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6 years ago
Victims of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting ID’ed, including brothers, married couple
Officials released the names of all 11 victims during a news conference Sunday, all of them middle-aged or elderly.
6 years ago
Hundreds hold vigil in Philadelphia for synagogue shooting victims
A few hundred people held a candlelight vigil in Rittenhouse Square to mourn those killed in Pittsburgh Saturday.
6 years ago
Trump sows the wind, reaps the whirlwind
The provocateur-in-chief has spent the last three years stoking his cultists to commit political violence.
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11 killed, 6 injured in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting; FBI investigating as hate crime
A law enforcement official has identified the suspect in a shooting Saturday at a Pittsburgh synagogue as Robert Bowers.
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Who is Cesar Sayoc? Bomb suspect has criminal history, attacked Democrats online
Cesar Sayoc has a long criminal history, including a charge of making a bomb threat.
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Postal Inspectors see suspicious package cases drop in recent years
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service opened 19 cases related to suspicious items or substances in Fiscal Year 2017.
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Pre-existing conditions shape election debate over health care
Republican U.S. Representative Scott Perry took to Facebook Live last Thursday to talk pre-existing conditions.
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Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen visits new border wall in California
The Trump administration's plan calls for the troops to be in place by Tuesday — one week before Election Day.
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Biden on mail bombs: ‘This division, this hatred, this ugliness — it has to end’
Biden quoting Yeats, "Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
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Florida man charged after weeklong bomb-package scare
Law enforcement officials identified the man as Cesar Sayoc, 56, of Aventura, Florida.
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Goodwill workers in N.J. find original 1774 ‘rebel’ newspaper
There are three other existing copies of the same weekly edition of the Pennsylvania Journal, all housed in university collections.
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After long losing streak, U.S. stocks surge on solid earnings
Strong results from major companies including Microsoft, Visa and Comcast are sending U.S. stocks sharply higher Thursday.
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EPA head says rollbacks will keep environment clean, economy up
Wheeler: Fed action not needed to lower CO2
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Rural Americans are OK with ‘outside’ help to beat opioid crisis and boost economy
Rural Americans willing to allow people from outside their communities to help with the opioid epidemic.
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