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Austin Bomber Commits Suicide Minutes Before Arrest: The Austin bomber blew himself up in a car, just as the police were closing in to arrest him.  Authorities had been tracking his movements and linked him to a series of bombings that happened this month in Texas. One officer was injured in the blast.

Maryland School Shooter Dies: Maryland school shooter 17-year-old Austin Wyatt Rollins shot 2 of his classmates. Officer Blaine Gaskill responded to the shooting swiftly and shot back at Rollins. Although it is unclear if Rollins was killed by Gaskill, or a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Boko Haram Girls Released: Boko Haram Nigerian terrorist group released a group of schoolgirls they abducted. The terrorist group abducted roughly 110 girls and released 101, most of them Muslim. According to the Associated Press, the number “would be updated after the remaining ones have been documented.”

“Black Panther” Breaks Twitter Records: The “Black Panther” film has already broken plenty of record in the box office but now it has broken a social media record. “Black Panther” has been tweeted over 35 million times. This makes it the most tweeted about movie in history

Meghan Markle is Getting a Wax Figure in Madame Tussauds in New York: Actress turn princess Meghan Markle will have a wax figure made in her honor at the Madame Tussauds wax museum. Her figure will be located next to her fiancé Prince Harry’s wax figure.

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