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CLEVELAND ON EDGE AFTER CHILD FATALLY SHOT AND 5 OTHER TEENS HURT

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Shooting on Cleveland's east side on Nov. 24, 2017. Cleveland police were searching Saturday for suspects after six children were shot, including a 12-year-old struck fatally, outside of a liquor store. An preliminary investigation into the Friday night shooting indicated that the suspects approached the store on foot and opened fire just after 7 p.m. ET before fleeing the scene, said Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams. The 12-year-old victim, who was not immediately named, was the son of the liquor store's owner. The 40-year-old father ran outside to investigate the noise when he discovered his son had been shot in the torso and was unresponsive, police said. The other children hit by the gunfire were ages 14 to 16. Williams said the suspects are believed to be juveniles as well. "We don't know exactly what spurred this or what happened, but you know, definitely our hearts go out to the family of the victims here," Williams said. "All

SEE PHOTOS OF SURVIVORS AS THEY RECALL ATTACK ON MOSQUE IN EGYPT`S SINAI,305 PEOPLE DEAD

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A grab image taken from taken from a video footage shows people gathering outside the mosque that was attacked in the northern city of Arish, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, 24 November 2017. According to reports, at least 270 people were killed and 90 injured after a bomb was detonated at a mosque and fire opened on worshippers in the Sinai town of Bir al-Abd, near Arish. At least 270 killed in attack on mosque in Sinai, Arish, Egypt - 24 Nov 2017 The death toll from a bomb that went off outside a mosque in the city of Al-Arish in the northern Sinai Peninsula following Friday prayers has climbed to more than 230, according to official sources. At least 109 others were injured in the blast, which occurred in the city's Al-Rawda neighbourhood. It is the deadliest ever attack on Egyptian civilians by Islamic extremists. The injured are taken to a hospital after the Egypt Sinai mosque bombing in Al-Arish, Egypt on N

SEE PHOTO OF VIRGINIA YOUTH PASTOR HELD IN THANKSGIVING SLAYING OF HIS FAMILY

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Police say Christopher R. Gattis shot and killed his wife, her daughter and the daughter's boyfriend at their Virginia home Thanksgiving evening. A Virginia youth pastor has been arrested in the shooting deaths of his wife, stepdaughter and the stepdaughter's boyfriend in their home on Thanksgiving Day, police said. Christopher Gattis, 58, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of using a firearm in the commission of a felony, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported. Police arriving at the family's Chester, Va., home around 11:30 p.m. found the women's bodies inside and the man's body in the front yard, officials said.   Authorities identified the victims as Jeanett Gattis, 58; her daughter Candice "Candy" Kunze, 30; and Kunze's boyfriend, Andrew Buthorn, 36. All of them lived together in the home, police said. Neighbors said Kunze recently moved back home from Oregon, with Buthorn joining her. Neighbors a

SEE 22 THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT "THE BODYGUARD"

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© Image Attribution Unavailable 22 Things You Never Knew About 'The Bodyguard' Even though it's been 25 years since the release of "The Bodyguard" (on November 25, 1992), no doubt the final high note in Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" is still ringing out somewhere in the stratosphere. The romantic thriller made the already beloved singer into a movie star as well, became the second biggest hit of 1992, and spawned the biggest-selling soundtrack album of all time. Still, as often as you've watched Kevin Costner rescue Houston, there's much about "The Bodyguard" you may not know, from it's 16-year journey to the screen, to the real-life tragedies behind the production. © Provided by AOL Inc. 1. Lawrence Kasdan wrote the screenplay way back in 1976, years before he became famous as one of the writers of "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and the writer-