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Authorities renew search for the Brown University shooter after releasing a person of interest

Authorities are again searching for a person seen on a short video clip in the Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine.

Australia to tighten gun laws after Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre

Trinidad and Tobago to open its airports to US military as tensions with Venezuela escalate

How an AM radio station in California weathered the Trump administration's assault on media

Interstellar comet keeps its distance as it makes its closest approach to Earth

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4 charged with plotting New Year's Eve attacks in Southern California, prosecutors say

Iran's rial currency plummets to new low, sparking fears of higher food prices

Professors, students appeal ruling on Alabama law banning DEI initiatives at public universities

Austrian court rules against extradition of Ukrainian businessman to US over alleged bribery

Dominican judge orders prison for 7 accused in $250 million government corruption scheme

Supreme Court will hear appeal of Black death row inmate over racial bias in Mississippi jury makeup

EU targets Russia's shadow fleet with new sanctions, hitting businessmen and companies

Pope denounces 'antisemitic violence' of Sydney attack as he thanks Christmas donors

UAE-backed Yemeni separatists march to another southern province, raising fears of renewed conflict

Spain fines Airbnb $75 million for unlicensed tourist rentals

Court battle begins over California's new congressional map designed to favor Democrats

Iran hosts regional talks on Afghanistan but Kabul stays away

The Latest: Former Trump aides appear in Wisconsin over 2020 election fraud charges

Punk protest group Pussy Riot declared 'extremist organization' by a Russian court

Baltimore cyclist finds joy in collecting lost hubcaps and stringing them into art

Thailand to hold early election on Feb. 8 after parliament dissolution

Serbia organized crime prosecutors charge minister, others in connection with Kushner-linked project

What will Virginia's Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin do next? He's not ready to tell

Japan will be without a panda for the first time in 50 years after twins leave Tokyo zoo

The Bondi Beach shooting as seen from the beach, the boardwalk and a hotel

Cambodia says Thai bombing is hitting deeper into its territory near shelters for displaced

What to know about the attack on the Hanukkah festival in Australia that killed 15 people

Czech president swears in new coalition government of populist billionaire Andrej Babiš

Britain's MI6 spy chief says President Putin is dragging out peace talks

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'Eli was a person of inspiration'

Rabbi Motti Grossbaum of Stony Brook, left, with Rabbi Eli Schlanger, in 2002 in France, where they studied together in a yeshiva. Schlanger was one of the victims of the Australia attack. NewsdayTV's Andrew Ehinger reports.

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