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Published October 1, 2026 at 3:43 AM CDT

Israel's prime minister says a pilot may have tried to crash a plane traveling to Tel Aviv, Trump visits Oklahoma to campaign for GOP candidates, Pete Hegseth announces new military initiatives.

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3 children, teacher killed in shooting at Oregon elementary school

Arezou Rezvani, A Martínez

Three children and a teacher were killed in a shooting at a Bend, Oregon, elementary school Thursday. Officials say a bystander confronted and fatally shot the 16-year-old suspected shooter.
Former mayor of Bend, Oregon, on the deadly shooting at an elementary school

Steve Inskeep

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Jeff Eager, former mayor of Bend, Oregon, about the elementary school shooting in his neighborhood.
Security expert discusses deadly Oregon school shooting

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NPR's Steve Inskeep asks security expert Juliette Kayyem of Harvard's Kennedy School about the shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon.
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Do Americans own the president's papers? Appeals court to weigh in

Carrie Johnson

The administration says papers created in the White House belong to Donald Trump, not to the American people. The case could ultimately end up at the conservative-leaning Supreme Court.
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A Martínez, Steve Inskeep

Three children and a teacher were killed in a shooting at an Oregon school, how Russia is viewing Ukraine's strikes and its growing rift with the U.S., DOJ sues California over its voter rolls.