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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