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British police say deadly rampage at UK synagogue was a terrorist attack
British police have declared that a deadly rampage at a synagogue that killed two people on the holiest day of the Jewish year was a terrorist attack. Assistant Metropolitan Police Commissioner Laurence Taylor said the assailant was killed by officers and two other suspects were arrested.
Part of a high-rise apartment building in New York City collapses, no injuries reported
Part of a high-rise apartment building in New York City has collapsed, leaving a corner of the building in a pile of rubble. The city’s fire department said it had no immediate reports of injuries.
Dozens killed in a powerful earthquake that hit the Philippines
The death toll was expected to rise from the Tuesday magnitude-6.9 earthquake that trapped an unspecified number of residents in the hard-hit city of Bogo and outlying rural towns in Cebu province.
Rescuers run oxygen to survivors in Indonesia school building collapse
Rescuers ran oxygen and water to students trapped in the unstable concrete rubble of a collapsed school building in Indonesia, as they worked to free survivors Tuesday, a day after the structure fell.
Victim’s widow files the first lawsuit after January’s D.C.-area midair crash
Family members of a passenger who died in the January collision are suing American Airlines, PSA Airlines, and the federal government. It's the first of what could be dozens of lawsuits.
Xcel Energy will pay $640M to settle claims from Denver-area wildfire that burned 1,000 structures
Xcel Energy expects to pay about $640 million to settle lawsuits alleging it was responsible for starting Colorado’s most destructive wildfire that killed two people and destroyed nearly 1,000 homes in 2021, the company said Wednesday.
After a wave of horrific shootings, gun violence trends put recent attacks in context
Mass shootings, political violence and school safety are front of mind for many Americans following a recent spate of high-profile attacks. Experts who study gun violence unpack the data and trends.
Authorities say student who had been radicalized fired revolver at Colorado school, wounding 2
Authorities say a 16-year-old boy who had been radicalized by an unspecified extremist network fired multiple shots with a revolver during an attack at a suburban Denver school.
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