al-Jabari, commander of the group’s Al-Quds Brigades in Gaza City and the northern Gaza Strip. His group, considered to be closely affiliated with Iran, retaliated with rocket attacks, and the Israeli air force responded by striking weapons production and storage facilities as well as rocket launchers.
A second senior Islamic Jihad militant, Khaled Mansour, was killed by Israel on Saturday. The Israeli army spokesman’s office said both men were responsible for planning and carrying out attacks.
“We are basically very close to our goals, and that is good reason for us to cease the operation,” Meir Elran, former deputy commander of Israeli military intelligence, said in a call with the Jerusalem Press Club on Sunday before the truce was officially announced. “It’s my interpretation that it is time for us to return home.”
Hostilities continued, as is often the case, even 15 minutes before the truce was to go into effect. Air raid sirens sounded in Beersheba and in towns south of the city signaling rocket attacks, and the Israeli army said it was striking “terror targets belonging to the Islamic Jihad.”
After the 11:30 deadline, eyewitnesses in Gaza reported the firing of a rocket, and sirens went off in the Israeli area closest to Gaza. The army said that it had not carried out any air strikes after the truce went into effect. Experts said that rockets are often set on timers, and it takes time for the Palestinians to get to them all to cancel their launches.
A pause in hostilities would allow diesel fuel to be delivered to the Gaza Strip’s power plant. The plant normally provides 16 hours of electricity each day: two eight-hour stretches with an eighthour pause in between.
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