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Comedian Gallagher, best known for his watermelon-smashing comedy routine and many popular specials in the 1980s, died Friday morning, according his manager Craig Marquardo. He was 76.

According to a statement provided to CNN by Marquardo, the comedian died "after a short health battle" and "passed away surrounded by his family in Palm Springs, California."

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Gallagher, born Leo Gallagher, became a household name in the early '80s with a comedy special titled "An Uncensored Evening," the first comedy stand up special ever to air on cable television, according to an obituary shared by Marquardo.

Gallagher's most famous bit involved a hand-made sledgehammer he called the "Sledge-O-Matic," which he would use to smash food on stage, spraying the audience.

"That was something else he liked to claim credit for, which was physically engaging the audience in that manner," the obituary said.

Gallagher, a Fort Bragg, North Carolina native, earned a chemical engineering degree from the University of South Florida before moving to Los Angeles and developing his comedy act at legendary venue The Comedy Store, located on the Sunset Strip, according to his biography on the website for Selak Entertainment, a booking agency.

People began to take notice in 1975 when he performed his brand of prop comedy on Johnny Carson's famed "The Tonight Show."

TV was good to him and in 1978, he made an appearance on "The Mike Douglas Show" and the next year appeared on "The Merv Griffin Show."

But it was his Showtime 1980s comedy specials that firmly cemented him in pop culture, and he would go on to do more than a dozen for the network over 27 years.

He was also an early staple of MTV and Comedy Central.

"While his counterparts went on to do sitcoms, host talk shows and star in movies, Gallagher stayed on the road touring America for decades," the obituary said. "He was pretty sure he held a record for the most stand up dates, by attrition alone."

Gallagher toured steadily until the Covid-19 pandemic hit and used the break to spend time with his son, Barnaby, and daughter Aimee, the latter of whom had appeared with him on his specials when she was a child.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Police on Monday captured a University of Virginia student suspected of fatally shooting three members of the school's football team as they returned to campus from a field trip.

The violence that also wounded two students erupted near a parking garage and sent the campus into a lockdown that lasted overnight while police searched for the gunman.

Officials got word during a midmorning news briefing that the suspect, Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., 22, had been arrested.

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"Just give me a moment to thank God, breathe a sigh of relief," university Police Chief Timothy Longo Sr. said after learning Jones was in custody.

The shooting happened just after 10:15 p.m. Sunday as a charter bus full of students returned from seeing a play in Washington.

University President Jim Ryan said authorities did not have a "full understanding" of the motive or circumstances surrounding the shooting.

"The entire university community is grieving this morning," a visibly strained Ryan said. "My heart is broken for the victims and their families and for all those who knew and loved them."

Ryan identified the three students who were killed as: Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr. and D'Sean Perry. He said one of the wounded students was hospitalized in critical condition, and the other was in good condition.

The shooting touched off an intense manhunt, with authorities conducting a building-by-building search of the campus while students sheltered in place for more than 12 hours. The lockdown order was lifted late Monday morning.

Police obtained arrest warrants for Jones charging him with three counts of second-degree murder and three counts of using a handgun in the commission of a felony, Longo said.

Jones had once played on the football team, but he had not been a member of the team for at least a year, Longo said.

Jones came to the attention of the university's threat assessment team this fall after a person unaffiliated with the school reported a remark Jones apparently made about possessing a gun, Longo said.

No threat was reported in conjunction with the concern about the weapon, but officials looked into it, following up with Jones' roommate.

Longo also said Jones had been involved in a "hazing investigation of some sort." He said he did not have all the facts and circumstances of that case, though he said the probe was closed after witnesses failed to cooperate.

In addition, officials learned about a prior incident outside Charlottesville involving a weapons violation, Longo said. That incident was not reported to the university as it should have been, he said.

Eva Surovell, the editor in chief of the student newspaper, The Cavalier Daily, said that after students received an alert about an active shooter late Sunday night, she ran to the parking garage, but saw that it was blocked off by police. When she went to a nearby intersection, she was told to go shelter in place.

"A police officer told me that the shooter was nearby, and I needed to return home as soon as possible," she said.

She waited with other reporters, hoping to get additional details, then returned to her room to start working on the story. The gravity of the situation sunk in.

"My generation is certainly one that's grown up with generalized gun violence, but that doesn't make it any easier when it's your own community," she said.

Elsewhere, police in Moscow, Idaho, were investigating the deaths of four University of Idaho students found Sunday in a home near the campus.

