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UNITED STATES

More impeachment hearings set for Dec 4

The US House Judiciary Committee said on Tuesday it would begin hearings on Dec 4 in the next phase of the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump, inviting the US president and his lawyer to attend. "The committee looks forward to your participation in the impeachment inquiry as the committee fulfills its constitutional duties," said Jerry Nadler, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, in a letter to Trump. The hearings will address "the historical and constitutional basis of impeachment," and "whether your alleged actions warrant the House's exercising its authority to adopt articles of impeachment," he added. Under procedural rules passed by the House last month, Trump is invited to attend the hearings, and "the president's counsel may question any witness called".

2 shot at Washington state school

A man shot two adults on Tuesday in the parking lot of a Vancouver, Washington, elementary school before being pursued by police and shooting himself in the head. Authorities believed the shooting stemmed from a domestic dispute. No students or staff members were injured in the incident outside the Sarah J. Anderson Elementary School, authorities said. The shootings took place around 3:15 pm when a man walked up to a parked car and shot through the window.