Wednesday Morning Read: Shooting injures Congressman, London apartment blaze, homeless housing rezoning approved

TODAY'S WEATHER — Still warm, chances of storms. High 90, low 67.

SHOOTING INJURES CONGRESSMAN, OTHERS — A gunman opened fire on Republican members of Congress during a baseball practice near Washington early on Wednesday, wounding several people including House of Representatives Majority Whip Steve Scalise before being taken into custody, police and media reports said. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/news/update-gunman-dead-after-shooting-at-congressional-baseball-practice/

LONDON APARTMENT BLAZE — At least six people were killed and 50 injured and many others missing on Wednesday as a fire ripped through a high-rise apartment building in west London where residents had long warned of the potential risk of a catastrophic blaze. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/news/update-could-the-london-high-rise-fire-have-been-prevented/

HOMELESS HOUSING REZONING APPROVED — Cedar Rapids City Council rejected calls to separate the final two votes on an affordable housing complex in a northwest neighborhood to different days, finalizing the necessary rezoning Tuesday. This ends more than a year of heated and contentious debate and two rounds of votes for Crestwood Ridge Apartments, a 45-unit apartment complex that will include five units for the chronically homeless. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/government-politics/homeless-housing-rezoning-gets-final-approval/

HAWKEYE DUO DRAFTED — Almost exactly a year ago, Jake Adams was a man without a college. Now he's about to become a professional baseball player with a nice little chunk of change in his pocket. Iowa teammate Mason McCoy was taken by the Baltimore Orioles just seven picks after Adams. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/baseball-and-softball/hawkeyes-see-pair-of-players-drafted-in-6th-round-of-mlb-draft/

QUOTABLE — 'It's hard to understand why we need to lock up a 4- or 5-year-old in a 6-by-6 cell because we can't calm them down.' Iowa City school board member Phil Hemingway, regarding the use of seclusion rooms