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Mike Segar/Reuters, FILE First responders from Butler County, Pennsylvania – the site of the first assassination attempt on Donald Trump during the presidential campaign – played a pivotal and personal part in his run for the White House.
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Kelsey Walsh, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2025
Descriptions of the initial training in the United Kingdom used to turn academics into spies provide fascinating detail on the crafts of information gathering and deception—as well as of sabotage and assassination.
—Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
The multiple security events come as the Secret Service has faced criticism in the wake of the assassination attempts and the handling of January 6, 2021.
—Monica Sager, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
The duo, who performed at Martin Luther King Jr.’s memorial concert at Madison Square Garden following his assassination in 1968, was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 by Billy Joel.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 11 Jan. 2025
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Kelsey Walsh, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2025
Descriptions of the initial training in the United Kingdom used to turn academics into spies provide fascinating detail on the crafts of information gathering and deception—as well as of sabotage and assassination.
—Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
The multiple security events come as the Secret Service has faced criticism in the wake of the assassination attempts and the handling of January 6, 2021.
—Monica Sager, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
The duo, who performed at Martin Luther King Jr.’s memorial concert at Madison Square Garden following his assassination in 1968, was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 by Billy Joel.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 11 Jan. 2025
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The new team will need to decide whether to fully embrace these measures, delay their execution, or attempt to repeal certain provisions.Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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The story mirrors the original, following a fresh batch of desperate have-nots competing in elementary school games with a sizable fortune for the winners and pitiless execution for the losers.Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
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Here’s everything to know about the real-life massacre that inspired the six-episode series — and how faithful the dramatization is to the historical event.Emily Blackwood, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
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Moreover, although the 1921 report asserts that the massacre (then called a riot) was not the result of 'racial feeling,' perpetrators of the massacre overtly expressed and acted upon racial bias.Sabina Ghebremedhin, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2025
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With dead-eyed thoroughness, their avatars kill around 100 characters a day — slaughters that simultaneously advance the siblings’ online progress and strengthen their real-life bond.Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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The events are loosely based on the Mountain Meadows Massacre, which saw Mormon militiamen of the Utah Territorial Militia, or Nauvoo Legion, slaughter at least 120 members of the Baker-Fancher wagon train.Erik Kain, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Netanyahu Postpones Gaza Ceasefire Deal Over Hamas 'Last Minute Crisis' By Ellie Cook Security & Defense Reporter 2 In the shadow of an imminent ceasefire and hostage deal to end 15 months of bloodshed in Gaza, the future of the devastated Palestinian enclave is still uncertain.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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The back-and-forth is inevitable given the striking timing of an agreement that — finally — holds out some hope of an end to a period of catastrophic bloodshed.Niall Stanage, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2025
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Teddy and Andy Leonard, owners of the Reel Inn, confirmed the destruction of their restaurant on Instagram, and stated that all of their restaurant staff were safe.Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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The 2025 Field & Stream lineup comes after last year’s festival (which was to be its inaugural year) was postponed due to the destruction Hurricane Helene brought to the Carolinas and other states.Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 8 Jan. 2025
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Painted on slabs of vinyl affixed to the brick, the mural — a large rectangle about the size of the building’s ground floor — featured a background that appeared to depict mass graves, weeping mothers, drones and other scenes of carnage in Gaza.Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2025
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Los Angeles will remain under a Red Flag Warning on Thursday as multiple fires across the county have caused unprecedented and historic carnage and destruction, wasting away 45 square miles, amounting to the size of the city of San Francisco.Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Assassination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assassination. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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