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Ethan Crumbley stands with his attorneys Paulette Loftin (left) and Amy Hopp during his senencing hearing in Pontiac, Mich. Parents of students killed at Michigan's Oxford High School described the anguish of losing their children Friday as a judge considered whether Crumbley would serve a life sentence for the 2021 mass shooting. Carlos Osorio/AP hide caption

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Michigan high school shooter sentenced to Life in Prison without Parole

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Lael Brainard speaks as President Joe Biden listens during an announcement in Nov. 2021. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption

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How a top economic adviser to Biden is thinking about inflation and the job market

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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. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption

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A Brightline train during its inaugural trip between Miami and West Palm Beach, Fla., in 2018. This week, the White House announced $3 billion in funding for Brightline West, a proposed high-speed rail line connecting Las Vegas and Southern California. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption

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A woman is facing charges after pouring what appears to be gasoline on the porch of the Queen Anne style house in Atlanta where Martin Luther King Jr. spent the first 12 years of his life. The home was not damaged. Historic American Buildings Survey/ Library of Congress hide caption

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Skiers participate in last year's "Santa Sunday" event at the Sunday River resort in Newry, Maine. Marina French/Sunday River hide caption

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Unique ways Americans celebrate the holidays, from skiing Santas to Festivus feats

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From left: rizz, Liz, zzzzz Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images, Bill Pugliano/Getty Images, Eitan Abramovich/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Artwork from the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, which were moved into the museum's underground safe to protect them from possible damage caused by rocket attacks, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, on Nov. 14. Tel Aviv museum director Tania Coen-Uzzielli poses in front of Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of Friederike Maria Beer," 1916. Maya Levin for NPR hide caption

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Gelt are chocolate coins traditionally given out during Hanukkah. NuRoots, the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles' young adult initiative, has baskets of gelt to hand out at its events. Jason DeRose/NPR hide caption

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Hanukkah celebrations inspire Jewish joy despite war and increasing antisemitism

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Pearl Harbor survivors, from left, Harry Chandler, Ken Stevens, Herb Elfring and Ira "Ike" Schab salute while the National Anthem is played during the 82nd Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. Mengshin Lin/AP hide caption

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Juanita Castro, sister of Fidel Castro, talks to a reporter, Oct. 27, 2009, in Miami. Juanita Castro, the anti-communist sister of Cuban rulers Fidel and Raul Castro who worked with the CIA against their government, has died in Miami at age 90. Alan Diaz/AP hide caption

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A Menorah stands partly lit outside Hackney Town Hall to mark the arrival of Hanukkah on December 7, 2023 in London, England. Carl Court/Getty Images hide caption

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This year's Hanukkah celebrations are tempered by Israel's war with Hamas

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CosMc's offers a large variety of drinks — and no hamburgers. The first store testing the new McDonald's concept is opening in Bolingbrook, Ill., near Chicago. McDonald's/Screenshot by NPR hide caption

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas professors Naoko Takemaru (left), Cha-Jan "Jerry" Chang and Patricia Navarro-Velez were killed during a shooting on campus on Wednesday. Takemaru oversaw UNLV's Japanese Studies program while Chang and Navarro-Velez were both professors in the business school. University of Nevada, Las Vegas hide caption

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Then presidential candidate Joe Biden waves to supporters as he finishes speaking during a drive-in campaign rally in Georgia in 2020. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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'Rebuild the base': How the Biden campaign will tackle a possible Trump rematch

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The Michigan Supreme Court hears arguments on Thursday, over whether lawmakers violated the state Constitution when they used the "adopt-and-amend" tactic on a 2018 minimum wage initiative. Carlos Osorio/AP hide caption

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Republican presidential candidates from left, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NewsNation on Wednesday at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption

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5 major takeaways — and one thing missing — from the fourth Republican debate

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Darryl George, 18, will spend the remainder of the year in in-school suspension, extending a punishment that was first imposed in August over his hairstyle that district officials maintain violates their dress code policy. Michael Wyke/AP hide caption

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