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This is AP news minute. 

1. Police say a Sikh man is recovering after a gunman approached him as he rode his car on a suburban¹ Seattle driveway and told him "Go back to your country", before shooting him in the arm. Authorities in the city of Kent are searching for the shooter and have contacted the FBI and other law enforcement agencies. 

2. Iraqi troops continue to push further into western Mosul on Sunday. It is launching a series of attack against Islamic state group held neighborhoods in the city. The push on Mosul's west was launched about two weeks ago, after the eastern half of the city was declared fully² liberated³ in January. 

3. Survivors⁴ of recent heavy floods in Zimbabwe have lost homes, property and livelihood⁵. Some communities have bridges, roads and farms destroyed after suffering from intense drought for months. Floods have killed nearly 250 people in the country since December. 

4. The sound of howling dog filled downtown Anchorage as mushers from around the world gathered for the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. About 2000 dogs belonging to 72 mushers waited their turn to hit the trail Saturday. 

Suzanne Yee Gaffney,  the Associated Press with AP News Minute.