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DAVID GREENE, HOST: Services for the victims of the mass shooting of the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh begin today, and that includes a service for two brothers. For many in Pittsburgh's Jewish community, the event will begin the formal period

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Sunday marks the 10th anniversary of the deadliest campus shooting in American history. Survivors' and victims' families will gather at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg to remember the 32 people who were killed. Many others were injured

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Evangelical Writer Kisses An Old Idea Goodbye

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