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Long Beach police responded to an incident in the 3700 block of Gardenia Avenue early Saturday morning. (Long Beach Police Department) Staff Writer Oct. 17, 2026 5:31 PM PT Click here to listen to this article See more from the L. A. Times in Google Search. Set us as preferred Two men were found dead with upper-body gunshot wounds inside a Long Beach home after a man fired at police and a standoff brought SWAT officers to the residential neighborhood. Police said officers were not injured and found several firearms inside; the circumstances of the men’s deaths remain under investigation as the department reviews body-camera footage. Two men were found dead inside a Long Beach home after one of them exchanged shots with police and sparked a standoff with SWAT officers in a residential neighborhood early Saturday morning, police said. The incident occurred along the 3700 block of Gardenia Avenue, where police received a call about two shots being fired in a nearby residence, Long Beach police said in a statement. When officers arrived they made contact with an adult male inside the house, who threatened to shoot police officers.

Zimbabweans have already suffered gravely as a result of abrupt disruptions to lifesaving malaria, tuberculosis (TB), and HIV programs caused by the U. S. stop work orders and USAID award terminations in 2025.1 A new catastrophe will start to unfold September 30, when all health programs funded through the State Department will abruptly end, as announced September 22 by the U. S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Pamela Tremont.2 Conflict over clauses on data sharing contained in the 5-year draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that would govern $367 million in U. S. health aid has been blamed publicly by President Mnangagwa for the current crisis. (Health GAP has shared the draft MOU here.) But the truth is more complicated—the clause on data sharing was only one factor, and the U. S. could have rescued the MOU negotiations at any point. This article describes why this shutdown is happening, the consequences for Zimbabweans, and civil society demands for corrective action. What does the U. S. government fund in Zimbabwe? The decades-long health partnership between Zimbabwe and the U. S.

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