The Sydney and Brown University attacks have one other thing in common: Both quickly become dragged into the politics of a bitter, divided time, as partisans saw each through the prism of their own ideology and bitter disputes.

“There are not words strong enough to condemn violence directed toward the Jewish community,” Houston Mayor John Whitmire said.

Chicagoans gathered Sunday with heavy hearts to light the menorah on the first day of Hanukkah. The shooting, that left at least 15 dead and 42 wounded, was Australia's deadliest in nearly 30 years.

Two gunmen opened fire during a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney's Bondi beach, killing 15 people, including a child, officials said Monday, in what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called an act of antisemitic terrorism that struck at the heart of the nation.

If Travis Posey has any assets, Brittney and Jeromy Sullivent want to find them. The Sullivents are looking for anything tied to Posey, who is serving life in prison for killing four people and wounding nine during a shooting at the Mad Butcher grocery store in Fordyce.

Warriors coach Steve Kerr once again called for change after a mass shooting a t Brown University in Rhode Island left two dead and several more injured on early Sunday morning. Before Golden State’s game in Portland on Sunday evening, Kerr went on a three-minute monologue, pleading for change after the latest shooting to rock the nation.