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This is AP News Minute.
Los Angeles Clippers owner, Donald Sterling has been banned for life by the
NBA in response to racist comments he made in a recorded conversation. NBA
commissioner, Adam Silver, says he is also fining Sterling 2.5 million dollars
and will try to force him to sell the team.
A FedEx employee opened fire at a package sorting centre near Atlanta,
wounding 6 people before apparently committing suicide. Witnesses say he had
ammunitions draped across his chest like “Rambo”. Three of the wounded were
hospitalized in critical condition.
Pro-Russian protesters have taken control of a government building in one
of the largest cities in eastern Ukraine. Tuesday’s actions further raise
tensions in the region where, in at least 10 cities, insurgents have seized city
halls, police stations and other government buildings.
And the south is bracing for yet another round potentially deadly weather
Tuesday after more than 30 people were killed in a two-day outbreak of twisters
and violent weather. Journalists filmed this large tornado tearing through
Tupelo, Mississippi, one of the hardest hit areas.
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