A man in Pakistan shot his six daughters to death because two of them were said to have violated the family’s honor. He was told by his son that two of this teenage daughters had had romantic relationships, so he shot all six. He told police that he was glad that he had done it, and if he had it to do over, would still do the same thing.In other news, a crowd of Muslims violently attacked a group of Copts in a predominantly Christian village in Egypt. A number of Christian victims were hospitalized, including a pregnant woman. The proximate cause of the attack was anger among the Muslims over a bell that was recently installed in the renovated village church.
Meanwhile, House Republicans have failed to gather enough votes to pass a compromise to allow the raising of the debt limit, so a vote has still not taken place.
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