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The 7

Friday, October 27, 2023

The 7

The Washington Post

Daily News, News

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Friday briefing: Manhunt for the Maine shooting suspect; Syria airstrikes; World Series; Taylor Swift’s ‘1989’; and more


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0:00.0

A manhunt is still underway in Maine.

0:06.5

Georgia's voting maps were struck down by a federal judge,

0:09.5

and Taylor Swift dropped a new album last night. Well, new-ish. We'll explain. I'm Jeff Pierre and this is the

0:16.8

seven from the Washington Post. It's Friday, October 27th. Let's get you caught up with today seven stories.

0:24.0

Our first story today. In Maine,

0:30.0

hundreds of police are searching for Robert Card.

0:33.2

They believe the 40-year-old is responsible for Wednesday evening shootings in the city of Lewiston.

0:39.0

At least 18 people were killed in the rampage at a bowling alley and a bar and at least 13 were

0:44.4

injured. Police say card is armed and dangerous. Residents of Lewiston and

0:49.6

nearby towns are on edge as a shelter and place order is still in effect. Businesses,

0:54.9

offices, and schools as far as 70 miles east of Lewiston are closed. In response to

1:00.6

the shooting, Maine's Democratic congressman

1:03.0

Jarrett Golden said he would now support an assault weapons ban.

1:06.9

I have opposed efforts to ban deadly weapons of war

1:10.7

like the assault rightfully used to carry out this crime. The time has now come for me to take

1:16.0

responsibility for this failure, which is why I now call on the United States Congress

1:21.4

to ban assault rifles like the one used by the sick perpetrator of this mass killing in my hometown of Lewis and man.

1:30.0

For the good of my community, I will work with any colleague to get this done in the time that I have left in Congress. At number two, the U.S. carried out two air strikes in Syria on sites associated with Iran.

1:54.0

Since the outbreak of the Israel-Gazah war earlier this month,

1:58.0

U.S. personnel have been attacked nearly 20 times

2:01.0

by Iran-affiliated groups in Syria and Iraq.

2:04.7

The assaults have injured 21 U.S. service members.

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