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'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett, center, leaves Cook County jail following his release, Thursday, February 21, 2019, in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
February 23, 2019, 12:51 pm
Social media provides fuel for Jussie Smollett story
Coverage of the case of the ‘Empire’ actor, who has turned himself in, is an object lesson in the foibles of modern reporting
By Sharon Cohen and Allen G. Breed
Driver's license photo of Pittsburgh synagogue massacre suspect Robert Bowers (Pennsylvania DOT)
October 31, 2018, 9:04 pm
As victims buried, Pittsburgh synagogue shooter indicted on 44 counts
Robert Bowers charged by federal grand jury over massacre of 11 Jews at prayer, could face the death penalty
By MARYCLAIRE DALE and Allen G. Breed
A casket is carried out of Rodef Shalom Congregation after the funeral services for brothers Cecil and David Rosenthal, in Pittsburgh, October 30, 2018. (Matt Rourke/AP)
October 31, 2018, 4:11 pm
3 more Pittsburgh synagogue shooting victims set to be buried
Funerals for Melvin Wax, Joyce Fienberg, Irving Younger to be held day after US president pays his respects at memorial outside building where they were killed
By MARYCLAIRE DALE and Allen G. Breed
An FBI agent stands behind a police cordon outside the Tree of Life Synagogue after a shooting there left 11 people dead in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh on October 27, 2018. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
October 31, 2018, 8:55 am
‘I’m going to die’: Survivors relive horrors at Tree of Life
Days before massacre, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers had used a blog post to urge members of his Pittsburgh congregation to celebrate life while they had the chance
By ADAM GELLER, Allen G. Breed and MARYCLAIRE DALE
In this October 29, 2018 photo, Holocaust survivor Judah Samet, 80, sits in his living room in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)
October 30, 2018, 11:13 pm
In Pittsburgh, Holocaust survivor faces evil, cheats death for second time
After narrowly surviving Bergen-Belsen Nazi death camp as a 6-year-old, Judah Samet was safe from synagogue shooting because he was 4 minutes late
By Allen G. Breed
This undated photo provided by Barry Werber shows Melvin Wax. Wax was killed when a gunman opened fire at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. (Courtesy of Barry Werber via AP)
October 29, 2018, 3:45 am
‘I’m barely breathing’: Synagogue shooting survivor recounts terror
Thousands gather at auditorium in downtown Pittsburgh to remember the 11 victims of Saturday’s attack by an anti-Semitic gunman
By MARYCLAIRE DALE, CLAUDIA LAUER and Allen G. Breed
Pallbearers carry the casket of Scott Beigel, geography teacher from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, after a funeral service at Temple Beth-El on February 18, 2018 in Boca Raton, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP)
February 19, 2018, 1:22 am
Sad and angry, Florida students bash Trump, push for gun control
White House plans meeting with students after school shooting survivors excoriate president, call for anti-gun violence march in Washington
By JASON DEAREN, TERRY SPENCER and Allen G. Breed
Demonstrators at protest against guns on the steps of the Broward County Federal courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Saturday, February 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
February 18, 2018, 5:43 am
Florida, angry and grieving, takes gun protest to streets
As new details emerge of gunman’s unstable and violent past, thousands of demonstrators insist they will not relent until action taken on gun-control legislation
By JASON DEAREN, Allen G. Breed and Tamara Lush
US Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was captured in Afghanistan in 2009 (photo credit: United States Army/File)
March 26, 2015, 7:02 am
Freed Taliban captive Bergdahl to face desertion charges
US military says soldier held by Islamists for 5 years could face life in prison if convicted, though experts say that is unlikely
By Allen G. Breed and Lolita C. Baldor
Former Marine Ed Ayers of Scranton, Penn., hangs his head and weeps at the Beirut Bombing Memorial in Jacksonville, NC, on Wednesday (photo credit: AP/Allen G. Breed)
October 24, 2013, 6:55 am
30 years later, survivors recall Beirut blast
Hundreds gather at North Carolina memorial to mark deadliest terrorist attack on Americans before Sept. 11, 2001
By Allen G. Breed and Emery P. Dalesio
An ornament for Noah Pozner hangs on a tree at one of the makeshift memorials for the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 in Newtown, Conn. Pozner was killed when a gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Friday and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children. (Mary Altaffer/AP)
December 18, 2012, 1:33 am
Shattered town begins to bury victims of school shooting spree
‘Momma loves you, little man,’ Noah Pozner’s mother says in graveside eulogy for 6-year-old killed in Connecticut attack
By Allen G. Breed and Hellen O'Neill
Illustrative photo of damage caused by Hurricane Sandy (photo credit: AP/Frank Franklin II)
October 30, 2012, 11:58 am
Daylight reveals extent of damage from massive storm as death toll continues to rise
At least 39 people dead, including three children, as Sandy makes its way west; president declares New York and Long Island major disaster zones
By Allen G. Breed and Tom Hays
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