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San Jose Bishop Oscar Cantú urged prayers for the victims and their families after a gunman opened fire at a rail yard and killed at least nine people and injuring others.
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Senate to consider January 6 attacks commission; Republicans opposing measure
Senate Republicans are poised to quash an effort today to establish a bipartisan, independent commission to study the January 6 attacks on the U.S. Capitol that that left five people dead. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced his opposition last week, along with his House GOP counterpart, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, ahead of the House vote that approved the measure, with 35 Republicans joining Democrats.  McConnell called the commission âa purely political exercise that adds nothing to the sum total of information,â and noted that there is already an ongoing joint investigation into the attacks by the Senate Rules and Homeland Security committees, which are expected to produce a report in early June. Democrats counter that the real reason Republicans are opposed is because theyâre beh
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(SAN JOSE, Calif.) The suspect in a mass shooting that killed nine at a San Jose, California, light rail yard was found dead with two semiautomatic handguns and 11 magazines with ammunition nearby, officials said Thursday.
The guns are believed to be legally purchased and didn t appear to be modified, Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith said Thursday.
Authorities do not have a motive for why Samuel Cassidy, a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority employee, allegedly gunned down nine men at the VTA light rail yard Wednesday morning. The suspect died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.