LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Two polling stations in California were placed on lockdown Tuesday following a nearby shooting that killed one person and wounded three, the authorities said. The shooting took place in early afternoon in the city of Azusa, 25 miles (40 kilometers) east of Los Angeles, Vanessa Lozano, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County Fire Department, told AFP. Officers arriving at the scene found “multiple shooting victims” and came under fire, Azusa […]
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Britain votes in historic referendum on EU
by Katherine HADDON LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Millions of Britons began voting Thursday in a bitterly-fought, knife-edge referendum that could tear up the island nation’s EU membership and spark the greatest emergency of the bloc’s 60-year history. A record 46.5 million voters were registered to decide Britain’s future in the 28-nation European Union, which was born out of a determination to unite in lasting peace after the carnage of two world wars. Across much […]





