Walmart to Ditch Semiautomatic Gun Sales, WDBJ7 Shooting Suspect Dead, U.K. Officials Suggest Sex-Segregated Train Cars: P.M. Links

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  • Before he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound this afternoon, Vester Lee Flanagan, the man suspected of shooting three WDBJ7 news employees in Virginia this morning, sent a 23-page manifesto to ABC News citing the Charleston church shooting as a motive for his attack.
  • Walmart says it will stop selling AR-15s and similar semiautomatic rifles. 
  • Ladies-only train cars could be coming to the U.K., a move which proponents say will help combat sexual harassment and assault on public transport. 
  • James Holmes, found guilty in July of 165 charges related to his 2012 shooting spree at a Colorado movie theater, was sentenced today to life in prison without parole.
  • "Sources" told the Huffington Post that Donald Trump has sworn off the possibility of running for president as an independent candidate.

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