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Four people were killed at an Oklahoma hospital, the jury sided with Johnny Depp in his Amber Heard defamation case and Britain is celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's 70-year reign with four days of festivities. Here's what we're watching this Thursday morning. | | | Tulsa police are investigating an active shooter situation near St. Francis Hospital on June 1, 2022. (Tulsa Police Department via Facebook) Four people were killed as a gunman opened fire inside an Oklahoma hospital Wednesday, authorities said. The gunman, described as 35 to 40 years old and armed with a rifle and handgun, appeared to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Tulsa Deputy Chief Eric Dalgleish said. The shooting occurred shortly before 5 p.m. inside the Natalie Building at St. Francis Hospital, authorities said. The victims, whose identities have not been released, appeared to be a combination of patients and employees, Dalgleish said. Uvalde shooting | | | Amber Heard and Johnny Depp (AP Pool) Johnny Depp won a defamation suit Wednesday against his former wife Amber Heard after a jury found that she had defamed Depp by saying that he had abused her over the course of their relationship. Depp sued for $50 million in damages over a 2018 opinion-editorial essay by Heard in The Washington Post, in which she said she had become a "public figure representing domestic abuse." The jury unanimously found that Heard could not substantiate her allegations against Depp and that she knew her claims of abuse were false when she published the essay. Heard had countersued for $100 million. The jury found that Depp defamed Heard on one count and awarded her $2 million in compensatory damages. Read more about the outcome of the high-profile trial here. - Their reactions: Heard called the verdict "a setback" for women while Depp said "the jury gave me my life back."
- Where does Johnny Depp's career go from here? Public relations experts weigh in.
| | | | | The Education Department's largest-ever cancellation of loans will erase debt for about 560,000 borrowers who enrolled in the for-profit Everest, Heald and WyoTech colleges, which Corinthian owned or operated before it folded in 2015. | | | | | Delivery of the weapons after months of urging from Ukrainian officials will help the country's military face the next, potentially decisive stage of the conflict with Russia. | | | | | The parents of Hanzala Hadi had to leave the boy behind during the chaos at Kabul airport in August 2021 as U.S. troops withdrew and the Taliban seized control. | | | | | For retired Army Capt. Sam Brown to actually pull off a win would be one of the biggest upsets to date in the midterm primaries and another rejection of a Trump-endorsed candidate. | | | | | The report finds that the damage to Black communities is extensive and that a variety of intentionally crafted policy, judicial decisions and racism by private actors has created a widespread exclusion of Black people that has not been sufficiently addressed at any level of government. | | | Select: Online shopping, simplified | June brings warmer weather, the anticipation of summer fun, and usually, good deals. Here are the best June sales, including discounts on apparel, tools and more. | | | Few nations have thrown a party like this. Britain is celebrating the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, a four-day festival of royal pageantry and public partying to honor her 70-year reign. On the throne since 1952 — a time closer to the Statue of Liberty's completion than it is to the present day — she has become an unshakable emblem of British soft power and perhaps the nation's most recognizable celebrity around the world. But many Britons wonder whether this might be their last chance to celebrate the 96-year-old queen. Even the opening event will break from tradition. Read the full story here and follow our live coverage. | | | Thanks for reading the Morning Rundown. If you have any comments — likes, dislikes — send me an email at: elizabeth.robinson@nbcuni.com
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