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GAZA BOMBING & GOLAN HEIGHTS STRIKE

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Rocket attack kills 12 children in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights

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Six-year-old Leona Tate is escorted by U.S. Marshals from McDonogh 19 Elementary School in New Orleans on Nov. 15, 1960. AP hide caption

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Desegregation pioneer Leona Tate preserves civil rights history in New Orleans

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Sunday Puzzle

Sunday Puzzle: Six letter to eight letter words

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Sunday Puzzle: Six letter to eight letter words

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Fei Liwei, of China, competes during a heat in the men's 400-meter freestyle at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Saturday in Nanterre, France. He's one of 11 Chinese swimmers competing in Paris who face questions over a 2021 sports doping case. Martin Meissner/AP hide caption

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Chinese swimmers at Paris Olympics deny doping accusations as diplomatic row grows

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A Sig Sauer P320 9mm handgun from the display case at That Hunting Store in Ottawa, Canada. Dave Chan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Sig Sauer guns hanging on soldiersโ€™ hips may be firing without trigger pull

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