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New York City Police Department personnel gather at the entrance to a subway stop in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Multiple people were shot and injured Tuesday at a subway station in New York City during a morning rush hour attack that left wounded commuters bleeding on a train platform. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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Brooklyn subway suspect tipped off police to his location

The man accused in the shooting of 10 people on a Brooklyn subway has been arrested and charged with a federal terrorism offense.

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New York City Police Department personnel gather at the entrance to a subway stop in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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Police focus on van renter in Brooklyn subway shooting probe

Chief of Detectives James Essig identified the man as 62-year-old Frank R. James and says James has addresses in Philadelphia and Wisconsin.

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FILE - This Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015 file photo shows an Etsy mobile credit card reader, in New York. The online crafts retailer on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 said it expects to raise as much as $267 million from an initial public offering values the company at up to $1.78 billion. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

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Etsy sellers protest fees by halting their sales for a week

Some vendors on Etsy say they are halting sales of their items on the site for a week to protest a hike in the fees the crafts e-commerce marketplace charges them.

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Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a house after a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 11, 2022.

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Mariupol mayor says siege has killed more than 10K civilians

The mayor of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol says that more than 10,000 civilians have died in the Russian siege of his city.

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Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid looks on as he has the night off during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Detroit Pistons, Sunday, April 10, 2022, in Philadelphia.

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76ers celebrate Embiid’s scoring title, push MVP contention

Joel Embiid won the NBA scoring title to become the first Philadelphia player to top the league since Allen Iverson 17 years ago.

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A young man pushes a wheelbarrow in front of a destroyed apartment building in the town of Borodyanka, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 10, 2022. Several apartment buildings were destroyed during fighting between the Russian troops and the Ukrainian forces and the town is without electricity, water and heating.

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Russia says it hits Ukraine air defenses before eastern push

Russia claims that it destroyed several air defense systems in Ukraine over the weekend, in what appeared to be a renewed push ahead of a broad new offensive in the east.

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Tiger Woods tips his cap on the 18th green during the final round at the Masters golf tournament on Sunday, April 10, 2022, in Augusta, Ga.

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Tiger’s Masters: No fairytale ending but still inspiring

He played in his first real tournament since a car wreck 14 months ago left him with horrific leg injuries.

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A man lights a candle during a Sunday service in an Orthodox church in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022.

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3 churches in Ukraine contemplate faith, hope and charity

It’s almost Easter in Ukraine, where a trio of churches on the far edges of the capital have faith, hope and charity to consider.

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Biden expected to release rule on ghost guns in days

The Biden administration is expected to come out within days with its long-awaited ghost gun rule. The aim is to rein in privately made firearms without serial numbers.

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