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Man who represented himself is found guilty of trying to assassinate Trump at Florida golf course

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — The man who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump at a Florida golf course last year tried to stab himself in the neck with a pen shortly after being found guilty of all counts on Tuesday.

Officers quickly swarmed him and dragged him out of the courthouse.

The jury of five men and seven women found Ryan Routh guilty on all counts that he was facing after 2 hours of deliberation.

AG: Patrons at New Hampshire restaurant shooting prevented worse tragedy

NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — Patrons at a restaurant acted quickly and selflessly to stop a gunman who opened fire while a wedding was taking place at a New Hampshire country club, averting a worse tragedy, authorities said Sunday.

One person was killed and two others were wounded by gunfire Saturday night before a suspect was taken into custody in a nearby neighborhood not long after the shooting, authorities said.

Bernie Parent, who led the Philadelphia Flyers to two Stanley Cup titles, dies at 80

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bernie Parent, the Hall of Famer who anchored the net for the Philadelphia Flyers' only two Stanley Cup championships in the 1970s, has died. He was 80.

The Flyers made the announcement Sunday but provided no details. Parent died overnight in his sleep, former teammate Joe Watson said.

Watson, a star defenseman on the Stanley Cup teams, said by phone that when he saw Parent and other former Flyers players at a function Friday night in Delaware, the man known as one of the greatest goalies of all time was suffering from a bad back.

How to get a COVID-19 shot and ensure it's covered by your insurance

Drugstores are ready to deliver updated COVID-19 vaccines this fall, and insurers plan to pay for them, even though the shots no longer come recommended by an important government committee.

On Friday, vaccine advisers picked by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declined to specifically recommend the shots but said people could make individual decisions on whether to get them.

ICE broadens immigration arrests in Chicago

PARK RIDGE, Ill. (AP) — It was 3:30 a.m. when 10 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers gathered in a parking lot in the Chicago suburbs for a briefing about a suspect they were hoping to arrest. They went over a description of the person, made sure their radios were on the same channel and discussed where the closest hospital was in case something went wrong.

“Let's plan on not being there,” said one of the officers, before they climbed into their vehicles and headed out.

Senate rejects bills to fund government, increasing risk of shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate rejected competing measures on Friday to fund federal agencies for a few weeks when the new budget year begins on Oct. 1, increasing prospects for a partial government shutdown on that date.

Leaders of the two parties each blamed the other side for the standoff. Democrats accused Republicans of not negotiating with them to address some of their priorities on health care as part of the funding measure, even though they knew Democratic votes would be needed to get a bill to the president's desk.

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