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- The top 25 stories curated by editors and fellow readers!

Editor's Pick

A Third Person Has Received a Transplant of a Genetically Engineered
Pig Kidney
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Looney, 53, is off of kidney dialysis after undergoing the procedure
at NYU Langone Health on November 25. She was discharged from the
hospital on December 6, and her doctors say she is in good health. Her
surgery is the latest in a series of similar procedures known as
xenotransplantation, the practice of transplanting organs from one
species to another.

Earlier this year, surgeons carried out pig kidney transplants in
living people for the first time. In March, 62-year-old Richard
Slayman made history when he received a kidney from a genetically
engineered pig at Massachusetts General Hospital. He was discharged
from the hospital and was initially doing well, but he died nearly two
months after the transplant. In a statement released by the hospital,
his medical team said there was no indication that his death was the
result of his transplant. In November, Slayman’s surgeon said his
death was caused by an “unexpected cardiac event,” and there was
no sign that his body had rejected the organ.

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After 3 Years, I Failed. Here's All My Startup's Code.
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And by "all," I mean everything: core product, failed pivots,
miscellaneous scripts, deployment configurations, marketing website,
and more. Hopefully the codebase is interesting or potentially helpful
to somebody out there!

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Powerful Earthquake Jolts Vanuatu, Damaging Buildings
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A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck near Vanuatu early Tuesday
afternoon, triggering small tsunami waves, causing serious damage to
the U.S. Embassy in the capital and knocking out most of the internet
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Max Ends Its Partnership With 'Sesame Street'
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Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit company that makes the venerable
children's educational program, is looking for a new distribution
partner after Warner Bros. Discovery decided not to renew its
agreement to air new episodes of the show on its streaming platform,
Max.

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Elon Musk will not receive highestlevel government security clearance
reports
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The space entrepreneur Elon Musk is unlikely to receive government
security clearances if he so applied, even as his SpaceX launch
company blasts military and spy agency payloads into orbit, according
to a report on Monday.







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Trump to block the government and military from buying EVs
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The Biden tariffs were justified on economic grounds as a way of
defending US industry against an unfair level of state support from
China toward its own automakers.

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The One Way I Know a Team is in Trouble
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I'm often brought in to assess how leadership teams are doing. I look
at a variety of signals. One of the best indicators a team isn't doing
so great? False harmony.















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Germanys Conservative Candidate Eyes 100 Billion Spending Cut -
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Germanys leading parties present their political programs Lawmakers
cleared way for a snap election in February

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Syrian rebels to disband military wings and form army, leader says -
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Officials from UK, France and Germany meet new rulers in Damascus
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Why Louis Vuitton is struggling but Herms is not - The Economist (No
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There will be fewer designer handbags or high heels under the
Christmas tree this year. Spending on personal luxury goods is set to
fall by 2% in 2024, according to Bain, a consultancy. Sales of fashion
and leather items at LVMH, the worlds biggest luxury conglomerate,
have tumbled. Kering, which owns Gucci, has issued a string of profit
warnings. Anyone that receives Versace goodies from Santa may feel a
little less pleased than usual. The luxury brand is selling 40% of its
products at a discount.

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Head Of Russias Nuclear Defense Forces Killed In A Bomb Blast In
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The head of Russias nuclear, chemical and biological weapons defense
forcewho Ukraine has accused of deploying banned chemical weapons on
the battlefieldwas killed in a bomb blast outside an apartment
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In British pubs, its the great Guinness shortage of 2024 - WSJ (No
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Pubs up and down the U.K. say they are running low on Guinness after a
surge in demand that caught the beers brewer off guard. The timing
couldnt be worse, with millions across the country heading to
Christmas parties and other gatherings as the festive season here
kicks into high gear.

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Broadcoms AI success wont all come at Nvidias expense - WSJ (No
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Theres a new trillion-dollar AI chip maker in town, but the old one is
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Prince Andrew spy scandal rocks British establishment
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The 50-year-old came clean after reports emerged at the weekend that
he had been banned from entering the U.K. in 2023, when he was accused
of engaging in covert and deceptive activity on behalf of the Chinese
state. He was assessed at the time as posing a threat to U.K. national
security.

