Nation and World
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IRS must ramp up resources for identity-theft victims, says watchdog
Jan 08, 2025 3:37 pm - The Internal Revenue Service must increase resources for victim assistance cases involving identity theft, which are taking an average of almost two years to resolve, an ...
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Body of an Israeli hostage is found in Gaza, possibly alongside his son’s remains, army says
Jan 08, 2025 3:33 pm - JERUSALEM — Israeli soldiers recovered the body of a 53-year-old hostage in an underground tunnel in southern Gaza, the military said Wednesday, and the army was determin...
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Biden casts doubt on his fitness to serve another four years days before term ends
Jan 08, 2025 2:56 pm - President Joe Biden, in a new interview days before he leaves office, cast doubt on his fitness to serve another four years even as he maintained that he could have won election to a second term.
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Mexico’s President Sheinbaum offers sarcastic response to Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ comment
Jan 08, 2025 2:42 pm - Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum responded sarcastically on Wednesday to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's proposal to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
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Why more frequent cold blasts could be coming from global warming
Jan 08, 2025 2:34 pm - Frigid air that normally stays trapped in the Arctic has escaped, plunging deep into the United States for an extended visit that is expected to provoke teeth-chattering ...
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A Russian missile attack in southern Ukraine has killed at least 13 civilians, officials sayJan 08, 2025 11:01 am - KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian missile attack on the southern Ukraine city of Zaporizhzhia killed at least 13 civilians and injured dozens Wednesday, officials said. Footage p...
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Justice Department says it plans to release only part of special counsel's Trump report for now
Jan 08, 2025 9:11 am - The Justice Department says it will release special counsel Jack Smith’s findings on Donald Trump’s efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election but will keep the rest of the report under wraps for now.
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Trump asks the Supreme Court to block sentencing in his hush money case in New York
Jan 08, 2025 7:51 am - President-elect Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to call off Friday's sentencing in his hush money case in New York.
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Jimmy Carter continues to lie in state at Capitol Rotunda ahead of his state funeral
Jan 08, 2025 6:58 am - President Jimmy Carter will continue to lie in state Wednesday after his remains arrived in Washington a day earlier as part of state funeral rites.
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US Justice Department accuses six major landlords of scheming to keep rents high
Jan 08, 2025 6:53 am - The U.S. Justice Department is suing several large landlords for allegedly coordinating to keep Americans’ rents high by using both an algorithm to help set rents and privately sharing sensitive information with their competitors to boost profits.