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Minnesota

Six injured in bus stop crash

MINNEAPOLIS — Authorities are investigating why and how a van driver slammed into a crowded bus stop shelter in north Minneapolis on Tuesday, injuring at least six people.

The crash happened about 9:30 a.m. Metro Transit spokesman Howie Padilla said the driver, an 83-year-old man, hit the side mirror of a bus that had stopped to unload passengers, then backed up, drove forward and hit the mirror again before driving around the corner and crashing into the shelter.

Virginia

Gun session abruptly adjourned

RICHMOND — Less than two hours after beginning a special session called in response to a mass shooting, Virginia lawmakers abruptly adjourned Tuesday.

Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam summoned the Republican-led Legislature to the Capitol to address gun violence in the wake of the May 31 attack that killed a dozen people in Virginia Beach. Republican leaders said the session was premature and politically motivated.

Ohio

Two children among victims

CLEVELAND — Police investigating the shooting death of a man in a vacant lot in Cleveland say they also found the bodies of a woman and two children in a nearby house. Authorities aren’t saying how the three found inside the house Tuesday died, but they said the four deaths are connected.

Police Chief Calvin Williams would not release any information about the ages of the victims or how they may have been related.

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