Officers discovered the deaths when they responded to a report of an unconscious person, authorities said.

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Four University of Idaho students found dead in an off-campus home were targeted, and the killer or killers used a knife or other "edged weapon," police disclosed Tuesday.

Investigators were trying to establish a timeline to recreate the victims' activities on Saturday night and early Sunday morning, "following all leads and identifying persons of interest," the Moscow Police Department said in a news release. The killings likely occurred in the early morning hours and the bodies were found around noon.

The students were killed in what is considered to be "an isolated, targeted attack and there is no imminent threat to the community at large," according to police, who earlier said evidence from the scene led them to believe there was no broader risk. Police provided no information about that evidence or why they believe the victims were targeted.

Autopsies expected to be completed later this week could provide more information about how the victims were killed.

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Police discovered the students' bodies Sunday as they responded to a report of an unconscious person at a home steps away from the campus. The victims were identified as Ethan Chapin, a 20-year-old from Conway, Washington; Madison Mogen, a 21-year-old from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; Xana Kernodle, 20, from Avondale, Arizona; and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, from Rathdrum, Idaho.

The university canceled classes on Monday, and said additional security staffers were available to walk students across campus if needed during the remainder of the week.

Still, the initial lack of information about the cause of the deaths — and the fact that police have said there is no one in custody — prompted many students to leave campus early, days before the Thanksgiving break was scheduled to begin.

A vigil for the slain students that was originally scheduled for Wednesday evening has been postponed until after Thanksgiving break, University of Idaho spokesman Kyle Pfannenstiel said in an email Tuesday.

In a memo released Monday afternoon, University of Idaho President Scott Green urged university employees to be empathetic and flexible and work with students who decided to leave classes to spend time with their families.

"Words cannot adequately describe the light these students brought to this world or ease the depth of suffering we feel at their passing under these tragic circumstances," Green wrote of the slain students.

The police said anyone with information should contact the department and asked that people respect the privacy of the victims' family and friends.

Brian Nickerson, the fire chief of the Moscow Volunteer Fire and EMS Department, said police were the first to arrive at the home. The first responders from the fire and EMS department didn't go inside or transport anyone from the scene, Nickerson said.

The city of Moscow is a close-knit college town nestled in the rolling hills of north-central Idaho, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) southeast of Spokane, Washington.

The University said Chapin was a freshman and a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity, and Kernodle was a junior majoring in marketing and a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority. Mogen was a senior also majoring in marketing and a member of Pi Beta Phi, and Goncalves was a senior majoring in general studies and a member of the Alpha Phi sorority, the university said. The university also had different home town listed for Chapin and Kernodle than the towns listed in the Moscow Police Department release: The school said Chapin was from Mount Vernon, Washington, and Kernodle was from Post Falls, Idaho.

Shortly after Moscow police announced the homicide investigation, students at the University of Virginia were also told to shelter in place after police said a suspect gunned down fellow students on a bus as they returned from a school field trip. The shooting left three members of the school's football team dead and two other students injured. The shooting touched off an intense manhunt Sunday, and authorities announced Monday that a suspect, Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., had been apprehended.

NEW YORK (AP) — John Aniston, the Emmy-winning star of the daytime soap opera "Days of Our Lives" and father of Jennifer Aniston, has died at age 89.

The actor's daughter posted a tribute to him Monday morning on Instagram, announcing that he had died Friday, Veteran's Day. John Aniston served in the U.S. Navy.

"Sweet papa… John Anthony Aniston," Jennifer Aniston wrote. "You were one of the most beautiful humans I ever knew. I am so grateful that you went soaring into the heavens in peace — and without pain. And on 11/11 no less! You always had perfect timing. That number will forever hold an even greater meaning for me now."

John Aniston's acting credits included "Search for Tomorrow," "The West Wing" and "Gilmore Girls." But he was best-known for his long-running role on "Days of Our Lives" as family patriarch Victor Kiriakis, the former drug lord who goes on to found the powerful Titan Industries.

In 2017, his work on "Days of Our Lives" brought him an Emmy nomination for best supporting actor in a drama series. Earlier this year, he was presented a lifetime achievement Emmy, with Jennifer Aniston honoring him via video.

"It's an opportunity to not only pay tribute to a true icon in the daytime television world, but it's also a chance to recognize the lifelong achievements of a great and well-respected actor, who also happens to be my dad," Jennifer Aniston said at the time. "John Aniston has been working in television consistently for over half a century."

