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Three football players were killed in a shooting at the University of Virginia. President Joe Biden met with Chinese President Xi Jinping. And what is Jeff Bezos going to do with all that money?
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The Short List is a snappy USA TODAY news roundup. Subscribe to the newsletter here or text messages here.3 football players killed, suspect arrested after University of Virginia shooting rampage
Three University of Virginia football players were killed and two others were injured in a shooting rampage on a charter bus that had returned from a field trip, authorities said. Killed were D’Sean Perry, Lavel Davis Jr. and Devin Chandler, all of whom played football for the school, university President Jim Ryan said. The shooting suspect is a former UVA football player who has now been charged with three counts of second-degree murder. A universitywide shelter-in-place order that lasted about 12 hours ended with the suspect’s arrest Monday morning about 75 miles southeast of the Charlottesville campus, officials said. Here’s the latest.Biden presses China’s Xi to find ‘ways to work together’
On the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia, the leaders of the world’s two largest economies met Monday. After a three-hour meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, U.S. President Joe Biden said the midterm elections sent a strong message around the globe “that the United States is ready to play.” Biden also sought to reassure skeptics that the U.S. and China can work together, and said he is confident China is not preparing to attack Taiwan. In a discussion about the possibility of Russia using nuclear weapons in Ukraine, Biden said Xi agreed the “threat or the use of nuclear weapons is totally unacceptable.” And they’ll chat more in the future: Both world leaders agreed regular talks were key. Here’s everything we know from the meeting.What everyone’s talking about
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