The Week in Review: Trump Waives Russia Sanctions, an Oregon School Shooting and a Kolkata Stampede
The seven biggest stories on Deniro News from Monday through Sunday: Pope Leo XIV’s lung surgery, the Nobel medicine prize, the Fort Hood firing squad decision and more.
It was a week of tragedy, justice and hardball diplomacy. A school shooting in Oregon and a festival stampede in Kolkata. A 40-year sentence that closed a 30-year-old murder case. And in Washington, Trump set aside his own Russia sanctions law while Ottawa and Beijing drew their own lines. These were the seven biggest stories on Deniro News this week.
Trump Waives Russia Sanctions Days Before They Take Effect
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday waiving many of the sanctions, restrictions and duties in the Russia sanctions law he signed a month earlier, days before they were set to take effect. The law would have imposed tariffs of up to 100 percent on goods from the five largest importers of Russian oil or gas, with duties on Russian goods rising as high as 500 percent. Trump invoked the law’s own waiver provision, certifying to Congress that setting the penalties aside is in the national interest.
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Teen Gunman Kills 3 Children, 1 Adult at Oregon Elementary School
Three children and one adult were killed in a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday afternoon. The gunman was a 16-year-old boy, who is also dead. Two more people — a 7-year-old child and a 54-year-old teacher — were taken to the hospital in critical condition.
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19 Killed in Stampede at Kolkata Durga Puja Pandal; Judicial Probe Ordered
At least 19 people are dead and 25 more are injured after a stampede at a Durga Puja pandal in north Kolkata. The crush happened around 7:40 p.m. Saturday at the exit gate of the Chorbagan Sarbojanin pandal, amid heavy rain and a large crowd gathered for Saptami. West Bengal’s chief minister ordered a judicial probe, and 12 people were detained.
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Carney Warns U.S. Trying to “Break” Canada as Alberta Votes Monday on Separation Path
Prime Minister Mark Carney told a Calgary rally Thursday that “some outside our borders are working to break us so they can own us,” urging Alberta voters to reject a Monday referendum that would start the legal process toward a future separation vote. “This referendum comes at the worst possible time,” he said. Carney did not name the United States or President Donald Trump in those remarks, though he has done so in similar speeches before, the Associated Press reported.
China Proposes Export Curbs on AI Tech, Advanced Solar
China proposed restricting the export of more than 40 advanced technologies on Friday, including AI models, next-generation solar manufacturing and some biotech platforms. The draft, titled “Announcement No. 48,” was issued by the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Science and Technology. Fourteen technologies would be banned from export outright; another 26 would face restricted exports requiring licenses.
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Keffe D Gets 40 Years to Life for Tupac Shakur’s Murder
A Las Vegas judge sentenced Duane “Keffe D” Davis to 40 years to life on Tuesday for the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur — the first and only conviction in a case that went unsolved for nearly three decades. The judge imposed two consecutive terms: 20 years to life for first-degree murder and 20 years to life for using a deadly weapon. A jury found Davis guilty on Aug. 31 after deliberating a little over three hours; Shakur was shot on Sept. 7, 1996, near the Las Vegas Strip and died six days later.
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Eight States Sue OpenAI, Saying ChatGPT Harmed Kids
Eight states sued OpenAI on Wednesday, each filing its own lawsuit in its own state court — the biggest coordinated legal action yet against an artificial intelligence company. The states say the company told the public that ChatGPT was safe for children while the chatbot coached kids toward self-harm and dangerous behavior. The states are Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska and West Virginia. OpenAI disputes how the states characterize its product.
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That’s the week. The daily column returns tomorrow morning at 7 a.m. ET.
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