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Authorities in Texas say they're working to understand what led a 15-year-old student to shoot a teacher and then fatally shoot himself.

The shooting happened Monday morning at a high school near San Antonio.

No other injuries were reported.

The teacher was taken to a nearby hospital.

The FBI says a man with an assault rifle who crashed his pickup truck into a synagogue near Detroit earlier this month was carrying out an attack inspired by the militant group Hezbollah.

The head of the FBI in Detroit said Monday that the man made video recordings minutes before driving his truck loaded with fireworks and gasoline into the building.

The truck caught fire but did not explode.

None of the 150 children and staff members were injured.

The K-pop group BTS has returned to the top of this week's Billboard Albums chart after a long time away.

NPR's Stephen Thompson has more.

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The Senate has brought the funding fight over the Department of Homeland Security to an end.

Following a 42-day standoff, the Senate approved a bill overnight that funds agencies such as TSA and FEMA, but leaves out the department's main immigration enforcement operations.

Senate Republican Leader John Thune took to the floor after the vote to blame Democrats for what he called a piecemeal approach.

They wanted an issue.

Senate Democrats had refused to fund DHS over objections to immigration enforcement tactics following the fatal shootings of two U.S.

citizens in Minneapolis.

Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer.

The legislation still needs House approval before going to President Trump for his signature.

Egypt, Pakistan, Turkey playing a role in efforts to end the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, NPR's Ayat Betraori reports.