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One person is in custody after two people were shot in the New Hampshire town of Pittsburg, authorities say. New Hampshire State Police say one suspect is in custody following the shootings, which occurred around 11 a.m. and left one person dead and two others wounded.

Fourteen people were shot and killed at a soccer field in northern Honduras, a police spokesman said Saturday.

Police charge a woman, who gained notoriety three years ago for her uncontrollable hiccups, with killing a man during a robbery, police say.

Two people are dead and five injured after a series of shootings in and around Gainesville, Florida, police said.

Six people have died in an apparent murder-suicide in Riviera Beach, Florida, police said Monday.

Sandy Springs police have charged an 11-year-old girl with murder and child cruelty in the death of a toddler she was babysitting. The babysitter, whose name has not been released, was taken to a juvenile Youth Detention Center in Fulton County, where she will be held while prosecutors decide how to proceed.

A shooting outside a restaurant in downtown Buffalo early Saturday left four people dead and four wounded, police said.

A man trying to board a flight to Israel was taken into custody Wednesday night in Atlanta in connection with the stabbings of 20 people in three states, police said. Five of the victims died.

Among the six wounded were two police officers, including one whose bullet-resistant vest stopped a round from entering his chest.

Two people aboard a twin-engine airplane were killed Saturday when it crashed into a house in western Pennsylvania, sending the homeowner fleeing with his dog, officials said.