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1. An emotional day for employees at TV Station WDBJ in Roanoke, Virginia, one day after two of their colleagues were killed in a shooting on a live broadcast. The station had a moment of silence this morning—outside, flowers and a growing memorial. A third victim is still hospitalized but is doing better. 

 

2. A gruesome discovery on the shoulder of a main highway from Budapest to Vienna. Police discovered a truck full of badly decomposing¹ bodies of at least 20 and possible up to 50 migrants. Officials say they couldn’t tell how long the bodies have been there. 

 

3. Jurors begin deliberating the fate of a former prep school student who was charged with raping² a freshman³ as part of tradition called ‘senior salute’. 19-year-old Owen Labrie faces six sexual assault charges. 

 

4. And forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami are monitoring the progress of tropical storm Erika. It made unexpected shift to the south and unleashed⁴ severe flooding across the Dominican Republic.

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