The perpetrator of the Louisiana massacre was the father of seven of the eight children killed

The perpetrator of the Louisiana massacre was the father of seven of the eight children killed

A Louisiana father shot and killed eight children, including seven of his own, in an attack on his family Sunday morning that spanned two homes in a Shreveport neighborhood shocked by one of the country’s deadliest mass shootings in recent years, police said. Two women, including the attacker’s wife —the children’s mother—, were also seriously injured, according to Chris Bordelon, a spokesperson for the Shreveport Police Department. Authorities noted that the children —all killed in the same house— were between 3 and 11 years old. The attacker, identified as 31-year-old Shamar Elkins, died after a police chase that ended when officers opened fire on him, according to Bordelon.

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Heat waves paralyze daily life: mobility is reduced by 20% across the country

Heat waves paralyze daily life: mobility is reduced by 20% across the country

Heat is starting to change social habits. Faced with rising temperatures, which seem to lead us to a cyclical situation of heat waves, many people are beginning to change their routines as a self-regulation measure, consciously or unconsciously. Going out at 1 p.m. to do the shopping or going for a run early in the afternoon are unthinkable activities during the hours of greatest sun exposure. Especially in the streets of cities that, in the best case, have some trees that prevent the asphalt from radiating temperatures of 40 degrees to their pedestrians.

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