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Israel Approves Plan to Double Population in the Golan Heights -
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World Brief: Israel Approves Plan to Double Population in the Golan
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Amazon and the Endangered Future of the Middle Manager
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy delivered one of 2024's major job headlines with
his five-day office mandate, but there's a bigger tech organizational
shakeup at work.

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Driverless bus service in Scotland to be withdrawn due to lack of
interest
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The UK's first driverless bus service, originally heralded as a
breakthrough of global significance, is being withdrawn from service
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Walmart employees are now wearing body cameras in some stores
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Walmart has started giving store-level associates body cameras to wear
as part of a pilot program at some of its U.S. locations, CNBC has
learned. Walmart, the largest nongovernmental employer in the U.S.

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China's AI elite rethink their Silicon Valley dream jobs
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China's elite AI tech workers are at a crossroads. "It's simple.
Chinese professionals who specialize in AI, if given the chance,
definitely [prefer to] come to the U.S.

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Russian general in charge of nuclear protection forces killed by bomb
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Yesterday, Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) charged Kirillov in
absentia (meaning he wasn't in the country) for using chemical weapons
in Ukraine. The SBU alleges that chemical weapons have been used in
the country more than 4,800 times since Russia's full-scale invasion
in February 2022.

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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Ramps Up Competition with Elon Musk and SpaceX
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SpaceX has reshaped how rockets are built and launched since Mr. Musk
started it about two decades ago. Its reusable rocket boosters have
reduced the cost and increased the frequency that payloads can be shot
into orbit. For transporting things like satellites as well as cargo
and crew headed to space stations, governments and other customers at
times have few other options.

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Why OpenAI Needs So Much Money
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That requires larger and larger amounts of computing power from giant
data centers. Inside those data centers are computers packed with
thousands of specialized computer chips called graphics processing
units, or GPUs, which can cost more than $30,000 apiece.

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Trump attorney alleges 'grave juror misconduct' in hush money trial,
calls to toss verdicts
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A jury in late May found Trump guilty on 34 counts of falsifying
business records related to a scheme ahead of the 2016 presidential
election to keep porn star Stormy Daniels from discussing an alleged
one-night stand with Trump years earlier. Trump, who has denied having
sex with Daniels, has claimed he is the victim of a political
prosecution and a biased judge.

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Ukraine Said It Assassinated a Russian General in Moscow
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A senior American official said the U.S. was not informed about the
assassination ahead of time and warned that the killing might be
counterproductive by inciting a reaction from Vladimir Putin.

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New Travel Protections For Passengers Flying With Wheelchairs
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Here’s what we know about the raft of new regulations, with many
beginning on Jan. 16. As with all D.O.T. rules, these regulations
apply to all flights to, from, or within the United States.

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Why the Dow is in such a historic funk and how concerned you should be
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"This pullback will be the pause that refreshes before a reversal
higher to close 2024," said Larry Tentarelli, founder and chief
technical strategist of the Blue Chip Daily Trend Report. "We
expect buyers to come in this week. ... Index internals are showing
oversold readings."

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Fed decision is 'last hurdle' before a Santa year-end rally, Bank of
America says
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Stocks typically rise in the second half of December, especially
following elections, according to Bank of America.

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Congress releases short-term funding bill as deadline nears to avert a
holiday shutdown
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The main downside is that it would force Congress to grapple with
another deadline early in Trump's term, potentially taking time away
from his other priorities, like confirming nominees through the Senate
and advancing his party-line measures on tax cuts, immigration
funding and domestic energy policy.

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Investors are so confident in stocks, they have a record low
allocation to the safety of cash
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More than 170 participants responded to Bank of America's December
survey questions, which is one of the most widely followed gauges of
investors. The group includes people who hold titles including chief
investment officer and portfolio manager, among others.

