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Two people, including a child, killed after woman drives through youth soccer game in Kansas

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A 6-year-old boy and 35-year-old man were killed, and 10 others were injured, when a woman drove a truck through a youth soccer game at a city sports complex in Wichita, Kansas, Saturday afternoon, police said.

The 34-year-old driver, from Garden City, Kansas, was in custody, though it wasn’t immediately clear whether the incident at the Stryker Sports Complex was intentional, police said.

“She has been cooperative up to this point in the investigation,” Wichita Police Capt. Aaron Moses said at an evening news conference.

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How Trump’s justice department is shattering practice of political neutrality as midterms loom

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