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  The federal grand jury on Thursday indicted the US Buffalo shooter on 27 counts of federal hate crimes as well as firearms charges in the mass shooting The federal grand jury on Thursday indicted the US Buffalo shooter, who has been accused of targeting and killing 10 Black people and injuring three others, on 27 counts of federal hate crimes as well as firearms charges. The mass shooting incident took place two months ago at the Tops grocery store on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, US state of New York. According to a press release from the United States Department of Justice, Payton Gendron of Conklin, New York, has been charged in connection with the mass shooting with 13 weapons charges and 14 breaches of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (Shepard-Byrd Act).  US Attorney General Merrick Garland and other officials from the Department of Justice made the announcement. According to the indictment, on or around May 14, Gendron allegedly pul...

  The Governor of the US state of West Virginia declared a state of emergency Thursday for McDowell County due to flooding. The move came after flooding from heavy rains on Tuesday damaged more than 75 homes, 12 bridges and multiple roads throughout the county, Jim Justice said in a statement. The storm also downed trees and power lines and disrupted water systems. State and local officials have responded and are working to begin the cleanup process, provide necessary repairs, and aid residents in need of assistance, the statement said. The state of emergency will remain in effect for 30 days. Video from Charleston, West Virginia TV station WCHS shows damaged homes and bridges and roads torn up by the flooding. Local resident Mary Hicks told a WCHS reporter that when floodwaters entered her home, firefighters came and brought her wheelchair-bound husband to safety. "The fire department. Thank God for the fire department.They came and got my husband out. We couldn't get out the...