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FILE - Rioters try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington, on Jan. 6, 2021. Egged on by soon-to-be former President Donald Trump, a crowd of demonstrators demanded that the electoral vote counting be stopped. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

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In this courtroom sketch, Frank James, seated at center of right table, and on left of the screen, upper right, appears during the brief proceeding in a federal court in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Thursday, April 14, 2022. James, accused of opening fire on a crowded subway train in Brooklyn, was ordered held without bail as prosecutors told a judge Thursday he terrified all of New York City

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Video shows Michigan police officer shot Patrick Lyoya in the head

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New York City Police and law enforcement officials lead subway shooting suspect Frank R. James, 62, center, away from a police station

Courts & Law

Police search for motive in Brooklyn subway suspect’s videos

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President Joe Biden walks to speak to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Des Moines International Airport, in Des Moines Iowa, Tuesday, April 12, 2022, en route to Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Biden approves $800M in new military assistance for Ukraine

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FILE - A person wearing a face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walks in Philadelphia, Feb. 16, 2022.

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The Biden administration will extend for two weeks the nationwide mask requirement for public transit as it monitors an uptick in COVID-19 cases.

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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)

Community

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

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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

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