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Video: Students describe the deadly Texas school shooting; Fake Facebook accounts and online lies multiply in hours after Santa Fe school shooting

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DEVELOPING Texas school shooting suspect used father's guns in attack that killed at least 10, governor says The high school student accused of killing 10 people and injuring 10 more during a shooting rampage inside a Southeast Texas high school opened fire using guns taken from his father, said Gov. Greg Abbott (R). Abbott said it was unclear whether the father knew his son had taken the weapons. Investigators were also examining multiple explosive devices found at the suspect's home and at the school. By Brittney Martin, Mark Berman and Susan Svrluga  •  Read more » Video: Students describe the deadly Texas school shooting Authorities are investigating after finding explosives inside Santa Fe High School in Southeast Texas, where a gunman killed at least ten people on May 18. Read more »   Fake Facebook accounts and online lies multiply in hours after Santa Fe school shooting It has become a familiar pattern in the all-too-common aftermath of American school shootings: A barrage of online misinformation, seemingly designed to cloud the truth or win political points. But some were still surprised at the speed with which the Santa Fe shooting descended into information warfare. By Drew Harwell  •  Read more »   Survivors of the Parkland shooting react to the Santa Fe school shooting Survivors of past school shootings took to social media to express condolences, outrage and empathy to a new school full of survivors. By Marissa J. Lang  •  Read more »   Wonkblog: Santa Fe school shooting is 2nd this week, 3rd this month and 16th this year 2018 is shaping up to be the worst year for school shootings in two decades. By Christopher Ingraham  •  Read more »   Trump pushed postmaster general to double rates on Amazon, other firms The postmaster general said the rates were set by contracts and told the president that the arrangements have benefits for the financially beleaguered Postal Service. By Damian Paletta and Josh Dawsey  •  Read more »   In blow to GOP, House fails to pass massive farm bill in face of conservative showdown Republican leadership negotiated with conservative lawmakers up to the final minutes before the vote but were unable to placate those demanding commitments on immigration. By Erica Werner and Mike DeBonis  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT BREAKING NEWS More than 100 people are dead after airliner crashed shortly after takeoff in Cuba, officials and media say The Cuban state-run newspaper Granma reported that the plane, a Boeing 737-200 leased by the national airline, Cubana de Aviación, was carrying 105 passengers and a foreign crew. By William Branigin  •  Read more »   Giuliani: Trump doesn't know 'for sure' that there was an FBI informant in his campaign The president has repeatedly alleged that during the Obama administration, the FBI placed someone inside his campaign to improperly spy on him. By Jenna Johnson  •  Read more »   'Bigger than Watergate': Trump joins push to expose an FBI source President Trump's allies are trying to undercut the Russia investigation by revealing the role of a top-secret source. The Justice Department and intelligence agencies have warned that publicly identifying the source would put lives in danger and imperil other operations. By Philip Rucker, Robert Costa, Carol D. Leonnig and Josh Dawsey  •  Read more »   Prosecutors: Chinese spies promised to take care of ex-CIA officer for life Jerry Chun Shing Lee, charged with conspiracy to commit espionage and holding on to classified information after leaving the spy agency, is accused of communicating with Chinese spies and preparing documents at their request. By Rachel Weiner  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT The Daily 202 | Analysis Tillerson speech shows the potential peril of a president who fires so many people Several people pushed out by President Trump are now publicly, if implicitly, criticizing him. While most casualties of Trump's chaotic administration have remained loyal, they are liabilities who could become land mines down the road. By James Hohmann  •  Read more »   Prince Charles — the father of the groom — to walk Meghan Markle down the aisle Thomas Markle was scheduled for the honor but had to pull out earlier this week after he underwent heart surgery. By Karla Adam  •  Read more »   How to watch all the festivities. (Tip: You don't have to wake up before dawn.) From pint-size princesses to locally sourced foliage. By William Booth and Karla Adam  •  Read more »   Why Markle, who was raised a Christian, still got baptized before her wedding Markle was baptized and confirmed in the Church of England in March. By Julie Zauzmer  •  Read more »

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