Police confirm that the attacker was a 25-year-old but are still looking for a motive.
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Paying for paradise? Hawaii mulls fees for ecotourism crush
Lawmakers are debating legislation that would require tourists to pay for a yearlong license or pass to visit state parks and trails.
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Bob Lee, Cash App founder, fatally stabbed in San Francisco
The San Francisco Police Department did not disclose details about the circumstances of the stabbing.
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Catan board game creator, Klaus Teuber, dies at 70
The board game, originally called The Settlers of Catan when introduced in 1995 and based on a set of hexagonal tiles, has sold tens of millions of copies and is available in more than 40 languages.
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Ronald Sarasin, former congressman from Connecticut, dies at 88
Sarasin, a three-term Republican, went on to lead the U.S. Capitol Historical Society.
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Kansas bans transgender athletes from women’s, girls’ sports
The Legislature on Wednesday overrode Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill to ban transgender athletes, and came a day after state lawmakers passed a broad bathroom bill.
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Trump’s bravado tested as legal problems overlap with 2024 campaign
Donald Trump, the early frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, now faces the unprecedented prospect of mounting another campaign for the White House while simultaneously on trial.
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Pence won’t appeal order to testify in Jan. 6 probe, spokesman says
Former Vice President Mike Pence will testify before a grand jury in the federal investigation into efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
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Predawn Missouri tornado kills at least 5, sows destruction
Fierce storms that started last Friday and continued through the weekend spawned deadly tornadoes in 11 states as the system plodded through Arkansas and into the South, Midwest and Northeast.
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Antiwar officer from Putin’s elite security team defects
Gleb Karakulov said moral opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and his fear of dying there drove him to speak out, despite the risks to himself and his family.