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Drought, fires and deforestation battered Amazon rain forest in 2024

By STEVEN GRATTAN
Dec 28, 2024 2:53 pm - BOGOTA, Colombia — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rain forest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counter...
By The Associated Press
Dec 28, 2024 12:09 am - At least one Mega Millions player has plenty of dough to ring in the New Year after drawing the winning number. After three months without anyone winning the top prize in...
Israeli troops forcibly remove staff and patients from northern Gaza hospital, officials say

By WAFAA SHURAFA, FATMA KHALED and LEE KEATH
Dec 27, 2024 9:57 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli troops stormed one of the last hospitals operating in northern Gaza on Friday, forcing many staff and patients outside to strip in win...
Azerbaijani and US officials suggest plane that crashed may have been hit by weapons fire

Dec 27, 2024 9:54 pm - Russian air defense systems may have brought down an Azerbaijani airliner this week, a U.S. official said Friday after an Azerbaijani minister also suggested the plane wa...
US to send $1.25 billion in weapons to Ukraine, pushing to get aid out before Biden leaves office

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and MATTHEW LEE
Dec 27, 2024 9:50 pm - WASHINGTON — The United States is expected to announce that it will send $1.25 billion in military assistance to Ukraine, U.S. officials said Friday, as the Biden adminis...
Missing dog returns to family home and rang the doorbell

By STEPHANY MATAT
Dec 27, 2024 9:49 pm - WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — After a nearly weeklong search, Athena found her way home to her Florida family in time for Christmas Eve and even rang the doorbell. Athena, a 4-...
US homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many people

By MICHAEL CASEY
Dec 27, 2024 9:45 pm - BOSTON — The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural d...
Israeli airstrikes hit a Yemen airport as a jet with hundreds onboard was landing, UN official says

By EDITH M. LEDERER
Dec 27, 2024 9:45 pm - UNITED NATIONS — Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen’s main airport as a civilian Airbus 320 with hundreds of passengers on board was landing and a U.N. delegation was waiting t...
Judge signals that contempt hearing for Rudy Giuliani over his assets might not go well for him

By LARRY NEUMEISTER
Dec 27, 2024 8:29 pm - NEW YORK — A federal judge is signaling that Rudy Giuliani’s contempt hearing next Friday might not end so well for the former New York City mayor and onetime personal la...
Trump asks Supreme Court to delay TikTok ban so he can weigh in after he takes office

By HALELUYA HADERO and MICHELLE L. PRICE
Dec 27, 2024 8:28 pm - President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his administration can pursue a “political r...

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