Chuck Quirmbach

The American League Championship Series gets underway Sunday evening with the Seattle Mariners taking on the Toronto Blue Jays.

For NPR News, I'm Chuck Quirmbach in Milwaukee.

About 200 people sang the Israeli national anthem at the Jewish Community Center in the Milwaukee suburb of Whitefish Bay.

The Sunday afternoon event also included prayers and remembrances.

Donna Kleiner says this year's ceremony comes as a proposed peace agreement between Hamas and Israel leaves her cautiously optimistic.

But Kleiner says she's also aware that other peace proposals have failed to end the war.

For NPR News, I'm Chuck Quirmbach in Milwaukee.

The shooting took place at Abundant Life Christian School, a kindergarten through 12th grade school that serves students from about 200 families. Madison Police Chief Sean Barnes says he believes the shooter was a teenage student who was armed with a handgun. Barnes says he doesn't know the shooter's motive, but says his detectives are working on the case.

The shooting took place at Abundant Life Christian School, a kindergarten through 12th grade school that serves students from about 200 families. Madison Police Chief Sean Barnes says he believes the shooter was a teenage student who was armed with a handgun. Barnes says he doesn't know the shooter's motive, but says his detectives are working on the case.

Barnes says the suspect was dead when police entered the school in response to a 911 call from inside the building. For NPR News, I'm Chuck Quirmbach in Milwaukee.

Barnes says the suspect was dead when police entered the school in response to a 911 call from inside the building. For NPR News, I'm Chuck Quirmbach in Milwaukee.