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Bernstein chose this epic score, known as the “Resurrection,” to memorialize Kennedy two days after his assassination in 1963.

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His home address was posted online following the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.

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Five people have been detained after an alleged attempted assassination of Ecuador's president, according to the government.

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The back will depict the famous fist pump pose from his 2024 assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, along with the words “fight, fight, fight.”

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There have been a series of political assassinations in the USA so far in 2025, and there were around 500 mass shootings across the country in 2024.

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