Nation and World
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Tuberville is ending blockade of most military nominees, clearing way for hundreds to be approved
Dec 05, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Sen. Tommy Tuberville announced on Tuesday that he's ending his blockade of hundreds of military promotions, following heavy criticism from many of his coll...
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Vice President Harris breaks nearly 200-year-old record for Senate tiebreaker votes, casts her 32nd
Dec 05, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Vice President Kamala Harris broke a nearly 200-year-old record for casting the most tiebreaking votes in the Senate when she voted Tuesday to advance the c...
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Brutal killings of women in Western Balkan countries trigger alarm and expose faults in the system
Dec 05, 2023 12:00 am - BELGRADE, Serbia - A man in Bosnia killed his wife and streamed the murder live on Instagram. In neighboring Serbia, 27 women were killed in gender-based attacks this ye...
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'We are officially hostages': How the Israeli kibbutz of Nir Oz embodied Hamas hostage strategy
Dec 05, 2023 12:00 am - NIR OZ, Israel - The engineer and his family cowered in the safe room, dark except for a red remote-control light because they feared the gunmen outside the door would n...
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House Speaker Johnson is insisting on sweeping border security changes in a deal for Ukraine aid
Dec 05, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - House Speaker Mike Johnson told fellow Republicans on Tuesday that sweeping changes to U.S. border policy would be their "hill to die on" in negotiations ov...
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Israel moves into Gaza's second-largest city and intensifies strikes in bloody new phase of the war
Dec 05, 2023 12:00 am - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip - Israel said Tuesday that its troops had entered Gaza's second-largest city as intensified bombardment sent streams of ambulances and cars rac...
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Wikipedia, wrapped. Here are 2023's most-viewed articles on the internet's encyclopedia
Dec 05, 2023 12:00 am - NEW YORK - Remember what you searched for in 2023? Well, Wikipedia has the receipts. English Wikipedia raked in more than 84 billion views this year, according to number...
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UN agency cites worrying warming trend as COP28 summit grapples with curbing climate change
Dec 05, 2023 12:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The United Nations weather agency is reporting that glaciers shrank more than ever from 2011 and 2020 and the Antarctic ice sheet lost 75 p...
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After racist shooting that killed 3, families sue Dollar General firms and others over lax security
Dec 05, 2023 12:00 am - JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Family members of three Black people fatally shot at a Dollar General store in north Florida by a racist gunman have sued the store's landlord, oper...
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Ukrainian officials say Russian shelling has hit a southern city, killing 2 people in the street
Dec 05, 2023 12:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - The Dutch government has allocated 2.5 billion euros (nearly $2.7 billion) to support Ukraine in 2024, the country's foreign minister announced during a ...