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In this frame grab from video provided by WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago, authorities work a scene in Joliet, Ill., on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, after discovering eight people shot and killed at three locations since Sunday in the Chicago suburbs. WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago/via AP hide caption

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Suspect in killing of 8 people near Chicago has died in Texas, police say

Police in Joliet, Ill., said Monday night that 23-year-old Romeo Nance was located by U.S. marshals near Natalia, Texas, and that after a confrontation Nance shot himself.

Jack Quaid, left, and Zazie Beetz speak Tuesday during the 96th Academy Awards nominations announcement at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, Calif. The 96th Academy Awards will take place March 10 in Los Angeles. Jordan Strauss/Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP hide caption

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'Oppenheimer' dominates the Oscar nominations, as Gerwig is left out for best director

Christopher Nolan's blockbuster biopic will be up for 13 awards, followed by Poor Things with 11 and Killers of the Flower Moon with 10. Barbie, the year's highest-grossing film, got 8 nominations.

Dexter King, son of the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., listens to arguments in the State Court of Criminal Appeals in Jackson, Tenn., Friday, Aug. 29, 1997, to determine whether two Memphis judges overstepped their authority surrounding the investigation of the King assassination. The King Center in Atlanta said the 62-year-old died Monday at his California home. Helen Comer/The Jackson Sun via AP hide caption

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Dexter Scott King, son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died of cancer at 62

The third of four King children, the 62-year-old died from prostate cancer at his home in Malibu, Calif., according to the King Center, where he served as chairman.

Signs line a driveway in Concord, N.H., waiting for volunteers to pick them up. President Biden is not on the New Hampshire primary ballot because of a dispute over Democratic Party rule changes. Jeongyoon Han/NPR hide caption

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Biden isn't on the New Hampshire ballot. These voters are writing him in anyway

President Biden isn't on the ballot after the Democratic Party changed its rules to sidestep New Hampshire. But volunteers are trying to give him a win anyway.

Biden isn't on the New Hampshire ballot. These voters are writing him in anyway

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A general view of the area as Palestinians, who left their homes to survive due to Israeli attacks, took shelter in a U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Rafah on Jan. 16. Abed Zagou/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption

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Photos: Documenting the war in Gaza as the Palestinian death toll passes 25,000

Photos from Israel and Gaza show some of what the past week has looked like for people on the ground there as the conflict enters its fourth month.

The Hand in Hand Jerusalem school principal Efrat Meyer, who is Jewish, and vice principal Engie Wattad, who is Arab Muslim, are longtime colleagues and friends. The school is mixed and bilingual. Ayman Oghanna for NPR hide caption

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A school in Jerusalem brings Arab and Jewish kids together to boost understanding

Jewish and Arab children learn alongside each other at the Hand in Hand school. They're taught in Hebrew and Arabic, in a program unusual in Israel for integrating students of different backgrounds.

Cook County board president Toni Preckwinkle (center) announces the county's debt relief program, along with executives from several local hospitals and Allison Sesso, President & CEO of RIP Medical Debt (far left). Cook County, Ill. hide caption

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NYC joins a growing wave of local governments erasing residents' medical debt

The city is partnering with the nonprofit RIP Medical Debt to buy up and forgive unpaid medical bills. The trend started in Cook County, Ill., and is spreading to cities across the country.

NYC joins a growing wave of local governments erasing residents' medical debt

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Malikiah Guillory, 19, stacks yard signs in Hooksett, N.H., on Wednesday, urging voters to write in President Biden's name on the Democratic primary ballot. Biden is skipping the New Hampshire primary because it didn't comply with party rules. Will Weissert/AP hide caption

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New Hampshire is investigating a robocall that was made to sound like Biden

The New Hampshire attorney general is investigating recorded calls that appear to use a voice crafted to sound like President Biden to tell voters not to cast their ballot in the state's primary.

U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., looks on as U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., speaks during a debate for candidates in the race to succeed the late California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, in Los Angeles. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption

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4 major candidates for California U.S. Senate seat clash in first debate

The candidates disagreed over the Israel-Hamas conflict and pressed the only Republican in the debate over whether he will support the reelection of Donald Trump as they faced off in Los Angeles Monday.

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