John Aniston was born Yannis Anastassakis in Crete, Greece, and emigrated with his family to Pennsylvania when he was a child. A theater major at Pennsylvania State University, he began his professional acting career in the 1960s, with early roles in "Combat!", "I Spy" and "The Virginian."

Aniston was married twice, most recently to Sherry Rooney. He had two children, Jennifer and Alexander Aniston, and a stepson, John Melick.

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DALLAS (AP) — Officials have released the names of the six people killed in a deadly collision between two vintage military aircraft at a Dallas air show.

The Commemorative Air Force, which put on the show, on Monday identified the victims as: Terry Barker, Craig Hutain, Kevin “K5” Michels, Dan Ragan, Leonard “Len” Root, and Curt Rowe.

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They died Saturday when a World War II-era bomber and a fighter plane collided and crashed in a ball of flames, horrifying spectators who had gathered for the air show, which opened on Veterans' Day.

Several videos posted on social media show the fighter plane flying into the bomber.

Armin Mizani, the mayor of Keller, Texas, said Barker was a retired pilot who lived in Keller, a town of 50,000, where many of the residents know each other.

“It’s definitely a big loss in our community,” he said. “We’re grieving.”

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Photos: Collision between two vintage military aircraft at a Dallas air show kills six

DJ Abby De La Rosa slyly alluded Tuesday to the fact that Nick Cannon is the father of her third baby — and confirmed that she's expecting one child with him, not another set of twins, as she had teased previously.

In her Instagram story, De La Rosa responded to a post from the account @libras.society that said Tuesday, "1 night with a Libra can turn into 3-4 years ... be careful," dropping an "exhaling" emoji into the middle of that thought.

"damn! lol 1 night turned into 4 years and 3 kids real quick," De La Rosa wrote. "I see no lies here smh. y'all be safe out there."

Cannon, born on Oct. 8, 1980, is a Libra. The host of "The Masked Singer" is also the father of Zion and Zillion, his and De La Rosa's 16-month-old twin sons. His new baby with De La Rosa will be his 12th.

De La Rosa didn't name Cannon as the father of her child when she announced she was pregnant in June, but he hinted a few days later that he had more kids on the way. Then in early October, the DJ celebrated a babymoon vacation with Cannon by posting Instagram Story photos that included, according to People, a shot of him looking out over the ocean and a shot of both of them together. That was after he bought De La Rosa and their sons a house in September, saying, "It's the least I could do."

In an Instagram Story Q&A in September 2021, De La Rosa explained that her first pregnancy — she lost that baby — was not planned, but "Nick was such a great friend to me and just so good to me" that they started planning to have a child.

"Let me just add that this planning wasn't like us sitting down with a calendar and being like, 'You gotta be pregnant by this date,'" she said, per People. "It had already been a thought and it happened. It had already been out there, it was something we were manifesting and we were just letting it flow."

Baby No. 11, Cannon's second child with model Alyssa Scott, is also on the way, according to an announcement that came last week. Their first child, Zen, died of brain cancer in December at only 5 months old.

And, of course, babies 11 and 12 could always swap their places in the Cannon family birth order, depending on when the two moms conceived and when the little ones ultimately enter the world.

His 10th child, son Rise Messiah Cannon, was born in late September to model Brittany Bell. Bell and Cannon share three kids, including son Golden and daughter Powerful Queen.

Cannon welcomed his ninth child, daughter Onyx Ice Cole Cannon, with model Lanisha Cole in mid-September. His eighth child, son Legendary, was born in July to model Bre Tiesi.

Also, Cannon and ex-wife Mariah Carey share daughter Monroe and son Moroccan, who are fraternal twins. Born in 2011, they are both 11 years old.

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Former President Donald Trump is preparing to launch his third campaign for the White House on Tuesday, looking to move on from disappointing midterm defeats and defy history amid signs that his grip on the Republican Party is waning.

Trump had hoped to use the GOP's expected gains in last week's elections as a springboard to vault himself to his party's nomination. Instead, he finds himself being blamed for backing a series of losing candidates after Republicans failed to take control of the Senate. While the party was on the cusp of retaking control of the House on Tuesday, it could end up with its narrowest majority in decades.

Trump, eager to return to the spotlight, is also hoping to stave off a long list of potential challengers, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who cruised to reelection last week and is now being urged by many in his party to run for president a well.

Trump has already begun to lash out at DeSantis publicly and on Tuesday, the Florida governor responded, dismissing the criticism as “noise."

