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In 1970, Sobel attempted suicide when he shot himself in the head with a small-caliber pistol. The bullet entered his left temple, passed behind his eyes, and exited out the other side of his head. This severed his optic nerves and left him blind. He entered a VA assisted living facility in Waukegan, Illinois. He

Warren Jeffstook control of the FLDS, a religious sect known for its practice of polygamy, following the death of his father, Rulon Jeffs, in 2002. According to religious doctrine, Jeffs was seen as a prophet. During his command, Jeffs controlled most aspects of life inside his community, including the assigning and reassigning of wives. His

Israel is pressing deeper into Gaza with tanks and soldiers as its ground offensive expands in the densely populated Palestinian enclave. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described the offensive as the second phase of the war to destroy Hamas, the militant group that controls Gaza.

Officials in Salt Lake City havereleased the results of two investigations into thewidely publicized arrest of a Utah nurse who refused to draw blood from anunconscious patient and the conclusions are scathing.

On January 29, 1945, Thomas William Selleck, an actor, was born in the US. He is an NRA member, a former soldier in the California Army National Guard, the co-founder of the organization Character Counts!, and an NRA spokeswoman.