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Residents of Lewiston, Maine, are still sheltering in place while police search for a man suspected of killing 18 and wounding 13. EU leaders call for a humanitarian pause to bring aid to Gaza.
Law enforcement officials surround a house on Meadow Road in Bowdoin, Maine.

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Residents in Lewiston, Maine, are still locked down as police continue to search for the suspect in two mass shootings. The Wednesday night shootings killed at least 18 and wounded 13. Here's what we know so far about the suspect, Robert Card.

  • to about his long-held opposition to many kinds of gun control, NPR's Brian. Golden asked the town of Lewiston for "forgiveness and support" following the shooting.

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