Two students killed, man hurt in Des Moines shooting
The shooting is already the sixth at a school in the US this year.
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Russian official threatens West for arming Ukraine
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Mickey Rourke defends Alec Baldwin over 'Rust' shooting
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First Native American woman in space steps out on spacewalk
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Stephen Colbert offers to be Jacinda Ardern’s flower girl
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Judge grants new extension of influencer Andrew Tate's detention
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US government fights for right to mandate masks for travellers
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