A 16-year-old shooter opened fire at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday, killing three children and a teacher before he was shot dead by a community member.
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he → open → member
The children killed were five, eight and 11, officials said.
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officials → kill → ?
The gunman, who was a Bend resident, has not been publicly identified.
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who → identify → ?
In the aftermath of the attack, children were taken by bus to a nearby church serving as a reunification center for families.
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children → take → families
Parents hugged, kissed and held their children’s hands as they walked to their cars, with some bringing along favorite stuffed animals or other comfort items from home.
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some → hug → home
Here is what we know so far.
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know → know → what
Trump says Zelenskyy ‘more difficult’ than Putin, and calls Kyiv strikes on Russian oil refineries ‘disgrace’
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Zelenskyy → say → refineries
Donald Trump has called Ukraine’s latest strikes on Russian oil refineries a “disgrace”, while renewing his criticism of Volodymyr Zelenskyy after an energy ceasefire announced by the US president collapsed.
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ceasefire → call → president
Trump said: “All he’s doing is making the world oil price higher.
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price → say → ?
Well, I think that’s a disgrace.
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that → think → ?
I think I find Zelenskyy to be more difficult to deal with than Putin.”
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Zelenskyy → think → Putin
Amid growing doubts about long-term US commitment to Ukraine, European leaders declared their support for Zelenskyy.
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leaders → grow → Zelenskyy
The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, said the EU intended to increase pressure on Russia, promising a 22nd round of sanctions.
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EU → say → sanctions
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, said it was “crucial” that Ukraine receive “all the means necessary to protect itself”.
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Ukraine → say → itself
Houthi missiles strike Yemen presidential palace, killing five
Yemen’s Houthis fired missiles at the presidential palace complex in the southern city of Aden, killing five people.
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Houthis → strike → people
Yemen’s prime minister, Shaya al-Zindani, and cabinet members were said to be safe after the attack.
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minister → say → attack
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Why is Yemen saying the battle against the Houthis is crucial?
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battle → say → Houthis
Yemen’s former PM Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed has said the Iran-backed militia’s use of drones represents a “new era of radical terrorism”.
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use → say → terrorism
The adviser to the Yemeni president said he had no doubt that the Houthis intended to seize control of all of Yemen, and claimed their goal was “to help Iran to expand the chaos” in the region.
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Iran → say → region
Trump cancels plan to livestream execution after global condemnation
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Trump → cancel → condemnation
Donald Trump has shelved a widely condemned plan to livestream the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, who was convicted of killing 13 people at a military base at Fort Hood in Texas in 2009.
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who → shelve → 2009
“He will die, as scheduled, by firing squad, but this event will not be streamed,” Trump said.
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Trump → die → squad
“That said, the execution may be viewed in person by the immediate families of the victims, if they so choose.”
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they → say → victims
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How did Pete Hegseth’s church allies react to the planned broadcast?
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allies → react → broadcast
The de facto leader of Hegseth’s theocratic Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC), Douglas Wilson, had welcomed the announcement, saying he prefers “public execution”.
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he → welcome → execution
He said he favored “the older forms, like a firing squad, as opposed to attempts to ‘medicalize’ it”, and added that “executions in the scriptures were public”.
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executions → say → scriptures
Holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy trial gives first interview since mistrial
Michael Desronvil, the sole holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy trial, has said he never had any reasonable doubt that Clancy was guilty of first-degree murder, adding there was “a lot of evidence to back up my claim”.
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Clancy → give → claim
He said he was struck by “how methodical Lindsay was in the execution of the children” during an interview with Fox News in which he read a Bible passage and maintained that “constantly praying” had guided him through 38 hours of jury deliberations.
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praying → say → deliberations
In other news …
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The Republican former congressman Matt Gaetz has been accused of participating in the sex trafficking of two young women, in a civil lawsuit filed on Thursday in district court in Florida.
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congressman → accuse → Florida
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Tyler Ulrich, a college football player, has died five days after a “traumatic injury” during a game.
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Ulrich → die → game
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Saudi Arabia is to execute a man for being at protests and funerals when he was 15, described as a “new low” by rights groups.
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he → execute → groups
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VW, Ford and Tesla batteries have been linked to destructive deforestation in Indonesia.
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batteries → link → Indonesia
Satellite analysis shows the mines have led to widespread deforestation of primary rainforest in nickel-rich lands.
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mines → show → lands
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Police have revealed the identity of a murdered man found in a barrel in drought-stricken Lake Mead four years ago.
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Police → reveal → Mead
Texas sued after glitch delays almost 600,000 voter registrations
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glitch → sue → registrations
Voting registration organizations have accused Texas officials of failing to ensure eligible voters can register properly.
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voters → accuse → officials
The US justice department is also suing California over allegations of noncitizen voting – a regular Trump talking point – and the FBI is investigating letters containing an “unknown substance” sent to US election officials.
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FBI → sue → officials
How Lance Oppenheim made the year’s two buzziest films
Primetime and You Can See Everything are both clammy, audacious awards contenders that challenge our sense of reality.
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that → make → reality
Ryan Gilbey speaks to the 30-year-old director before the release of his drama starring Robert Pattinson as a TV vigilante.
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Gilbey → speak → vigilante
Don’t miss this: The pterosaur museum built to thrive in the Gobi desert
Xiaoying You examines how architects have worked with the harsh environment to create a sustainable building to showcase hundreds of impressive fossils of pterosaurs, ancient flying reptiles related to dinosaurs.
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architects → miss → dinosaurs
…and 11 more, not listed.
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