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4th person shot dead in Tampa in possible serial spree

Police searched a cordoned-off Florida neighborhood Tuesday after a fourth person was shot dead, possibly by a serial killer. Tampa police say residents of the city’s Seminole Heights neighborhood reported hearing shots just before 5 a.m. Tuesday. When officers arrived, they found the body of Ronald Felton, 60, in the street.

Spokesman Steve Hegarty said detectives can’t immediately say whether Felton’s shooting is related to last month’s 10-day spree in which three people were slain.

Prosecutor: No more indictments in Laquan McDonald shooting

A special prosecutor has no plans to indict any more Chicago police officers who were present when a fellow officer fatally shot black teenager Laquan McDonald, or took part in the investigation. The Chicago Tribune reports that Patricia Brown Holmes told a judge at a hearing Tuesday that a special grand jury convened to examine the October 2014 shooting by Officer Jason Van Dyke has finished its investigation and has been disbanded.

The number of current or former officers charged in an alleged cover-up stands at three. Van Dyke is charged with first-degree murder.

Judge tells Menendez jury to ‘take as much time as you need’

A judge told jurors in Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial on Tuesday to “take as much time as you need” to try to reach a verdict on 18 counts against the New Jersey Democrat and his wealthy friend. The panel sent a note to U.S. District Judge William Walls on Monday saying they couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict on any counts.

U.N. committee condemns North Korea for not aiding its people

A key U.N. committee has approved a resolution condemning North Korea for diverting its resources to pursue nuclear weapons instead of helping its people, more than half of whom are in need of food and medical care. The resolution was adopted without a vote Tuesday by the General Assembly’s human rights committee.

North Korea’s U.N. Ambassador Ja Song Nam said the government “categorically rejects” the resolution.

Myanmar military denies atrocities against Rohingya

Myanmar’s military issued its most forceful denial yet that security forces committed atrocities during “clearance operations,” saying an internal investigation had absolved them of any wrongdoing in the crisis.

The report contradicts statements from ethnic Rohingya Muslim refugees who have described massacres, rape, looting and the burning of villages.