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Trump calls Pittsburgh synagogue attack 'evil' anti-Semitism

Trump calls Pittsburgh synagogue attack 'evil' anti-Semitism

President Trump mourned the dead and forcefully condemned anti-Semitism Saturday after a mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue that left 11 dead. But faced with another national tragedy, he could not long turn his focus away from the midterm elections or himself.
by Associated Press

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Gunman attacks Pittsburgh synagogue, killing 11 people

Gunman attacks Pittsburgh synagogue, killing 11 people

A gunman who's believed to have spewed anti-Semitic slurs and rhetoric on social media barged into a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday and opened fire, killing 11 people in one of the deadliest attacks on Jews in U.S. history.
by Associated Press

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A brutal lynching and a possible confession, decades later

A brutal lynching and a possible confession, decades later

A recent book recounts the brutal lynching of a 14-year-old black boy in 1955. In it, the woman who accused the boy of assault admits she was lying. The FBI has reopened the murder investigation.
by Wade Goodwyn

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DNA, fingerprint match helped lead FBI to mail bomb suspect

DNA, fingerprint match helped lead FBI to mail bomb suspect

Justice Department officials credited DNA, a fingerprint match and misspellings for the key break in a case that spread fear of election-season violence with little precedent in the U.S.
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American tourist helps stop thief who tried to steal Magna Carta in U.K.

American tourist helps stop thief who tried to steal Magna Carta in U.K.

An American tourist from Louisiana reportedly tackled a hammer-wielding thief who unsuccessfully tried to steal the Magna Carta at Salisbury Cathedral, holding him on the ground until help could arrive.
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As FBI closed in on bomb suspect, mixed signals from president Trump

As FBI closed in on bomb suspect, mixed signals from president Trump

President Trump has toggled between conventional messages of national unity and partisan attacks this week, as the nation was rattled by a series of suspected pipe bombs.
by Scott Horsley

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Watch: Matthew Shepard laid to rest at National Cathedral

Watch: Matthew Shepard laid to rest at National Cathedral

Twenty years ago, the brutal killing of a young gay man in Laramie, Wyo., drew national attention and led to an expansion of a federal hate crimes law.
by Tom Gjelten

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