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2020 candidates blast Trump remarks on mass shootings

"We won't truly speak with one voice against hatred until your voice is no longer in the White House," said former Vice President Joe Biden.

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New study shows our home galaxy is 'shaped like a Pringle'

New research shows our home galaxy is warped and twisted.

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Police unsure if Dayton gunman targeted sister in mass shooting

Nine people were killed in the shooting hours after 20 people were killed by a gunman at an El Paso, Texas, Walmart. Officials in Texas announced Monday another victim had died.

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Clashes break out as Hong Kong protesters fan out across city in general strike

"'Be Water' is now the motto. We stay when we need to stay, we leave when we need to leave, we change location when we need to change," one protester said.

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Trump condemns 'racism, bigotry and white supremacy' after weekend of mass shootings

In Monday remarks, the president did not call for additional gun control measures, instead blaming violent video games and mental illness, among other factors, for the scourge of mass shootings.

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House Republicans face reckoning as retirement fever spreads

Rep. Kenny Marchant of Texas announced his retirement Monday, making him the fourth GOP lawmaker from the Lone Star State to do so in recent weeks.

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'Americans must denounce racism' says Trump — but no action on guns

President Donald Trump condemned "bigotry and hatred" following last weekend's mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio.

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After El Paso, the White House looks to focus on guns over racial rhetoric

First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.

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Amid condolences, world media warns about U.S. right-wing extremism

"U.S. in the midst of a white nationalist terrorism crisis," ran a headline in one foreign newspaper.

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U.S. citizen went to Uganda to help kids. Now her charity is accused of killing them.

"I knew she was not trained, but she had this presence about her that you kind of just believed that she knew," an ex-volunteer with Bach's charity says.

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Trump calls for background checks after shootings, suggests tying with immigration deal

As a president, and as a presidential candidate, Trump has been an avid supporter of Second Amendment rights.

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India's government revokes disputed Kashmir's special status

The revocation was met with an uproar in India's parliament, while Kashmir was under a security lockdown that kept thousands of people inside their homes.

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How does Europe compare with the US on gun ownership?

Here's a clue: It's not Switzerland.

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El Paso shopper took a bullet for his wife

Juan de Dios Velazquez had only moved to El Paso, Texas, with his wife Estela Nicolasa from Ciudad Juarez, just across the border in Mexico, six months before they were caught in Saturday's mass shooting at a Walmart store.

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Network provider Cloudflare to drop 'lawless' 8chan after El Paso shooting

Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince said the anonymous internet forum's "lawlessness" caused "multiple tragic deaths."

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Mitch McConnell fractures shoulder in fall at Kentucky home, spokesman says

Some senators have called for an end to their five-week recess to vote on a gun bill, but a McConnell spokesman said he would "continue to work from home"

04/08/2019

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Brazil gang leader dresses up as daughter in failed jail escape attempt

Prison officials said the gang leader's plan was to apparently leave his 19-year-old daughter inside the jail.

04/08/2019

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Canadian authorities searching river for teen murder suspects

The suspects are wanted in the killings of three people, including an American woman and her Australian boyfriend.

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Sister of Dayton shooter among 9 victims in the attack

All the victims were identified by Ohio officials on Sunday as well as the gunman.

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Democrats pressure Mitch McConnell to cancel Senate recess for gun control vote

A bipartisan gun bill passed the Democrat-controlled House in February.

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Beto O'Rourke says Trump to blame for El Paso shooting because he 'stokes racism'

The former Texas congressman was one of several 2020 candidates to link the mass shooting to the president's rhetoric.

04/08/2019

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US to Sweden: Release ASAP Rocky or suffer 'negative consequences'

The rapper landed back on U.S. soil Saturday, leaving behind him the looming verdict in an episode that has led to unexpected tension between the U.S. and its European ally.

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Democrats' focus on the White House may be crowding out the state house — and it might cost them big

The party has long been hobbled by a tendency to focus on the federal government while Republicans made major investments in the states. This cycle, some party leaders are sounding the alarm.

04/08/2019

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Iran seizes another foreign oil tanker in Persian Gulf, state TV reports

The report comes weeks after Iran's Revolutionary Guard seized a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, an incident that inflamed tensions amid renewed hostility between Iran and the West.

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'No indication' of racial motive for Ohio shooting say Police

Though police are "not close" in establishing a motive for the Ohio shooting, they've ruled a "racial motive".

04/08/2019

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Frenchman succeeds in bid to cross English Channel on a jet-powered hoverboard

Franky Zapata abandoned a previous attempt after failing to land on a refuelling platform and falling into the sea.

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