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UNLV gunman had list of targets at the university …

Sean Hathcock, right, kisses Michelle Ashley after the two left candles for victims of a shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Las Vegas. The two graduated from the school and live nearby. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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Centenarian survivors of Pearl Harbor attack return to …

Pearl Harbor survivor Herb Elfring, 101, signs an U.S. flag during the 82nd Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)

Ex-Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut plane’s engines …

Sarah Stretch, center, and Noah Horst, center right, speaks to reporters after the indictment hearing of Joseph David Emerson on Thurs., Dec. 7, 2023, in Portland, Ore. Stretch is married to Emerson, 44, a pilot who is accused of trying to turn off the engines in flight of a plane he was riding in while off duty, and Horst is Emerson's attorney. (Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP, Pool)

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Man fires shotgun outside Jewish temple in upstate New …

Albany police officers gather outside Temple Israel, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, in Albany, N.Y. A 28-year-old suspect was in police custody for allegedly firing two rounds from a shotgun outside the Jewish temple on Friday, just hours before the start of Hanukkah. Officials said no one was injured and police they did not know the man's motive.(AP Photo/Maysoon Khan)

US Sen. Kevin Cramer’s son charged with manslaughter in …

FILE - Sen Kevin Cramer, R-ND, speaks during a hearing, May 20, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. A North Dakota sheriff's deputy was killed when a stolen SUV driven by the son of Sen. Cramer crashed during a police pursuit and struck a sheriff's vehicle, pushing it into the deputy, according to the North Dakota Highway Patrol and a statement from Cramer.(Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP, File)

Judge orders prison, probation in last sentencings tied …

FILE - Shawn Fix, center, confers with defense attorney Nichole Dougherty, left, during a court hearing at Antrim County Circuit Court in Bellaire, Mich., June 7, 2023. A judge will hand down the final sentences Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023 in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, capping a remarkable investigation that broke into public view on the eve of the 2020 presidential election but produced mixed results in court. Shawn Fix and Brian Higgins pleaded guilty earlier this year in northern Michigan's Antrim County, the location of Whitmer's second home. (AP Photo/John Flesher, file)

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Deaths from tainted cantaloupe increase to 3 in U.S. …

Cut cantaloupe is displayed for sale at a supermarket in Philadelphia on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. On Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, U.S. and Canadian officials reported additional deaths in a salmonella outbreak tied to tainted cantaloupe. (AP Photo/Jonathan Poet)

Texas deputies confronted but didn’t arrest fatal …

This booking photo provided by the Austin, Texas, Police Department shows Shane James. On Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, Texas authorities charged James with capital murder following a wave of daylong violence across two major cities that left six people dead and two police officers recovering from gunshots, including one who was shot in the leg outside a high school in Austin. (Austin Police Department via AP)

Wyoming holds off on auctioning huge piece of pristine …

Grand Teton National Park Superintendent Palmer Chip Jenkins, Jr., addresses Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray, Gov. Mark Gordon, Auditor Kristi Racines and Auditor Curt Meier, and State Superintendent Megan Degenfelder onscreen, after their 5-0 vote not to auction off for now a large piece of state land within Grand Teton National Park, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023 in Cheyenne, Wyo..The proposed auction drew enormous public opposition. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver)

California faces record $68 billion budget deficit, …

FILE -- Legislative Analyst Gabriel Petek, left, discusses Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposed 2020-21 revised state budget during a hearing the state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., May 26, 2020. On Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, Petek said California is facing a $68 billion budget deficit. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool, File)

Texas judge grants pregnant woman permission to get …

FILE - Abortion rights demonstrators attend a rally at the Texas state Capitol in Austin, Texas, May 14, 2022. A pregnant Texas woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis asked a court Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, to let her terminate the pregnancy, bringing what her attorneys say is the first lawsuit of its kind in the U.S. since Roe v. Wade was overturned last year.(AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Decades after Europe, turning blades send first commercial …

A generator and its blades are tugged out to sea from State Pier in New London, Conn., Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, to head to South Fork Wind farm. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Families press for inspector general investigation …

FILE - Crime scene tape still surrounds Schemengees Bar & Grille, Oct. 29, 2023, in Lewiston, Maine, the scene of a mass shooting. A survivor and family members of those killed in the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history went to Capitol Hill on Thursday, Dec. 7, to press for an inspector general to obtain answers from the Army about the mental health and hospitalization of a reservist who opened fire. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)