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Biden visits tornado-hit Mississippi town

Biden visits tornado-hit Mississippi town

STEVE HOLLAND U.S. President Joe Biden consoled families of victims and toured scenes of devastation in a Mississippi town after storms last week killed 26 people and destroyed homes and property in Mississippi and Alabama. Biden and first lady Jill Biden drove through Rolling Fork, Friday afternoon, viewing the damage left by a powerful tornado that reduced many of the community's 400 houses to unrecognizable debris. "The thing that really always amazes me about all the tornadoes is that you have one house standing, one house from here to the wall, totally destroyed. But for the grace of God,” Biden…
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Six dead as gunman goes on rampage in small Mississippi town

Six dead as gunman goes on rampage in small Mississippi town

MARIA ALEJANDRA CARDONA A gunman went on a rampage in a small Mississippi town, killing his ex-wife and five other people in three locations before sheriff's deputies arrested him, the county sheriff and witnesses said. The bloodshed occurred in Arkabutla, a rural hamlet of fewer than 300 people in Tate County in northern Mississippi, about 40 miles (60 km) south of Memphis, Tennessee. The gunman, identified as Richard Dale Crum, 51, was charged with first-degree murder, Tate County Sheriff Brad Lance told reporters. President Joe Biden condemned the shooting and urged Congress to enact gun control including background checks, an…
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