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Preliminary evidence points to 22-year-old McKay Hutton as the gunman in a murder-suicide that left four dead — including an infant — at an Alaska hotel, police said Saturday.
When officers arrived, a man found crying in a second-floor hallway directed police to a nearby room, where they found the bodies.
Orange County, concerned that proposed changes in flight paths at its John Wayne Airport could inundate surrounding communities with noise, has joined the city of Newport Beach in suing the Federal Aviation Administration.
The county filed a petition in federal court to join the suit that seeks to prevent the FAA from changing the paths of arriving and departing flights.
Two people died July 30 when more than 6 inches of rain fell on Ellicott City in a two-hour period, causing a flash flood.
The House plans to vote Wednesday on a $6.3 billion bill intended to speed federal approval of drugs and medical devices and boost biomedical research.
The legislation seeks to streamline how federal regulators assess the safety of new treatments and let them reach markets more quickly.