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5 things to know today - that aren't about the virus

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

1. SHOOTING RAMPAGE IN CANADA KILLS 18 Police fan out across more than a dozen crime scenes after a rampage by a gunman disguised as a police officer left at least 18 dead and homes in smoldering ruins in rural communities across Nova Scotia.

2. EFFECTS OF GULF OIL SPILL STILL FELT A DECADE LATER Scientists who spent the last 10 years studying the Deepwater Horizon spill still worry about its effects on dolphins, whales and other sea creatures, and ancient corals in the cold, dark depths.

3. IMPASSE BROKEN IN ISRAEL Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his chief rival announce that they have forged a deal to form a coalition government, ending months of political paralysis.

4. '~WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WE'RE BREATHING' Communities of color, especially on the Texas Gulf Coast, say they are living on the front line of the Trump administration's public health and environment rollbacks.

5. CELEBRATED WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER FOUND DEAD Peter Beard's body is discovered in a wooded area near his home on Long Island, New York, three weeks after the artist and adventurer was reported missing. He was 82.

FILE - In this June 26, 2010 file photo, Plaquemines Parish Coastal Zone Director P.J. Hahn rescues a heavily oiled bird from the waters of Barataria Bay, La., which are laden with oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Ten years after the nation's biggest offshore oil spill fouled its waters, the Gulf of Mexico sparkles in the sunlight and its fish are safe to eat. But scientists who have spent $500 million dollars from BP researching the impact of the Deepwater Horizon disaster have found much to be concerned about. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) The Associated Press
Activist Hilton Kelley poses along the railroad tracks that divide East and West Port Arthur Monday, March 23, 2020, in Port Arthur, Texas. "Now we may not drop dead that day," Kelley said of the environmental protection rollbacks, and the communities surrounding the refineries and plants. "But when you're inundated day after day...we're dead. We're dead." (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) The Associated Press
FILE - This June 20, 2013 file photo shows, photographer Peter Beard, flanked by Zara Beard, left, and Nejma Khanum at a screening of "Blackfish" in New York. Beard has been found dead three weeks after being reported missing from his cliff-side home at the tip of Long Island. He was 82. His family posted a statement on Beard's website Sunday night saying 'œHe died where he lived: in nature.' Beard was best known for his photos of African wildlife, taken in the decades when he lived and worked at his tent camp in Kenya. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File) The Associated Press
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