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3 dead, others injured in a shooting at a private Christian school in Wisconsin

By Associated Press
Dec 16, 2024 11:51 am - A student opened fire at a private Christian school Monday morning in Wisconsin, killing two people in the final week before Christmas break. The shooter also died, police said.
Drone sightings lead to airspace shutdown at Ohio military base, arrests near Boston airport

By DAVE COLLINS and BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS
Dec 16, 2024 10:38 am - More suspected drone sightings in the eastern U.S. led to a temporary airspace shutdown at an Air Force base in Ohio and arrests near Boston's Logan International Airport, as elected officials increased their push for action to identify and stop the mysterious unmanned flights.
Germany’s Scholz loses confidence vote, setting up an election in February

By GEIR MOULSON
Dec 16, 2024 9:41 am - Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in the German parliament on Monday, putting the European Union’s most populous member and biggest economy on course to hold an early election in late February.
France rushes aid to Mayotte, with hundreds feared dead and hunger rising after Cyclone Chido

By GERALD IMRAY and THOMAS ADAMSON
Dec 16, 2024 9:38 am - France used ships and military aircraft to rush rescue workers and supplies to its Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte on Monday after the island group was battered by its worst cyclone in nearly a century. Authorities fear hundreds and possibly thousands of people have died.
Zakir Hussain, one of India’s most accomplished classical musicians, dies at 73

By SHEIKH SAALIQ
Dec 16, 2024 7:10 am - Zakir Hussain, one of India’s most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced tabla to global audiences, died on Sunday. He was 73.
Mystery drone sightings keep happening in New Jersey. Here’s what we know, and don’t know

By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI and KEN MILLER
Dec 14, 2024 8:47 pm - A large number of mysterious drones have been reported flying over parts of New Jersey and the East Coast in recent weeks, sparking speculation and concern over who sent ...
US officials have been in direct contact with the Syrian rebel group that ousted Assad, Blinken says

By MATTHEW LEE
Dec 14, 2024 3:45 pm - AQABA, Jordan — American officials have been in direct contact with the terrorist-designated rebel group that led the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar Assad, U.S. Sec...
Storms encase Iowa and eastern Nebraska in ice and generate rare tornado warning in San Francisco

By JOSH FUNK
Dec 14, 2024 3:30 pm - OMAHA, Neb. — A major ice storm created treacherous driving conditions across Iowa and eastern Nebraska this weekend and prompted temporary closures of Interstate 80 afte...
Assad lived in quiet luxury while Syrians went hungry

Sammy Westfall, Jarrett Ley
Dec 14, 2024 12:45 am - Bashar al-Assad, for all his autocratic power, cultivated a relatively modest public image. He flaunted nothing like the mega-yachts and network of marble baroque and roc...
Court denies TikTok’s request to halt enforcement of potential US ban until Supreme Court review

By HALELUYA HADERO
Dec 13, 2024 7:36 pm - A federal appeals court on Friday left in place a mid-January deadline in a federal law requiring TikTok to be sold or face a ban in the United States, rejecting a reques...

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