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A 29-year-old man opened fire on a police officer outside the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville, Ontario, during Yom Kippur, leading to a shootout that wounded the officer and left the suspect with life-threatening injuries. No one inside the synagogue was hurt, and police have not established a motive; officials condemned antisemitism and violence.
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Austin officials condemned an ICE shooting of a Venezuelan man in north Austin and called for an independent investigation, with several City Council members and local officials expressing outrage. DHS said the man has a final order of removal and is in federal custody, while Homeland Security Investigations leads the inquiry with FBI assistance. The man's immigration attorney identified him as 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez.
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British Columbia sued OpenAI and Sam Altman, alleging the company's ChatGPT product was unsafe and that it failed to alert police about the shooting suspect's chatbot activity. The lawsuit follows the Tumbler Ridge school shooting that killed eight people and injured more than 25, amid growing scrutiny of AI safety.
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New York will require large frontier AI developers to register with the state and meet transparency standards under the RAISE Act, with Gov. Kathy Hochul warning noncompliant firms of penalties. The move contrasts with President Donald Trump's pro-innovation stance as debate over AI safety and regulation intensifies.
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President Trump said he will fight a lawsuit filed by CNN, MS Now, and Politico after his administration banned them from White House grounds. The article quotes Trump’s Truth Social posts attacking the outlets and notes he was drowned out by a helicopter at a White House event.
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A Vermont jury convicted Jason Eaton of attempted murder for shooting three Palestinian college students in 2023, rejecting his insanity defense. The attack paralyzed Hisham Awartani and wounded two friends; the victims' families welcomed the verdict and called it a hate crime. The article also ties the case to the Gaza war and Palestinian suffering.
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A Vermont jury convicted Jason Eaton of attempted murder in the 2023 shooting of three Palestinian college students. The jury rejected his insanity defense, and he faces up to life in prison. The article recounts trial testimony, the victims' injuries, and the context of calls for a hate crime investigation.
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A Vermont jury convicted Jason Eaton of attempted murder for shooting three Palestinian college students in 2023, rejecting his insanity defense. Eaton faces up to life in prison; one victim was paralyzed. No hate crime charges were filed despite earlier calls for an investigation.
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A Long Island father called 911 and said he was being murdered by his son, who allegedly stabbed him more than 40 times. The son was indicted on a second-degree murder charge and held without bail, while the victim was remembered as gentle and spiritual.
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A new NBC News poll indicates fewer Democrats and independents plan to vote by mail in the 2026 midterms, with more opting for early in-person or Election Day voting. The shift follows Trump's attacks on mail-in voting and a Supreme Court ruling blocking his postal-service order. Democratic and progressive groups are encouraging early in-person voting.
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President Trump unveiled a new White House helipad as major television networks skipped the ceremony to protest CNN's exclusion from White House coverage. The article centers the event on the First Amendment fight over media access and casts Trump's actions as an escalation of efforts to restrict coverage he dislikes.
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Trump's move to revoke White House press credentials for CNN, MS Now and Politico prompted television networks to refuse pool coverage and the outlets to sue on First Amendment grounds. The standoff drew criticism from media figures and some Trump allies, while observers described it as a distraction from the Iran war and economic troubles ahead of the midterms.