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Shooter Posted On Website Popular With Far-Right

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The social media site Gab.com says the shooter at a Pittsburgh synagogue had a profile on their website. The company says the account was verified after Saturday's shooting and matched the name of the gunman mentioned on police radio communications. A law enforcement official identified the shooter to The Associated Press as…
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AP Sources: At Least 10 Dead In Pittsburgh Synagogue Attack

By GENE PUSKAR , Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — A shooter opened fire during a baby naming ceremony at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday, and people with knowledge of the investigation said at least 10 people were killed. At least six other people were wounded, including four police officers who dashed to the scene, authorities…
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Bomb Suspect: Ex-Stripper With Cash Problems, Trump Devotion

By MICHAEL BIESECKER and STEPHEN BRAUN , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Cesar Sayoc is an amateur body builder and former stripper, a loner with a long arrest record who showed little interest in politics until Donald Trump came along. On Friday, he was identified by authorities as the Florida man who put pipe bombs…
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Bomb Scare Rattles Those Touched By Past Political Violence

By DAVID CRARY , AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — No one has been hurt or killed. But the wave of mail bombs targeting prominent Democrats this week has angered and dismayed some of the people affected personally by past acts of political violence in the United States. In the past 60 years alone,…
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Megyn Kelly’s Lawyer: ‘Next Steps’ Talks Ongoing

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the cancellation of Megyn Kelly's NBC morning show (all times local): 4 p.m. A lawyer for Megyn Kelly says that she remains an employee of NBC News following the cancellation of her morning show and negotiations about "next steps" are ongoing. Attorney Bryan Freedman did not elaborate on…
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