FOG BLOG U.S. NEWS LOG: JULY 4TH TRAGEDIES, MASS SHOOTINGS IN PHILADELPHIA AND TEXAS!

Rash of mass shootings kills 10 in US ahead of July 4 holiday Mass shootings in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Fort Worth, Texas, claimed the lives of 10 people ahead of the Fourth of July holiday, officials said, a grim reminder of the decades-long failure to curb gun-fueled violence in the United States.

In Fort Worth, three people were killed and eight wounded in a mass shooting following a local festival, police said on Tuesday.

In a separate mass shooting incident in Philadelphia on Monday evening, five people were killed and two were injured when a suspect in a bullet-proof vest opened fire on apparent strangers, according to local police. A toddler and a teenager were among the wounded.