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Oregon Teacher Disputes Account of Her Heroism During School Shooting

Becky Drury, who was said to have shielded a student during a deadly shooting in Bend, refuted the account. “The truth is I was shot before I had any chance to act.”

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Last week, a teenage gunman fatally shot three children and one teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Ore.
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The Mayor of a City in Haiti Warned of a Massacre. No One Listened.

The mayor of Kenscoff, a town near Haiti’s capital, wrote government officials hundreds of letters to warn of gang threats. Then dozens of people died, and he did, too.

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The former mayor of Kenscoff, Haiti, Jean Massillon, showing bullet holes outside Kenscoff City Hall after a gang attack in August that killed 47 people. He died two weeks after this photo was taken.
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June 17, 1994: Millions Watched Police Chase O.J. Simpson in a Bronco

The chase occurred days after his ex-wife and her friend were killed. New details shed light on the role that a mobster might have played in helping Mr. Simpson.

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On June 17, 1994, the police engaged in a televised, slow-speed pursuit of a white Bronco carrying O.J. Simpson, who was being charged with two murders.
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Key Players in the O.J. Simpson Trial

More than 30 years later, the people involved in what became known as the “trial of the century” are still household names.

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O.J. Simpson in court during the early stages of his 1994 murder trial.
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O.J. Simpson, a Secret Informant and a Decades-Old Mystery

An “extremely reliable” informant told authorities about the missing murder weapon, according to newly unsealed records. The informant’s brother told The Times his sibling was at the crime scene.

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During his 1995 double-murder trial, O.J. Simpson wore the gloves found at the crime scene and his home.
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5 Takeaways From The Times’s Re-Examination of the O.J. Simpson Case

Newly unsealed court files and interviews challenge the popular narrative around the murders and the “trial of the century.”

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O.J. Simpson, center, during his double murder trial in Los Angeles in 1995.
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After School Shooting in Bend, Ore., a Community Tries to Recapture Its Identity

Days after the shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School, the community is questioning its resilience — and safety.

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Community members embrace outside Silver Rail Elementary School on Friday, the day after a gunman killed three children and a teacher in Bend, Ore.
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NYC Subway Shooting in Midtown Leaves Man Dead

The shooting occurred on Saturday at the 7th Avenue Station on 53rd Street, near Times Square. The Police Department said there have been no arrests.

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The Police Department said it was seeking a man wearing a red tracksuit, a black vest and a face mask in connection with the shooting.
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Caracas Is Eerily Safe After Deadly Police Raids in Venezuela Killed Thousands

Crime plunged after police raids killed thousands. Venezuela is now withdrawing from the International Criminal Court as it investigates this blood-soaked campaign.

Visitors to a former safe house used by an armed gang in Cota 905, a neighborhood in Caracas.
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Trump Cancels Planned Execution Livestream of Nidal Hasan, Fort Hood Shooter

The president said only immediate families of the victims of the mass shooting in 2009 would witness the execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan.

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A memorial display for the soldiers killed in the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, seen in April 2014.
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