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The Attack in France: Yesterday, ISIS claimed responsibility for a shooting attack on police in Paris that killed one officer and wounded two others. The shooting happened just days before the first round of France’s presidential election, in which anger over and fear of terrorism have fueled the rise of far-right candidate Marine LePen. But it’s hard to say just how much this attack could have on the polls. Right now, the young outsider candidate Emmanuel Macron looks like the front-runner, and his success comes thanks to .

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