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Good afternoon and welcome to your afternoon news update from AP. Today, a Louisiana community struggles to come to grips with the massacre of eight children; FBI Director Kash Patel sues The Atlantic for an article that alleged excessive drinking; and weapons-grade chemical carfentanil surges as a dangerous substitute for fentanyl.
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A makeshift memorial is growing on the front lawn of a home in Shreveport, La., on Monday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Louisiana community is struggling after man killed 8 children
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A stunned Louisiana community struggled to come to grips Monday with the massacre of eight children carried out by a father who was separating from his wife and used an assault-style weapon despite a 2019 felony firearms conviction. The violence that unfolded early Sunday across two houses in Shreveport, Louisiana, was one of the nation’s deadliest mass shootings in recent years. Read more.
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FBI Director Kash Patel sues The Atlantic for article that alleged excessive drinking
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FBI Director Kash Patel sued The Atlantic magazine for $250 million on Monday, claiming an article that talked about his alleged excessive drinking was false and a “malicious hit piece.” The Atlantic, in response, said it stood by its reporting and would vigorously defend against the “meritless lawsuit.” Read more.
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Weapons-grade chemical carfentanil surges as dangerous substitute for fentanyl
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Carfentanil, a weapons-grade chemical that authorities say is 10,000 times more potent than morphine and 100 times stronger than fentanyl, has seen a drastic resurgence across the U.S., killing hundreds of unsuspecting drug users. The rise coincides with a recent crackdown by the Chinese government on the sale of precursors used to make fentanyl. Those regulations are likely prompting traffickers in Mexico to use carfentanil to boost the potency of a weakened version of fentanyl, according to U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration intelligence bulletins reviewed by The Associated Press. Read more.
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Pope Leo XIV is cheered by faithful during a visit to a nursing home in Saurimo, Angola, on Monday. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Mannequins are displayed in a room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during preparations for the Met Gala exhibit "Costume Art" on Tuesday. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
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Most fashion mannequins are about a size 2. The Met Gala exhibit is making room for diverse bodies
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The upcoming fashion exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art examines “the dressed body” in art over the centuries. But “Costume Art” also aims to include bodies that art has traditionally ignored. The museum has created 25 mannequins for display based on “real bodies.” Nine people modeled for the mannequins, including disability activist Sinéad Burke and body-positive lingerie designer Michaela Stark.
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