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8 killed in San Jose shooting, suspect also dead

Eight people were killed in a shooting Wednesday morning at a light rail facility in San Jose, California, and the suspect is also dead, authorities said. The suspect was an employee of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), which operates the rail yard. Watch an update from officials. Source

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White House’s Karine Jean-Pierre on making history at press briefing

White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre became just the second Black woman ever to lead a White House briefing when she stepped behind the podium in the James S. Brady Briefing Room on Wednesday. “I appreciate the historic nature, I really do,” she said. “But I believe that you know being behind this podium, being in this room, being in this building, is not about one person.” Source

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Teen migrant sisters recount their trek across the U.S.-Mexico border

As the Biden administration grapples with a record increase in unaccompanied migrant children crossing the southern border, CBS News is learning more about the stories of the families being torn apart. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez spoke to two migrant sisters separated from their mother, and he joined CBSN with more on their journey. Source

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Republicans prepare counterproposal to Biden’s infrastructure package

Vice President Kamala Harris meets Wednesday with lawmakers from both parties to discuss investing in broadband infrastructure. Republicans, meanwhile, are gearing up to present a counterproposal to the president’s infrastructure package. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes joined CBSN with that and more. Source

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Ferguson police chief on community trust and reform proposals

Ferguson Police Chief Jason Armstrong took the job about five years after the deadly police shooting of Michael Brown. Armstrong spoke with Anne-Marie Green on CBSN about the state of policing, how to gain the community’s trust, and whether the police reform bill in Congress should do away with qualified immunity. Source

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