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A new year dawns on a Middle East torn by conflict and change

By GHAITH ALSAYED, WAFAA SHURAFA and LUJAIN JO
Dec 31, 2024 4:27 pm - DAMASCUS — In Damascus, the streets were buzzing with excitement Tuesday as Syrians welcomed in a new year that seemed to many to bring a promise of a brighter future aft...
Washington, D.C., mayor says she had ‘great meeting’ with Trump at Mar-a-Lago

By Meagan Flynn and Martin Weil
Dec 31, 2024 4:23 pm - D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) met with President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Monday, saying in a late-night statement that they discussed “shared priorities” in...
Japanese buyer sends Biden new U.S. Steel proposal in final bid for support

By David J. Lynch and Jeff Stein
Dec 31, 2024 4:16 pm - Nippon Steel proposed giving the U.S. government a veto over any reduction in U.S. Steel’s “production capacity” in a last-ditch bid for President Joe Biden’s approval to...
Former CNN anchor Aaron Brown, who helped viewers through the Sept. 11 attacks, has died

By JIM SALTER and R.J. RICO
Dec 31, 2024 12:09 pm - Aaron Brown, a veteran television news anchor whose steady hand helped guide CNN viewers through the unfolding tragedy of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has died.
New Zealand’s Auckland is the first major city to welcome 2025 with fireworks and light show

By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY
Dec 31, 2024 8:49 am - Auckland has become the first major city to welcome 2025, with thousands of revelers counting down to the new year and cheering at colorful fireworks launched from New Zealand’s tallest structure, Sky Tower, and a spectacular downtown light show.
The rise in mail voting comes with a price, as mismatched signatures lead to ballot rejections

By AUDREY McAVOY and AYANNA ALEXANDER
Dec 31, 2024 8:27 am - As with many voters on Maui, Joshua Kamalo thought the race for president wasn't the only big contest on the November ballot. He also was focused on a hotly contested seat for the local governing board.
Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine hits multiple targets, including Kyiv

By ILLIA NOVIKOV
Dec 31, 2024 8:22 am - Russia launched an aerial attack on Ukraine on Tuesday, striking the capital and other regions with multiple missiles and drones.
Trump calls it the ‘center of the universe.’ Mar-a-Lago is a magnet for those seeking influence

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and MICHELLE L. PRICE
Dec 31, 2024 8:20 am - The cars begin lining up early in the morning to be screened by Secret Service agents under white tents near the fence that surrounds President-elect Donald Trump’s vast south Florida estate.
US and Boeing investigators examine the site of a deadly South Korean plane crash

By HYUNG-JIN KIM
Dec 31, 2024 8:16 am - A team of U.S. investigators including representatives from Boeing on Tuesday examined the site of a plane crash that killed 179 people in South Korea while authorities were conducting safety inspections on all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by the country’s airlines.
Value-seekers drove 2024’s retail trends and dead ends

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO and DEE-ANN DURBIN
Dec 30, 2024 8:09 am - Shoppers and restaurant patrons in the U.S. were choosy about where and how to spend their money as they wrestled with high housing and food prices.

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