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Fletcher Merkel, age 8, was one of the two people killed in Wednesday’s shooting, which also injured 18 as shots broke out during a morning Mass service (Merkel Family)

8-year-old Fletcher Merkel identified as Minn. shooting victim, father speaks out

A boy named Fletcher Merkel has been identified as the 8-year-old victim in the fatal shooting at Minnesota’s Annunciation Catholic School.

US President Donald Trump (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands at the end of a joint press conference after participating in a US-Russia summit on Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025. (Photo by Drew ANGERER / AFP) (Photo by DREW ANGERER/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump and Putin conclude ‘extremely productive’ meeting: ‘There’s no deal until there’s a deal’

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded their nearly 3-hour-long closed door meeting, with Trump emphasizing that the discussion was “extremely productive.”

An employee holds a batch of cloned cannabis plants at cannabis grower Hollandse Hoogtes, where regulated cannabis cultivation takes place in a grow center, in Bemmel on April 1, 2025. Weed growers are gearing up for the next phase of the cannabis experiment in which coffeeshops, in the participating municipality, switch entirely to cannabis solely from regulated growers. (Photo by Sem van der Wal / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (Photo by SEM VAN DER WAL/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump weighs lowering marijuana’s Federal Classification to reflect reduced danger: ‘We’re looking at it’

President Donald Trump stated that his administration is currently “looking at” reclassifying marijuana to a lower risk category. This comes at a time when many advocates have argued that marijuana helps them manage chronic pain, reduce nausea, ease symptoms of multiple sclerosis, anxiety, and more.

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 31: U.S. President Donald Trump (C) displays a signed executive order during a signing ceremony in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on July 31, 2025 in Washington, DC. Standing with Trump are (L-R) Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Vice President JD Vance, golfer Bryson DeChambeau, WWE Chief Creative Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque, and US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Trump signed a series of orders that will expand on his council on sports, fitness and nutrition, including by reviving the Presidential Fitness Test in public schools. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump signs EO reestablishing ‘Presidential Fitness Test’ for students

President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) on Thursday reestablishing the Presidential Fitness Test, which former Democrat President Barack Obama phased out in 2012.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt displays a rendering for a new White House ballroom during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 31, 2025. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Leavitt announces ballroom plans at WH

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has announced that construction for a new ballroom inside the White House will begin in September.

BOULDER, COLORADO - APRIL 27: Head coach Deion Sanders of the Colorado Buffaloes watches as his team plays their spring game at Folsom Field on April 27, 2024 in Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

Deion Sanders emotionally reveals battle with bladder cancer: ‘I’m truly thankful that God is so good’

Colorado University football head coach Deion Sanders disclosed on Monday that he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of bladder cancer over the offseason, and had to get his bladder surgically removed altogether.