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DEVELOPING: Thirteen people are dead after a gunman opened fire at an immigration center in Binghamton, N.Y. The shooter was identified as a local resident of Asian descent named Jiverly Voong. There were conflicting reports as to whether he was 41 or 42. Local authorities told The Associated Press he …

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka pleaded for international help Thursday in what it called an “emergency humanitarian situation,” after a medical relief group warned that civilian casualties are rising rapidly in the country’s war zone despite the exodus of more than 100,000 in recent days. Red Cross spokeswomen Sarasi …

McALLEN, Texas – A Mexico City toddler who became the first swine-flu death on U.S. soil spent a day shopping at a huge indoor mall in Houston one day before he began to show symptoms. Cameron County Judge Carlos Cascos, who interviewed members of the Brownsville family with whom the …