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PROBLEM: The uniformed members of the Bellefontaine Neighbors Police Department were injured in an encounter with a gunman around 7:15 a.m. local time  but expected to survive  according to Sgt.  Shawn McGuire of the St. Louis County Police Department.
  McGuire  said the incident began when the department received a call Wednesday night about shots fired in the suburb. Police were unable to locate the person related to the report  but they remained in the area overnight near a residence where they thought the shots potentially came from.
In the morning  police received a call from a neighbor who saw someone leave the house. Two officers located the individual  a 37-year-old man  walking down the street and tried to have a dialogue with him  according to  McGuire .
The officers ultimately attempted to take the man into custody and a scuffle ensued. At some point  the man took out a firearm and shot the officers   McGuire  said.
Ballistic vests worn by the officers blocked the rounds of gunfire but they still suffered some injuries. Both were hospitalized for treatment and evaluation  according to  McGuire .
The firearm used to shoot the officers has not yet been recovered   McGuire  said. The St. Louis County Police Department was on scene assisting with the barricaded suspect.

SOLUTION: Standoff ensues after 2 police officers shot near St. Louis

PROBLEM: Russian election officials on Monday formally barred  Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny  from running for president  prompting calls from  him  for a boycott of next year's vote.
 Navalny  is implicitly barred from running for office because of a conviction in a fraud case which has been viewed as political retribution.  He  could have run if  he  was given a special dispensation or if  his  conviction was cancelled.
 Incumbent Vladimir Putin  is set to easily win a fourth term in office in the March 18 election  with  his  approval ratings topping 80%.
 Putin  foe clears first step in bid for Russian presidency
Over the past year   Navalny  has mounted a grassroots campaign which reached out to the most remote corners of  Putin 's heartland.
 Navalny   41  is the most serious challenger that  Putin  has faced in all  his  years in power  and the court cases against  him  have been widely seen as a tool to keep  him  from running for office.
In a pre-recorded video message that was released minutes after the Election Commission handed down the decision  Navalny called on  his  supporters to boycott the vote.
"The procedure that we're invited to take part is not an election "  he  said. "Only Putin and the candidates  he  has hand-picked are taking part in it."
Central Election Commission chief Ella Pamfilova told  Navalny  ahead of its vote to bar him that "maybe we would be interested if you were running " but said the conviction doesn't allow the commission to put him on the ballot.
Speaking before the vote   Navalny  told the commission that  their  decision to bar him would be a vote "not against me  but against 16 000 people who have nominated me  against 200 000 volunteers who have been canvassing for me."
The involvement of Ksenia Sobchak  a 36-year-old star TV host  could raise public interest in the race. While Sobchak has denied colluding with the Kremlin  she could attract some of  Navalny 's supporters and help boost attendance.
Sobchak criticized  Navalny 's call for boycotting the vote  saying Monday that the "election is the only way to change something  and boycotting them is inefficient and harmful."

SOLUTION: Russian officials bar Navalny from running for president

PROBLEM: After the election , the campaign deployed Cruz to Florida to assist with the recount . 
Cruz , the junior senator from Texas , ran for president in 2016 . 
Sen. Ted Cruz , R-Texas , speaks after President Donald Trump at the National Rifle Association-ILA Leadership Forum , Friday , April 28 , 2017 , in Atlanta . 
Cruz was raised Baptist , graduating as valedictorian from Houston 's Second Baptist School . 
Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz was born Dec. 22 , 1970 , in Calgary , Alberta , in Canada . 
Heidi worked for the Treasury Department 's Latin American desk and then was a vice president at Goldman Sachs , but resigned when Cruz launched his bid for the presidency in 2015 . 
Cruz 's political career got off to a rocky start . 
He resigned in 2008 and campaigned to succeed Abbott , who ultimately decided to run again , temporarily ending Cruz 's ambitions . 
Cruz took a private practice job as an attorney in downtown Houston , representing corporate clients . 
As a candidate for Senate in 2012 , Cruz became one of the faces of the tea party movement , beating out an establishment favorite , Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst , for the Republican nomination . 
Despite his family 's immigrant past , Cruz favors stricter immigration standards , including militarization of the U.S.-Mexico border , and opposed the DREAM Act . 
Cruz married Heidi Nelson , whom he met working on the Bush campaign , in 2001 . 
Cruz ran for president in 2016 , before even finishing his first term as in the Senate . 
Once Bush took office , Cruz worked at the Justice Department as an associate deputy attorney general in 2001 , but he had developed a reputation as "abrasive" during the campaign and ended up moving to the "unglamorous" position as the director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission in 2002 , a job Cruz saw as "penance" for rubbing people the wrong way on the campaign .

SOLUTION:
10 Things You Did n't Know About Ted Cruz .