Several people, including a three-year-old child, have been shot in a park in Chicago, local media has reported.
It is thought the shooting happened in the Back of the Yards neighbourhood on the city's South Side at 10.15pm on Thursday night.
An officer with Chicago Police News Affairs told CBS "multiple people" had sustained gunshot wounds and were taken to hospitals in the area.
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The Syrian government says it will call for a ceasefire in the country's civil war, if peace talks are reconvened.
Syrian deputy prime minister Qadri Jamil says the conflict has reached a stalemate - but he's also calling for an end to external intervention in the war.
Meanwhile, the American Secretary of State John Kerry has urged the UN Security Council to agree a binding resolution on destroying Syria's chemical weapons.
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A quarter of Irish three-year-olds are now overweight or obese.
The latest Growing Up in Ireland study of 11,100 infants found that while 5% of chldren in the most socially advantaged group are obese, that figure increases to 9% among those who are most disadvantaged.
The study revealed that harsher parenting styles are related to behavioural difficulties in children while cognitive ability is strongly linked to the mother's education level and how often she reads to her child.
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Two Gardaí have been treated in hospital following an assault on the northside of Cork city last night.
The two officers, based at Gurranabraher Garda Station, were responding to a domestic incident in Blarney Street at 8.15pm when they were attacked by a man in his 30s.
The Irish Examiner says officers from the Armed Regional Support Unit and Garda dog unit had to use pepper spray to subdue the man.