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Trump files suit against Iowa pollster Ann Selzer and Des Moines
Register newspaper
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The suit states that "Millions of Americans, including Plaintiff,
residents of Iowa, and Iowans who contributed to President Trump's
Campaign and its affiliated entities (the "Trump 2024 Campaign"), were
deceived by the doctored Harris Poll" and that the "polling 'miss' was
not an astonishing coincidenceâit was intentional."

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Elon Musk, SpaceX reportedly under federal review for undisclosed
meetings with foreign leaders
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America isn’t the only country concerned about Musk’s ability to
keep a lid on classified information. Nine other countries
“including in Europe and the Middle East,” raised security
concerns about Musk sitting in meetings with US defense officers over
the past three years, according to The New York Times. Employees who
were concerned about the lax reactions to these vetting requirements
failed to report the behavior out of fear of losing their jobs.

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Why Cant You Pack a Bag? - The New Yorker (No paywall)
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I had my worst-ever packing experience in the late nineties, when I
was a teen-ager. My mother and I were returning from a trip to
Ireland. Before leaving home, wed overpacked extravagantly, imagining
a wide range of non-rainy weather conditions; Id also, for some
reason, decided that I needed to bring not just my Discman but a whole
booklet of CDs. We were already at capacity when, the day before our
return flight, my mom went to the local butcher shop and bought two
dozen sausages, a few rashers of bacon, and several cans of stew. Her
idea was to wrap everything in plastic bags and hide them inside our
giant duffel of laundry. The dogs and the customs agents at Dulles
Airport were not deceived. As we knelt on the terminal linoleum,
surrounded by sausages and stuffing our clothes back into our bags, I
felt a genuine sense of public shame, as though I were in a stockade.

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Honda and Nissan reportedly open merger talks
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Speaking of North America, US President-elect Donald Trump reportedly
plans to reverse President Biden’s EV policies. His transition team
is said to have recommended ending government support for EVs and
charging stations and focusing instead on blocking cars, components
and battery materials sourced from China. Climate scientists have
warned that transitioning from gas-powered to electric vehicles is
necessary to reduce carbon emissions and head off the most
catastrophic projections for our planet.

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Science-Based Tips for Making Your Christmas Tree Last - Scientific
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Ah, December, the month when many people bring a littleor
not-so-littlepiece of the great outdoors inside in the form of a
Christmas tree. But what kind of care does a felled tree need to look
and smell its best for the (purportedly) most festive weeks of the
year?

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US poised to reach executions milestone
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Support for the death penalty in 2024 remains at a five-decade low,
according to polling firm Gallup. Fifty-three percent of Americans say
they are in favor of the death penalty in 2024, a decline from 80
percent 30 years ago.

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Americans Traveling to the U.K. in 2025 Must Do This
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Per a notice on the travel section of the U.S. Department of State's
website: "U.S. citizens transiting through or traveling to the United
Kingdom for tourism, family visits, business meetings, conferences, or
short-term study for six months or less will require an Electronic
Travel Authorization (ETA) prior to travel."

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Ireland fines Meta $263 million for 2018 View As data breach
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The settlement should provide payment to an estimated 311,127 people.
Eligible parties must have had a Facebook account from November 2015
to December 2015, spent more than 30 days in Australia during that
period and personally or had a Facebook friend who installed the This
is Your Digital Life app. Meta previously agreed to pay $725 million
to users in the US.

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Get a free $20 Amazon gift card when you buy the Samsung Galaxy Buds 3
Pro
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According to our review, the Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro earbuds have no
issue hitting its advertised battery life. With ANC on, they can last
six hours, and the charging case provides an additional 20 hours of
ANC-on usage. We also counted it among the best wireless earbuds in
2024.

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UK government denies rift with Mauritian PM over Chagos Islands deal
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Ministers in the UK have said that uncertainty over the islands’
legal status threatened the base’s operation and that the deal had
support from across the US security system. Joe Biden’s
administration has offered its public backing to it.

