Dave Mattingly

The House and Senate are off this week.

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Police in Rhode Island say they're still piecing together the events that led to yesterday's deadly shooting at a youth ice hockey game in Pawtucket.

Two people were killed.

Three others were hospitalized in critical condition.

The city's police chief says it appears the gunman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

She describes the attack as targeted.

At the Winter Olympics in Italy, it'll be the U.S.

versus Canada for the gold medal in women's hockey.

The American team shut out Sweden yesterday 5-0 in the Olympic semifinal to advance to the gold medal game.

The U.S.

has won gold and bronze in the women's Olympic bobsled competition, as NPR's Brian Mann reports.

And repeating our top story, civil rights icon and two-time Democratic presidential candidate Jesse Jackson has died at the age of 84.

I'm Dave Mattingly, NPR News in Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly.

The federal government is once again in a partial shutdown after Congress could not agree on funding for the Department of Homeland Security.

The House and Senate are in recess this week.

Democratic lawmakers are pressing for changes to how DHS conducts immigration enforcement before agreeing to additional funding.

Republican Congressman Andrew Garbarino of New York chairs the House Homeland Security Committee.

He notes U.S.