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  2. 2011 White House shooting - Wikipedia

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    2011 White House shooting. /  38.892116°N 77.036529°W  / 38.892116; -77.036529. On November 11, 2011, Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, an unemployed 21-year-old man, fired multiple shots at the White House using a semi-automatic rifle. At least seven bullets hit the second floor. Neither President Barack Obama nor First Lady Michelle ...

  3. Crossbow - Wikipedia

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    21st-century hunting compound crossbow. A crossbow is a ranged weapon using an elastic launching device consisting of a bow-like assembly called a prod, mounted horizontally on a main frame called a tiller, which is hand-held in a similar fashion to the stock of a long gun.

  4. Blackgang Chine - Wikipedia

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    Blackgang Chine is the oldest amusement park in the United Kingdom, having opened in 1843. Named after a now-destroyed chine (a coastal ravine) in the soft Cretaceous cliffs, it is about 6 miles from Ventnor at the southern tip of the Isle of Wight just below St Catherine's Down.

  5. California mass shooting: What we know about killings ... - AOL

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    Police were called to a shooting at a house party King City Police Department in California were called out to a house on the 200 Block of N 2nd Street on Sunday 3 March at around 6pm, following ...

  6. Jury to continue deliberations Monday in civil case against ...

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    The jury has been sent to deliberate after attorneys presented their closing arguments Friday in the civil trial of the parents of a Texas high school shooter, more than six years after their son ...

  7. What Is a Shotgun House? Here's Everything to Know ... - AOL

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    Shotgun homes rely on a cascade-style layout, which places each room directly behind the other with no hallways. For example, a living room is often followed by a bedroom followed by a bathroom ...

  8. Modern display of the Confederate battle flag - Wikipedia

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    The windows were installed in 1953 after lobbying from the Daughters of the Confederacy. The dean of the cathedral, the Very Rev. Gary Hall, said the Charleston shooting was the catalyst for the planned removal, saying "It seemed to me that we couldn't, with credibility, address the race agenda if we were going to keep the windows in there."

  9. Manila hostage crisis - Wikipedia

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    Initial attempts to break the shatter-resistant Plexiglass windows with a sledgehammer failed. At 7:45 pm, a rope was tied to the front doors of the bus, which snapped when they attempted to pull the door open. [41] After running out of choices, they threw two canisters of tear gas inside and Mendoza stepped out of the bus.