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The Times of Israel

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Writer: John Christoffersen

December 16, 2012
7:26 pm

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy (photo credit: Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA, Wikimedia)

Connecticut governor: Gunman shot self as first responders closed in

Police have found no letters or diaries that could shed light on Adam Lanza’s motives

By John Christoffersen and MATT APUZZO

December 15, 2012
10:23 pm

Thousands attend a vigil for the victims of the school shooting at Saint Rose of Lima church, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012 in Newtown, Conn. (photo credit: AP)

Police: US shooter forced his way into school, hit victims multiple times

Principal killed while lunging at the gunman as she tried to overtake him; churchgoers hold candlelight vigil and sing ‘Silent Night’ ten days before Christmas

By John Christoffersen

October 7, 2012
6:16 am

In this courtroom drawing, defense attorneys Sabrina Shroff and Jerrod Thompson Hicks represent accused terrorist Abu Hamza al- Masri, center, before Magistrate Judge Franklin Maas in Manhattan federal court in New York on Saturday. (photo credit: AP/Elizabeth Williams)

Suspected terrorists make first appearance in US courtroom after extradition

Four plead ‘not guilty’ after being grabbed from Britain, radical Egyptian preacher enters no plea, demands his prosthetic hooks back

By John Christoffersen and Larry Neumeister

October 6, 2012
8:49 pm

A cavalcade of police vehicles reported to be carrying Abu Hamza leaves Long Lartin Prison in Worcestershire, central England Friday Oct. 5, 2012. The BBC reported that its reporter saw a police convoy carrying al-Masri leave Long Lartin Prison, saying the suspect was en route to a handover with US Marshals. Radical preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri and four other terror suspects who have fought for years to avoid facing charges in the United States have no more grounds for appeal and can be extradited from Britain immediately, Britain's High Court ruled Friday. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira/PA Wire)

Extradited terrorism suspects to be tried in US

Partially blind extremist preacher Abu Hamza and four others appear in federal courts hours after losing UK extradition fights

By John Christoffersen and Larry Neumeister

September 23, 2012
9:27 pm

Joseph Goebbels (third from right) overlooks Utah Beach with other Nazi officers on March, 3, 1944. (photo credit: Flash90)

US auction to sell writings of college-age Goebbels, to the anger of survivors’ group

Papers on sale Thursday offer glimpse into the mind of Hitler’s propaganda chief, says Connecticut auctioneer; opponents imply the profiteering is immoral

By John Christoffersen