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The chemical weapon accusations against the general killed in Moscow
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“The analyses by the OPCW designated laboratories, conducted
separately and independently from one another, confirm that the
grenade and soil samples collected from the trench contain the riot
control agent 2-Chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile known as CS,” the
body reported. Under the chemical weapons convention signed by Russia,
it added, “the use of riot control agents as a method of warfare is
prohibited”.

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The DOJ wants a Perplexity executive to testify in its Google
antitrust case | TechCrunch
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Perplexity also says that while it has agreed to provide copies of
licensing agreements “related to AI training,” Google wants all of
Perplexity’s licensing agreements and that it has asked Google to
“meet and confer” about this. 

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A comprehensive list of 2024 tech layoffs | TechCrunch
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Alyssa Stringer was formerly the Audience Development Manager for
TechCrunch. She previously worked for HW Media as Audience Development
Manager across HousingWire, RealTrends and FinLedger media brands.
Prior to her experience in audience development, Alyssa worked as a
content writer and holds a Bachelor’s in Journalism at the
University of North Texas.

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AI boom masks fundraising struggles for non-AI startups | TechCrunch
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Founders of non-GenAI startups must feel like “in high school, and
they didn’t get invited to the cool party,” Hirsch said, adding
that they often have a good business, but nobody cares.

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Commonwealth Fusion Systems just picked its first commercial site
partly because of its proximity to Washington, DC | TechCrunch
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While CFS has its eyes on Sparc and Arc today, Needham said the
company is already beginning to think about what comes after those.
“Because of all the work we’ve done, we found a lot of great
sites,” Needham said. “Our objective as a company is not to build
a fusion power plant. It’s to build thousands.”

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Grammarly acquires productivity startup Coda, brings on new CEO |
TechCrunch
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Aisha is a consumer news reporter at TechCrunch. Prior to joining the
publication in 2021, she was a telecom reporter at MobileSyrup. Aisha
holds an honours bachelor’s degree from University of Toronto and a
master’s degree in journalism from Western University.

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Slip Robotics snags $28M for its bots that can load a truck in five
minutes | TechCrunch
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He said Slip Robotics didn’t try to scale too soon, kept quiet, and
focused on developing its robotics platform. That approach appears to
have paid off. The company, once less than a dozen people, has now
grown to about 50 employees. Importantly, he noted, Slip Robotics now
has 10 commercial customers and hundreds of bots in the field.

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Popular LatAm digital payment service AstroPay launches multi-currency
wallet | TechCrunch
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AstroPay itself has teams in multiple markets, including Argentina,
Brazil, Colombia, Denmark, India, Peru, Spain, the U.K., and Uruguay.
“The team is a reflection of that company we’re building as well.
So we are 320 people and we’re spread out around the world,” Sacal
said.

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Exclusive: Focused Energy buys two of the world's most powerful lasers
for its fusion quest | TechCrunch
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Today, Focused Energy’s main challenge is building things quickly
enough, Mercer said. “We set our target for 2035. It’s mostly
conditioned on, how quickly can we start to move towards laser
manufacturing at scale?” he said. “Even putting a traditional
power plant on the grid in a 10-year time frame is an ambitious
process today.”

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Nuon helps companies deploy their software into their customers' cloud
accounts | TechCrunch
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“If you think about the last 17 years of software, everything has
been built for SaaS,” Morehouse said. “We believe the next 17
years of software is going to be built for bring-your-own cloud.
It’s going to be AI first. It’s going to be designed to run in the
customer’s cloud first.”

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Bitcoin Rally Leaves the World's Original Crypto ETFs Behind
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While this year’s net flows for Canadian Bitcoin ETFs will be
negative, Rincon of TD sees more tailwinds on the way for the crypto
ETF industry with incoming changes at the US Securities and Exchange
Commission that could lead to more types of ETFs.

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Gun Violence Around Schools Has Risen Since the Pandemic
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School shootings make up less than 1 percent of all gun deaths
suffered by American children. Only a small fraction of the nation’s
some 130,000 elementary and secondary schools report episodes
involving guns each year. The incidents are far more likely to occur
outside on school property than inside schools, the database shows.

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