Others are making a break from Trump. Former Vice President Mike Pence blames Donald Trump for endangering his family “and all those serving at the Capitol” on Jan. 6 in a new memoir released Tuesday.

In “So Help Me God,” Pence recounts, for the first time in his own words, the Republican former president's extraordinary effort to push him to overturn the results of the 2020 election and shares his account of the day thousands of rioters stormed the Capitol, with some chanting “Hang Mike Pence."

A look back at President Trump's 2020 campaign in photos

Photos: Donald Trump through the years

Talking politics

With Melania

'How to Get Rich'

On the course

At Doral

Sarazen Cup

With Serena

USS Iowa

Debating Jeb Bush

In Biloxi

Campaign rally

Winning South Carolina

She's with him

Signing autographs

Another debate

Waving to supporters

In Arizona

The Trump family

At the convention

The nominee

The ticket

Showing her support

In Mexico

Debating Clinton

Casting his vote

Election Night

In the Oval Office

Mitt Romney

The inauguration

Thumbs up

Taking the oath

Waving goodbye

Armed Forces Ball

James Comey

Trump to lay out his agenda to Congress

Thanking school children

Medal of Honor recipients

Justice Anthony Kennedy swears in Neil Gorsuch

Easter Egg Roll

Super Bowl champs

Little Sisters of the Poor

Russian foreign minister, ambassador

At the Western Wall

Meeting the pope

Wreath-laying ceremony in Arlington

National champs

Congressional shooting

At the White House

Congressional Picnic

Go, Cubs, go

Departing the White House

USS Gerald R. Ford joins the Navy

The eclipse

9/11 anniversary

Trump addresses world leaders at U.N. General Assembly

Las Vegas shooting

Trump visits Puerto Rico

Trump meets Kissinger

With Trudeau

Medal of Honor

Happy Halloween

National Christmas Tree Lighting

Celebrating GOP tax plan

March for Life

State of the Union

School shootings

State dinner

With Olympians

Greeting a guest

Freed Americans

Historic summit

With Kim Kardashian West

In Washington

Trump North Carolina

Debating Joe Biden

Election Night 2020

Jan. 6

Leaving the White House

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is suing the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol to avoid cooperating with a subpoena requiring him to testify.

The suit filed Friday evening contends that, while former presidents have voluntarily agreed to provide testimony or documents in response to congressional subpoenas in the past, “no president or former president has ever been compelled to do so.”

“Long-held precedent and practice maintain that separation of powers prohibits Congress from compelling a President to testify before it,” Trump attorney David A. Warrington said in a statement announcing Trump's intentions.

Warrington said Trump had engaged with the committee "in a good faith effort to resolve these concerns consistent with Executive Branch prerogatives and separation of powers,” but said the panel “insists on pursuing a political path, leaving President Trump with no choice but to involve the third branch, the judicial branch, in this dispute between the executive and legislative branches.”

The committee declined to comment on the filing, which comes days before the deadline set by the committee for Trump to begin cooperating. But the suit likely dooms the prospect of Trump ever having to testify, given that the committee is expected to disband at the end of the legislative session in January.

It also comes just days before Trump is expected to formally launch a third campaign for president at his Mar-Lago club.

The committee had voted to subpoena Trump during its final televised hearing before the midterm elections and formally did so last month, demanding testimony from the former president either at the Capitol or by videoconference by mid-November, and continuing for multiple days if necessary.

The letter also outlined a sweeping request for documents, including personal communications between Trump and members of Congress as well as extremist groups. Trump's response to that request was due last week, but the nine-member panel extended its deadline to this week.

In his suit, Trump’s attorneys attack the subpoena as overly broad and frame it as an infringement of his First Amendment rights. They also argue other sources besides Trump could provide the same information the committee wants from him.

The panel — comprised of seven Democrats and two Republicans — issued a statement last week saying it was in communication with Trump’s attorneys.

The committee’s decision to subpoena Trump in late October was a major escalation in its investigation, a step lawmakers said was necessary because, members allege, the former president was the “central player” in a multi-part effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

“I think that he has a legal obligation to testify but that doesn’t always carry weight with Donald Trump,” committee vice chair Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., said during an event last week.

In addition to demanding that Trump testify, the committee also made 19 requests for documents and communication — including for any messages Trump sent on the encrypted messaging app Signal or by "any other means” to members of Congress and others about the stunning events of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.

The scope of the committee’s request was expansive — pursuing documents from Sept. 1, 2020, two months before the election, to the present on the president’s communications with the groups like the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys — as the panel looks to compile a historical record of the run-up to the Capitol attack, the event itself and the aftermath.

