Nation and World
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Senate review of Supreme Court ethics finds more luxury trips and urges enforceable code of conduct
Dec 21, 2024 7:54 pm - WASHINGTON — A nearly two-year investigation by Democratic senators of Supreme Court ethics details more luxury travel by Justice Clarence Thomas and urges Congress to es...
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Trump taps ‘Apprentice’ producer, Mark Burnett, as special envoy to the United Kingdom
Dec 21, 2024 6:34 pm - WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Mark Burnett, the power producer who helped reintroduce Donald Trump to a national television audience with “The Apprentice,” is being tapped by t...
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Germans mourn the 5 killed and 200 injured in the apparent attack on a Christmas market
Dec 21, 2024 2:44 pm - MAGDEBURG, Germany — Germans on Saturday mourned the victims of an apparent attack in which authorities say a doctor drove into a busy outdoor Christmas market, killing f...
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Biden signs bill that averts government shutdown and brings a close to days of Washington upheaval
Dec 21, 2024 10:31 am - President Joe Biden on Saturday signed legislation that averts a government shutdown heading into Christmas, bringing a final close to days of upheaval in Washington after Congress passed a bipartisan budget plan just past the deadline and rejected Donald Trump's core demand in the negotiations.
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Indiana man sentenced to the maximum of 130 years in prison for 2017 killings of 2 teenage girls
Dec 20, 2024 9:55 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana man convicted in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls who vanished during a winter hike was sentenced to a maximum of 130 years in prison Frid...
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Trump adds Europe to the list of US trade partners he’s threatening with tariffs
Dec 20, 2024 9:54 pm - WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump on Friday added the 27 countries that make up the European Union to the list of trade partners he's threatening with ...
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At least 2 dead and 60 hurt after a car drives into a German Christmas market in a suspected attack
Dec 20, 2024 9:53 pm - MAGDEBURG, Germany — A car plowed into a busy outdoor Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, killing at least two people and injuring at leas...
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Trump taps West suburban Catholic school leader as next Vatican ambassador
Dec 20, 2024 8:53 pm - President-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced he’ll nominate West suburban Catholic school board leader Brian Burch as the next U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. Burch, ...
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Floating a new plan, Speaker Johnson insists there will be no government shutdown
Dec 20, 2024 1:44 pm - Veering toward a midnight Friday government shutdown, House Speaker Mike Johnson is proposing a new plan that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, but punts President-elect Donald Trump demands for a debt limit increase into the new year.
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Amazon workers are striking at multiple delivery hubs. Here’s what you should know
Dec 20, 2024 8:26 am - Amazon workers affiliated with the Teamsters union launched a strike at seven of the company's delivery hubs less than a week before Christmas.