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What led Joseph Aldridge to gun down seven people in a southern Missouri hamlet remained uncertain on Saturday, though authorities speculated that the death of the gunman's mother from cancer could have triggered the rampage.

An Egyptian court sentenced the Muslim Brotherhood's top leader Mohamed Badie to life in prison on Saturday while other members received the death penalty, as part of a sustained crackdown by authorities on Islamists.

A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld a 2013 ruling that UBS AG was not liable to shareholders for saying it was able to control risk even as a rogue trader caused $2.3 billion in losses.