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Oregon School Shooting, Russia's View On US-Ukraine Split, DOJ Sues California
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At least three children and a teacher were killed in a shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, where police say a 16-year-old gunman was killed by an armed community member. As President Trump increasingly blames Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the failure of peace efforts, Russia is watching the growing divide while beginning to release diesel under its new deal with the United States. The Justice Department sued California after Los Angeles County refused to investigate a federal list of more than 20,000 voters the government says may be noncitizens. Want more analysis of the...
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Three children and a teacher were killed at an elementary school in Oregon. Police say a teenager shot through locked doors before a bystander followed him inside and killed him. What are investigators learning?
I'm Steve Inskeap with Amartinus, and this is Up First from NPR News. Ukraine struck another Russian oil refinery in response to attacks on its energy sites. Trump says Ukraine's president doesn't want to end the war. How does Moscow see the growing split
between Washington and Keith? And the Justice Department mailed Los Angeles County a thumb drive naming voters they believe are non-citizens and gave them 48 hours to investigate.
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