Trump's lawsuit was filed in the Southern District of Florida, where other Trump lawyers successfully sued to secure a special master who has been tasked with conducting an independent review of records seized by the FBI during an Aug. 8 search of Mar-a-Lago.

Photos: Donald Trump through the years

Talking politics

With Melania

'How to Get Rich'

On the course

At Doral

Sarazen Cup

With Serena

USS Iowa

Debating Jeb Bush

In Biloxi

Campaign rally

Winning South Carolina

She's with him

Signing autographs

Another debate

Waving to supporters

In Arizona

The Trump family

At the convention

The nominee

The ticket

Showing her support

In Mexico

Debating Clinton

Casting his vote

Election Night

In the Oval Office

Mitt Romney

The inauguration

Thumbs up

Taking the oath

Waving goodbye

Armed Forces Ball

James Comey

Trump to lay out his agenda to Congress

Thanking school children

Medal of Honor recipients

Justice Anthony Kennedy swears in Neil Gorsuch

Easter Egg Roll

Super Bowl champs

Little Sisters of the Poor

Russian foreign minister, ambassador

At the Western Wall

Meeting the pope

Wreath-laying ceremony in Arlington

National champs

Congressional shooting

At the White House

Congressional Picnic

Go, Cubs, go

Departing the White House

USS Gerald R. Ford joins the Navy

The eclipse

9/11 anniversary

Trump addresses world leaders at U.N. General Assembly

Las Vegas shooting

Trump visits Puerto Rico

Trump meets Kissinger

With Trudeau

Medal of Honor

Happy Halloween

National Christmas Tree Lighting

Celebrating GOP tax plan

March for Life

State of the Union

School shootings

State dinner

With Olympians

Greeting a guest

Freed Americans

Historic summit

With Kim Kardashian West

In Washington

Trump North Carolina

Debating Joe Biden

Election Night 2020

Jan. 6

Leaving the White House

Democrats kept control of the Senate on Saturday, repelling Republican efforts to retake the chamber and making it harder for them to thwart President Joe Biden's agenda. The fate of the House was still uncertain as the GOP struggled to pull together a slim majority there.

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto's victory in Nevada gave Democrats the 50 seats they needed to keep the Senate. Her win reflects the surprising strength of Democrats across the U.S. this election year. Seeking reelection in an economically challenged state that has some of the highest gas prices in the nation, Cortez Masto was considered the Senate's most vulnerable member, adding to the frustration of Republicans who were confident she could be defeated.

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer claimed victory Saturday night, tweeting, "Your Senate Democratic Majority!"

With the results in Nevada now decided, Georgia is the only state where both parties are still competing for a Senate seat. Democratic incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock faces GOP challenger Herschel Walker in a Dec. 6 runoff. Alaska's Senate race has advanced to ranked choice voting, though the seat will stay in Republican hands.

Democratic control of the Senate ensures a smoother process for Biden's Cabinet appointments and judicial picks, including those for potential Supreme Court openings. The party will also keep control over committees and have the power to conduct investigations or oversight of the Biden administration, and will be able to reject legislation sent over by the House if the GOP wins that chamber.

If Democrats manage to pull off a win in the House, it would mean full control of Congress for Democrats — and another chance to advance Biden priorities, which he has said include codifying abortion rights. The party still lacks the 60 votes in the Senate needed to move many kinds of major legislative changes.

The Senate fight had hinged on a handful of deeply contested seats. Both parties spent tens of millions of dollars in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Nevada and Georgia, the top battlegrounds where Democrats had hoped that Republicans' decision to nominate untested candidates — many backed by former President Donald Trump — would help them defy national headwinds.

Democrats scored a big win in Pennsylvania, where Lt. Gov. John Fetterman defeated celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz, who was endorsed by Trump, to pick up a seat currently held by a Republican. Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly won reelection by about 5 percentage points.

A closely divided swing state, Nevada is one of the most racially diverse in the nation, a working-class state whose residents have been especially hard-hit by inflation and other economic turmoil. Roughly three-fourths of Nevada voters said the country is headed in the wrong direction, and about half called the economy the most important issue facing the country, according to AP VoteCast, a survey of 2,100 of the state's voters.

Heading into the midterm election, Republicans focused relentlessly on the economy, a top concern for many voters amid stubborn inflation and high gas and food prices. The GOP also hit Democrats on crime, a message that sometimes overstated the threat but nonetheless tapped into anxiety, particularly among the suburban voters who turned away from the party in 2018 and 2020. And they highlighted illegal border crossings, accusing Biden and other Democrats of failing to protect the country.

