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Today is a national day of reflection in Australia to honour the 15 people killed during a Jewish festival one week ago.

Thousands of people gathered today at Bondi Beach in Sydney where the attack took place.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was among the officials.

He was booed when his name was announced.

He's been criticised for not doing enough to counter a rise in anti-Semitism in Australia.

An engineer from Germany made history this weekend, 62 miles above the Earth.

NPR's Amy Held reports on the first wheelchair user to go to space.

Electricity is being restored after a major power outage in San Francisco yesterday.

The utility reports 130,000 homes and businesses were affected.

Power Outage USA says there are still some 20,000 customers in the dark.

I'm Nora Rahm, NPR News in Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm.

President Trump is ratcheting up the pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Sotomayor.

Yesterday, the U.S.

intercepted another oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, the second time that's happened in the past two weeks.

NPR's Deepa Shivaram reports.

Apple and Google are telling employees on visas not to leave the U.S.

during the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

NPR's Bobby Allen reports.