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Two men were injured in a shooting in Hartford Monday night, according to the Hartford Police Department. Police first responded to a local hospital for a gunshot victim around 9 p.m. Police met with the victim, a man in his 20s, who was alert and conscious. It was determined that the victim was shot near 435 Franklin Avenue. Police found signs of gunshots in the area. The victim is in critical but stable condition, according to police. Less than an hour later, police responded to the area of ​​Francis Avenue at Park Street to activate ShotSpotter. While on scene, police…

BBC News journalists are considering going on strike over the merger of the national and international news channels which will see 70 jobs cut. The National Union of Journalists (NUJ), which represents hundreds of BBC staff, said an advisory vote is being held on actions in response to the plans, which will see the creation of a continuous news service which will broadcast news from both the UK and the world. The two are currently separated. A vote for industrial action could take place at a later date as journalists at UK newspaper publications, including the Daily Mirror, prepare to…

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s finance minister resigned Tuesday, two government officials said, in the country’s worst political crisis in years involving an influential Shiite cleric and his Iran-aligned rivals. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, said Finance Minister Ali Allawi resigned during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday to protest political conditions. They said that Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar will become acting Finance Minister. Allawi’s decision came weeks after members of influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s parliamentary bloc resigned from parliament and his supporters stormed the Parliament building in Baghdad. Al-Sadr later demanded the dissolution…

BAGHDAD — Iraq’s finance minister resigned on Tuesday, two government officials said, in the country’s worst political crisis in years involving an influential Shiite cleric and his Iran-aligned rivals. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, said Finance Minister Ali Allawi resigned during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday to protest political conditions. They said that Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar will become acting Finance Minister. Allawi’s decision came weeks after members of influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s parliamentary bloc resigned from parliament and his supporters stormed the Parliament building in Baghdad. Al-Sadr later demanded the dissolution…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Police Department (MPD) is investigating a shooting that left several people shot at a local hospital. Officers responded to Methodist North Hospital for a shooting in the 3900 block of New Covington Pike shortly after 12:30 a.m., according to police. PHOTOS: Multiple people shot outside Methodist North Hospital, police say According to a statement from a Methodist spokesman for Le Bonheur: Early this morning, there was a shooting near Methodist North Hospital. No hospital employees were injured. Six patients were treated and transported to Regional One and Le Bonheur hospitals. We appreciate the quick action…

Growing up in a small town with a one-room schoolhouse on a Native American reservation in South Dakota, state Rep. Liz Thomson and her six siblings got along. Sure, the siblings had their fair share of typical broomsticks, but the six sisters and their late brother were close. Their rural environment did not give them much choice. “We had to be friends with our brothers because there was no one else around, basically,” Thomson recalled with fondness in his voice. “If you didn’t play with your brothers, you didn’t play,” he said. “I mean, looking back, our nearest neighbor was…