But Democrats were buoyed by voters angry about the Supreme Court's June decision overturning the constitutional right to an abortion. They also portrayed Republicans as too extreme and a threat to democracy, following the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and Trump's false claims — repeated by many GOP candidates — that the 2020 election was stolen from him.

Nationally, VoteCast showed that 7 in 10 voters said the Supreme Court's decision on Roe v. Wade was an important factor in their midterm decisions. It also showed the reversal was broadly unpopular. And roughly 6 in 10 said they favor a law guaranteeing access to legal abortion nationwide.

Half of voters said inflation factored significantly in their vote, while 44% said the future of democracy was their primary consideration.

Beyond Congress, Democrats won key governors' races in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania — battlegrounds critical to Biden's 2020 win over Trump. Republicans, though, held governors' mansions in Florida, Texas and Georgia — another battleground state Biden narrowly won two years ago.

Though the midterms failed to deliver Republican romps, Trump remains a major factor in the national party and plans to announce his a third run for the presidency Tuesday at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida — setting up a potential rematch for the White House with Biden.

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WHITTIER, Calif. (AP) — A vehicle that struck 22 Los Angeles County sheriff's recruits on a training run around dawn Wednesday, critically injuring at least five of them, was traveling on the wrong side of the road just before the crash, authorities said.

A total of 23 people were injured, including the driver, said Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesperson Capt. Sheila Kelliher.

Keep scrolling for a collection of photos from the scene

In addition to the five who were critically injured, there were four with moderate injuries and 14 with minor injuries. The driver was among those with minor injuries, she said.

"I am personally heart sick," Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn said, adding that she was focusing on the cadets who were injured to pull through this.

The crash occurred just before 6:30 a.m. in suburban Whittier, where a training academy is located.

California Highway Patrol Assistant Chief Charlie Sampson said about 75 recruits were running in formation northbound in the street when the southbound vehicle veered into the opposing lane and struck the victims.

Sampson identified the driver a 22-year-old man from suburban Diamond Bar but withheld his name.

Sampson said the driver was cooperating with investigators. All possibilities, ranging from an intentional act to impaired driving, will be investigated, he said. Sampson said he did not have results of a field sobriety test.

TV news helicopter broadcasts showed a large response of firefighters and ambulances, an SUV with severe front-end damage straddling a toppled pole on a sidewalk, as well as numerous individuals nearby in uniform workout clothes. Close by was also a 25 mph (40 kph) speed limit sign.

Running shoes and a backpack were strewn around the scene.

"Our hearts are with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's recruits injured this morning while training to serve their communities," Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement. "Jennifer and I send our best wishes for their recovery and stand with their loved ones and colleagues at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department during this difficult time."

Photos: 22 LA County sheriff's recruits hit by vehicle during run

Luke Combs was crowned entertainer of the year at Wednesday's Country Music Association Awards, the second year in a row that he's taken home the night's top honor.

The show opened with Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert and Reba McEntire playing tribute to the late country queen Loretta Lynn.

The superstar trio performed a medley of Lynn’s hits including “You Ain’t Woman Enough,” “Don’t Come Home A-Drinkin’” and “Coal Miner’s Daughter” as images of Lynn were projected behind them and audience members sang along.

Keep scrolling for top photos from the CMA Awards

Rock pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis, who like Lynn died last month, was honored with a fiery tribute by Elle King and the Black Keys.

Alan Jackson accepted the lifetime achievement award, recounting how a movie about Hank Williams inspired him to move to Nashville when he was flat broke. He teared up during his speech, ending it by telling the audience, “I’m still living that honky tonk dream, y’all.” Read the full story here:

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THE WINNERS

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR: Luke Combs

SINGLE OF THE YEAR: "'Til You Can't" -- Cody Johnson

ALBUM OF THE YEAR: "Growin' Up" -- Luke Combs

SONG OF THE YEAR: "Buy Dirt" -- Jordan Davis featuring Luke Bryan

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR: Lainey Wilson

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR: Chris Stapleton

VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR: Old Dominion

VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR: Brothers Osborne

MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR: "Never Wanted To Be That Girl" -- Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde

MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR: Jenee Fleenor, Fiddle

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR : "'Til You Can't" -- Cody Johnson

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR  : Lainey Wilson

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Photo highlights from the 2022 CMA Awards