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News Wrap: 6.8 magnitude earthquake hits southern Japan

Season 2026 Episode 154 | 6m 40s

In our news wrap Tuesday, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake damaged buildings in southern Japan, Seattle police say that the 15-year-old arrested during this weekend's mass shooting at a food festival used an untraceable "ghost gun" with an extended magazine and Florida is set to become the first state in nearly ten years to carry out two executions in a single day.

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