
After another mass shooting in America, these survivors stand ready to help the victims' families
CNN
Sandy Phillips says every single time there's another mass shooting in the US, her mind runs back to the moment she received the dreaded news nearly nine years ago -- that her daughter was among 12 people killed in the Aurora theater shooting.
"It takes us back to the moments and the hours and the days following the phone call that we got," she told CNN's Anderson Cooper on Monday night.
The European Union and the Mercosur bloc of South American countries formally signed a long-sought landmark free trade agreement on Saturday, capping more than a quarter-century of torturous negotiations to strengthen commercial ties in the face of rising protectionism and trade tensions around the world.

Judge restricts federal response to Minnesota protests amid outrage over immigration agents’ tactics
Immigration agents carrying out a sweeping operation in Minnesota can’t deploy certain crowd-control measures against peaceful protesters or arrest them, a federal judge ruled Friday. The order follows widespread outrage over a fatal shooting, reports of US citizens getting detained and Minnesotans getting asked for documents for no clear reason.

The smell of wet grass from the recent atmospheric river rains, mud and gasoline wafts through the warm Southern California air as Alec Derpetrossian works the chainsaw with a foreman, Randy Magaña, who helps him guide where to put the blade. Derpetrossian is still learning how to adequately use the large tool.










