Survivors of Club Q shooting testify about the onslaught of anti-LGBTQ threats and violence; 10 years since the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, gun safety advocates urge semiautomatic weapons ban; Fed raises interest rates again

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• Survivors of last month’s mass shooting at a Colorado LGBTQ night club say right-wing rhetoric has played a key role. 
• It’s the tenth anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, which claimed 26 lives.
• The Federal Reserve raises a key interest rate for the seventh time this year, and disappoints some economists who hoped it would signal a pause in imposing any future hikes.
• A United Nations council which fights for gender equality votes to immediately oust Iran over its violation of the rights of women and girls.

Image: The Sandy Hook Elementary School makeshift memorial on Washington Avenue in Sandy Hook, Conn., 12 days after the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School. (Wed 12/26/22) via Wikimedia.