Judah Samet was a Holocaust survivor who then escaped a shooting rampage because he was a few moments late for services.
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Senate passes stopgap bill to avert shutdown, aid Ukraine
The bill finances the federal government through Dec. 16 and buys lawmakers more time to agree on legislation setting spending levels for the 2023 fiscal year.
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Russian billionaire charged with violating U.S. sanctions
Authorities said Oleg Deripaska spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to make it possible for his child to be born in the U.S.
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Oakland police continue search for gunman in school shooting that wounded 6, including 2 critically
Police responded to the scene and found six adults, who have “some affiliation with the school,” suffering from gunshot wounds according to officials.
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Lyrics helped send these rappers to prison. Should California protect ‘creative expressions’?
A new bill would protect other kinds of artists, such as filmmakers and writers, but it gained a reputation in the Capitol as the ‘rap lyrics bill’.
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Victim’s family to appeal Syed’s release in ‘Serial’ case
Adnan Syed was serving a life sentence after he was convicted of strangling Hae Min Lee, whose body was found buried in a Baltimore park.
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Rare 1,000-year-old manuscript returned to Greece from U.S.
The gospel was stolen with another 430 valuable manuscripts by marauding forces from neighboring Bulgaria.
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Russians are less sure of success of Ukraine war, poll shows
The survey by independent pollster Levada Center was conducted in the days after President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilization.
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Republican states sue Biden administration over student loan plan
It’s at least the second legal challenge this week to the sweeping debt-relief proposal laid out by President Biden in late August.
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Thousands trapped, millions without power as Ian heads to South Carolina
Hurricane Ian regains some strength after exiting Florida and taking aim at South Carolina.