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Lawyers for Pittsburgh Synagogue Defendant Admit He Carried out Deadliest US Antisemitic Attack

May 31, 2023
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PITTSBURGH—Robert Bowers carried out the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history when he killed 11 people and injured seven others by storming a Pittsburgh synagogue and shooting everyone he could find. On that, everyone agrees. Even though Bowers’ defense acknowledged at the outset of his federal trial Tuesday that he was the gunman, they hope…

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Lawyers for Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Suspect Admit He Carried out Deadliest US Antisemitic Attack

May 31, 2023
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PITTSBURGH—Robert Bowers carried out the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history when he killed 11 people and injured seven others by storming a Pittsburgh synagogue and shooting everyone he could find. On that, everyone agrees. Even though Bowers’ defense acknowledged at the outset of his federal trial Tuesday that he was the gunman, they hope…

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Tremble and Obey | Documentary

December 23, 2022
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This film is only available in the United States because of territorial licensing. ABC uncovers previously unseen footage for the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. “Millions of Chinese for the first time, maybe the last time in their lives, tasted freedom in the air of Beijing,” says Zhou Fengsuo, a student leader at…

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Uvalde Mother Sues Police, Gunmaker in School Shooting

November 29, 2022
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WASHINGTON—The last conversation Sandra Torres had with her 10-year-old daughter was about her nervous excitement over whether she’d make the all-star softball team. Hours later, Eliahna Torres was one of 19 children and two teachers fatally shot at their elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. With little closure and few answers about law enforcement’s 77-minute wait…

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Woman Testifies That Husband Wanted 8 Family Members Killed

November 2, 2022
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WAVERLY, Ohio— A woman who helped plan the 2016 slayings of eight members of another family, a crime that shook rural southern Ohio and stymied investigators for over two years, says the massacre was her husband’s idea. Angela Wagner made the claim while testifying Tuesday at the murder trial of her 31-year-old son, George Wagner…

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Mexican Police Say Drug Lord Killed 20 Townspeople

October 27, 2022
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MEXICO CITY—Authorities said Thursday the massacre of 20 townspeople in southern Mexico appears to have been the work of a drug lord who used social media to try to blame a rival gang. The new revelations illustrate how Mexican drug cartels are increasingly using social media to apportion blame for attacks and mislead authorities and…

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Attorneys Argue Over Parkland Shooter Nikolas Cruz’s Fate: Death or Prison

October 11, 2022
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—The prosecutor and defense attorney for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz agreed Tuesday that his 2018 attack that killed 17 people was horrible, but disagreed in their closing arguments on whether it was an act of evil worthy of execution or one of a broken person who should be imprisoned for life. Lead…

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Thailand Mourns Children, Staff Killed in One of World’s Deadliest Massacres

October 7, 2022
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Flags were flown half-staff across Thailand on Friday following the country’s deadliest massacre that left at least 38 people dead, most of whom were young children. The death toll includes the attacker, his wife, and his child—both of whom he killed after the shooting in the daycare center in Uthai Sawan, a town 500 kilometers (310…

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Epoch Cinema Documentary Review: ‘Miracle on 4th Street’

September 19, 2022
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A tragic event in South Texas makes a small community stronger and reminds U.S. citizens of their lawful, God-given rights. Watch “Miracle on 4th Street” on Epoch Cinema here. Sunday, November 5, 2017, is a day that will forever be etched indelibly into the American collective consciousness. A violent scene unfolded on that day in…

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Massacre Defendant to Wear Electronic Stun Vest

August 30, 2022
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As he becomes the first defendant to stand trial in the most complex slaying case in Ohio history, George Washington Wagner IV has been ordered to wear an unusual hidden restraint: an electronic vest that officers can use to stun him if necessary. Wagner, 31, could face the death penalty if convicted over a 2016…

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