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Thursday, September 20, 2018　

1) From ABC News, I’m Daria Albinger. The shooter is dead and the police officer is wounded after a mass shooting at the Pennsylvania courthouse. Attorney Eric Randolph said he came face to face with the gunman at the Fayette County Magistrate Court in Masontown. “Where am I gonna get shot? Is it gonna be the head or the body? I looked back up and he was gone, so I presumed then that he went back, and then he went back into the waiting area.” Police say all four people wounded, suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

2) Another mass shooting: this one in Middleton, Wisconsin, where Police Chief Charles Foulke says the suspect opened fire inside the software company where they worked, wounding three people before being shot by officers. “The shooter had a pistol, semiautomatic pistol and we’re told that he had a number of magazines, extra magazines and so on.” Foulke says the suspect died at a hospital.

3) A friend of the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sex assault takes exception to comment on Sen. Orrin Hatch who suggested Dr. Christine Blasey Ford was confused or mixed up in recollections of what happened. “When you have someone’s hand over your mouth and you think that you might die by accident, you know who you are dealing with.” Samantha Guerry says Ford didn’t ask to become political football.

4) President Trump is in the Carolinas surveying the destruction from Hurricane Florence. The President warning those at the Horry County South Carolina Emergency Operations Center. It may be sunny outside but there are still some tough days ahead. “We just left North Carolina. They got hit really, really hard, and they are working. And all of that water is coming your way,” but the President assuring residents and first responders “Washington is with you. Trump is with you. We are always with you 100%.” The President visiting victims of the storm as well as state and federal officials during his two-state visit. Ryan Burrow, ABC News, Fayetteville, North Carolina. Students in North Carolina affected by Florence will get free school lunches through October 26th, courtesy of the government. You are listening to ABC News.

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From the Fox Business Network, stocks mostly surging today. The Dow up 159 points, the S&P climbing nearly 4, while the NASDAQ fell 6. Financial loss was up that includes Bank of America, City Group, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley. // Delta Airlines join two rivals in raising fees to check a bag on a flight within the U.S. The Airline now says it will cost $30 for checking the first bag and $40 for checking the second. Changes match increases imposed by United Airlines and JetBlue. Last year US carriers raised more than $7 billion from fees on checked bags and ticket changes. // And big pot worth big bucks. Shares of marijuana grower Tilray soaring sky-high, up more than 60% and raising up Wall Street, hitting the market value of nearly $23 billion. That’s more green than American Airlines or the CBS corporation. Shares of the Canadian-based weed firm up tenfold since its debut on the NASDAQ back in July. With the Fox Business Report, I’m Tom Graham.