A wicked weather system had a large chunk of the Eastern Seaboard in its crosshairs Monday in a summer of relentless heat and pounding storms.
Author: Susan Miller, USA TODAY
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have credited patrons at the club with confronting and disarming the gunman, preventing further injuries and likely loss of life.
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