What we know about the 14-year-old boy who has been charged with killing two students and two teachers at a Georgia high school. From AP: "More than a year ago, tips about online posts threatening a school shooting led Georgia police to interview a 13-year-old boy, but investigators didn’t have enough evidence for an arrest. On Wednesday, that boy opened fire at his high school outside Atlanta."
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Father of Georgia school shooting suspect arrested on charges including second-degree murder
The father of the suspect in the Apalachee High School shooting has been arrested on charges including second-degree murder and involuntary manslau...
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"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in July effectively spiked a draft hostage and ceasefire deal by introducing a raft of new, 11th-hour demands, according to a report by the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth citing a document it obtained." CNN reports: "The report lends credence to charges often leveled at the prime minister – most notably by hostage families – of purposefully prolonging the war and torpedoing deals for his political benefit." https://flip.it/CvYUce #Israel #Netanyahu #Ceasefire #Gaza #Hamas #IsraelHamasWar #News
Former aide to 2 New York governors is charged with being an agent of the Chinese government. AP reports: "Linda Sun, who held numerous posts in New York state government before rising to the rank of deputy chief of staff for [Gov. Kathy] Hochul, was arrested Tuesday morning along with her husband, Chris Hu, at their $3.5 million home on Long Island. Prosecutors said Sun, at the request of Chinese officials, blocked representatives of the Taiwanese government from having access to the governor’s office, shaped New York governmental messaging to align with the priorities of the Chinese government and attempted to facilitate a trip to China for a high-level politician in New York."
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Former aide to 2 New York governors is charged with being an agent of the Chinese government
Federal prosecutors say a former aide to two New York governors has been charged with acting as an undisclosed agent of the Chinese government.
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Extremist Israeli settlers are rapidly seizing West Bank land, the BBC finds. "The outposts — which can be farms, clusters of houses, or even groups of caravans — often lack defined boundaries and are illegal under both Israeli and international law."
Israeli outpost settlers rapidly seizing West Bank land
There has been a sharp rise in extremist Israeli settlers taking land from Palestinians, analysis shows.
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