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By Amy Langfield August 27, 2025

Good afternoon and welcome to your afternoon news update from AP. Today, there has been a fatal school shooting in Minneapolis; President Donald Trump’s administration is taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak; and a look at why it is so hard to end the war in Gaza. UP FIRST A parent hugs her son during an active shooter situation at the Annunciation Church in Minneapolis, Minn. on Wednesday. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP) A shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school kills 2 children, injures 17 people A shooter opened fire with a rifle through the windows of a Catholic church in Minneapolis and struck children celebrating Mass during the first week of school, killing two and wounding 17 people in an act of violence the police chief called "absolutely incomprehensible." Read more. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Follow live updates

TOP STORIES Members of the Louisiana National Guard patrol at Union Station, Tuesday, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) Trump extends control over Washington by taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak President Donald Trump’s administration is taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak in the latest example of the federal government exerting its power over the nation’s capital. Read more. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ What Americans think about Trump’s handling of crime, according to a new poll US deportation flights hit record highs as carriers try to hide the planes, advocates say Democrat Catelin Drey's victory in Iowa special election breaks GOP supermajority in the state UN official says 'all hope is gone' if Israeli offensive on famine-stricken Gaza City goes ahead If Israel’s military goes ahead with a planned offensive in Gaza City, then "all hope is gone that we’re ever going to see the end to this," a United Nations official told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Israel says the evacuation of Gaza’s most populated city is "inevitable," adding to international alarm for hundreds of thousands of people there as famine — documented and declared — threatens to spread after 22 months of war. Read more. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Here’s a look at why it is so hard to end the war in Gaza Pope demands end to ‘collective punishment’ and forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza IAEA chief gets special police protection over threats as deadline approaches over Iran sanctions

ADVERTISEMENT IN OTHER NEWS Young men practice with training Kalashnikov assault rifles at a museum of Russian Special Military Operations in Ukraine in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky) Russia-Ukraine War: Russian forces break into another region of Ukraine with peace efforts stuck  Updated  vaccine: FDA approves new Pfizer COVID shots but limits access for some kids and adults Artificial intelligence: Study says AI chatbots need to fix suicide response, as family sues over ChatGPT role in boy’s death Indigenous girls and women: Denmark and Greenland apologize for painful legacy of forced Inuit contraception Thailand: A royal pardon frees a Thai woman serving a 43-year prison term for defaming the monarchy Wisconsin: Missing kayaker who faked his own death is sentenced to 89 days in jail Official languages: Paraguay is fighting to preserve Guaraní, a language of roots and soul Q&A: James Cameron on two decades of making ‘Avatar’ and the future he sees for movies WATCH: Beneath waters off Denmark's coast, archaeologists unearth ancient settlements lost to rising seas TRENDING Revelers throw tomatoes at each other during the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight fiesta, in the village of Bunol near Valencia, Spain on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz) Tomatoes become projectiles in Spain’s ‘Tomatina’ food fight   Thousands of people from around the world seeking a uniquely messy thrill spent one wild hour flinging bushels of overripe tomatoes at each other during Spain’s "Tomatina" celebration Wednesday.

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