Buffalo community reflects 1 year after supermarket shooting: "My problem is I can't forget"
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Sunday marked a solemn milestone as a community gathered to remember 10 people who were killed in a targeted, racially-motivated shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York.
The shooting one year ago at Tops Friendly Markets, which shook the city to its core, was commemorated with a moment of silence followed by a memorial service attended by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and state Attorney General Letitia James. The service aimed to honor the victims and offer support to those affected by the harrowing incident.
Garnell Whitfield Jr., who lost his 86-year-old mother, Ruth Whitfield, in the attack, shared his struggle with the attention surrounding the one-year mark.
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden were honored at a state dinner in Paris at the Presidential Elysee Palace on Saturday, hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron and first lady Brigitte Macron marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day two days prior and the strength of the countries' long alliance.
President Joe Biden said France was America's "first friend" at its founding and is one of its closest allies more than two centuries later as he was honored with a state visit Saturday by French President Emmanuel Macron aimed at showing off their partnership on global security issues and easing past trade tensions.
The Consumer Federal Protection Bureau last week launched an inquiry into what the agency is calling "junk fees in mortgage closing costs." These additional fees, involving home appraisal, title insurance and other services, have spiked in recent years and can add thousands of dollars to the final cost of buying a home.
Retired Maj. Gen. William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic "Earthrise" photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state. He was 90.