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Police chief says motive for Wisconsin school shooting was a ‘combination of factors’

By SCOTT BAUER
Dec 17, 2024 3:58 pm - MADISON, Wis. — The motive for a shooting that killed a teacher and a student and wounded others at a Wisconsin school appears to be a “combination of factors,” a police ...
Prosecutors charge suspect with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO as an act of terrorism

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JENNIFER PELTZ
Dec 17, 2024 2:52 pm - The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare's CEO has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism, prosecutors said Tuesday as they worked to bring him to a New York court from from a Pennsylvania jail.
Trump’s lawyers allege juror misconduct in latest bid to get his hush money conviction dismissed

By MICHAEL R. SISAK
Dec 17, 2024 1:58 pm - NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers are raising a new claim in their fight to overturn his hush money conviction, alleging that the historic verdict wa...
Netanyahu says Israeli troops will occupy a buffer zone inside Syria for the foreseeable future

By MELANIE LIDMAN
Dec 17, 2024 1:52 pm - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israeli forces will stay in a buffer zone on the Syrian border, and specifically on the summit of Mount Hermon, “until another arrangement is found that will ensure Israel’s security.”
Congress unveils funding deal with more than $100 billion in disaster aid

By KEVIN FREKING
Dec 17, 2024 12:21 pm - Congressional leaders have unveiled a spending agreement that will keep the federal government funded through March 14 and provide more than $100 billion in emergency aid to help states and local communities recover from Hurricanes Helene and Milton, and other natural disasters.
Retail sales rose at healthy pace last month in latest sign of US economy’s health

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
Dec 17, 2024 7:44 am - Consumers stepped up their spending at retail stores last month, providing a boost to the economy in the early phases of the winter holiday shopping season.
Is that a drone or a plane? Experts help explain the differences

By JOHN SEEWER and MARK SCOLFORO
Dec 17, 2024 7:41 am - Experts who study unmanned aircraft systems — better known as drones — say it can be tough to tell from miles away. But there are clues.
A top Russian general is killed in a Moscow bombing claimed by Ukraine

By The Associated Press
Dec 17, 2024 7:38 am - A senior Russian general was killed Tuesday by a bomb hidden in a scooter outside his apartment building in Moscow, a day after Ukraine’s security service leveled criminal charges against him. A Ukrainian official said the service carried out the attack.
South Korea’s impeached leader avoids investigators as court begins meeting to determine his fate

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM
Dec 16, 2024 8:00 pm - SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol dodged requests by investigative agencies to appear for questioning over his short-lived martial law ...
Judge rejects Trump’s bid to toss hush money conviction because of Supreme Court immunity ruling

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JENNIFER PELTZ
Dec 16, 2024 7:41 pm - NEW YORK — A judge Monday refused to throw out President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money conviction because of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling on presidential immu...

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