Maryland high school shooting

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Maryland high school shooting
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Two students were wounded in a shooting at a high
school in Frederick, Maryland, on Wednesday. The
shooters are still at large. The shots were fired
outside the gymnasium building, while a
basketball game was being played inside. The
victims were both male and were rushed to a
medical facility in Baltimore. Their injuries
were not life-threatening. Frederick High
School's cafeteria was searched, and the players
and crowd went there from the gymnasium to wait
while the rest of the building was being
searched. The investigation is ongoing. "It is
unclear, at this time, how many people were
involved in the shooting and what the possible
motive may have been," police said. The school
will be closed for students on Thursday, but
teachers will report to work, the school said.
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  helicopter that was "forced down after being hit
  by an RPG." The incident happened on March 24,
  2003. A Chinook helicopter was forced down by
  enemy fire. But Williams was not aboard. It was
  reported on Wednesday that "Williams arrived in
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  helicopter," one that "took no fire and landed
  later beside the damaged helicopter due to an
  impending sandstorm from the Iraqi desert."
  Williams is blaming a foggy memory. "I made a
  mistake in recalling the events of 12 years ago,"
  he said on Wednesday's "Nightly News,"
  specifically addressing his false comments from
  last Friday. But he did not address any of the
  past occasions when he apparently misspoke about
  the RPG attack.
• Jordan's king vowed to wage a "harsh" war against
  ISIS after the militants burned a captive pilot
  in a cage and released a video of the killing.
  The images have sent waves of revulsion across
  the region. King Abdullah II consulted with
  military chiefs Wednesday, after cutting short a
  U.S. trip, to formulate a response. Jordan is
  part of a U.S.-led military alliance that has
  been bombing ISIS targets in Syria for nearly
  five months. In a statement, the king said Jordan
  is waging a war of principles against the
  militants. He said that Jordan's response to the
  killing of the pilot "will be harsh because this
  terrorist organization is not only fighting us,
  but also fighting Islam and its pure values."
  Abdullah pledged to hit ISIS militants "hard in
  the very center of their strongholds.
• The leaders of Germany and France launched a new
  diplomatic initiative over Ukraine on Thursday,
  announcing they would fly together to Kiev and
  Moscow with a proposal to resolve the conflict
  that could be "acceptable to all". The
  coordinated trip by Chancellor Angela Merkel and
  President Francois Hollande comes as rebels
  steadily advance on a railway hub held by
  Ukrainian troops after launching an offensive
  that scuppered a five-month-old ceasefire.
  Washington has begun openly talking of arming
  Ukraine for the first time. U.S. Secretary of
  State John Kerry also flew to Kiev on Thursday,
  although he had no plans to go to Moscow. His
  likely cabinet colleague, defense secretary
  nominee Ashton Carter, told lawmakers on
  Wednesday that he favored arming Ukraine's
  forces.