An anti-Trump fanatic who opened fire on a Republican baseball practice has wounded four people, while dying in the process. Identified as James T Hodgkinson, the 66-year-old was believed to have worked on the Sanders campaign. Representative Steve Scalise was wounded in the hip and his wounds have been described as “extensive”. 

Almost as if on cue, an armed attacker in San Francisco opened fire on UPS employees, killing three and then turning the gun on himself. Ruling out terrorism as a motive, acting police chief Toney Chaplin stated that initial suspicions are that it was a case of a disgruntled employee.

The Russian election meddling saga took a dramatic turn late on Wednesday, with Special Counsel Robert Mueller announcing that President Donald Trump was being investigated for obstruction of justice. Mueller confirmed that five senior intelligence officials have agreed to be interviewed. None of this is good for Trump, who will be hard-pressed to fire Mueller or derail this investigation.

Prime Minister-elect of Lesotho, Tom Thabane’s wife has been killed in what has been described as a “random” shooting. Dipolelo Thabane was living 35km outside of Maseru in Ha Masana. Although the motive for the killing has not been explained, political manoeuvrings were largely ruled out, somehow. Prime Minister-elect Thabane is due to be inaugurated today.

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