Nation and World
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A ‘cold moon’ is about to rise. Here’s how to see it.
Dec 13, 2024 7:07 pm - It’s a busy weekend in the night sky. Not only do sky gazers have a chance to see the year’s most colorful meteor shower, but it’s also the last and longest full moon of ...
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Thousands of Syrians celebrate in central Damascus during first Friday prayers since Assad’s fall
Dec 13, 2024 7:07 pm - DAMASCUS — Exuberant Syrians observed the first Friday prayers since the ouster of President Bashar Assad, gathering in the capital's historic main mosque, its largest sq...
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Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency
Dec 12, 2024 6:32 am - WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavir...
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Foster advocacy group denies that arrested member assaulted Rep. Nancy Mace
Dec 11, 2024 8:43 pm - The head of a foster-care advocacy group is disputing allegations that one of its members assaulted Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., during a reception Tuesday night at the Raybu...
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FBI Director Christopher Wray to resign before Trump takes office
Dec 11, 2024 6:10 pm - FBI Director Christopher A. Wray announced Wednesday that he would resign at the end of the Biden administration, stepping down as the leader of the 35,000-person law enf...
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Gun found on suspect in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO matches shell casings at scene, police say
Dec 11, 2024 3:45 pm - ALTOONA, Pa. — The gun found on the suspect in the killing of United Healthcare’s CEO matched shell casings found at the site of the shooting, New York City’s police comm...
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Suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO struggles, shouts while entering courthouse
Dec 10, 2024 9:27 pm - ALTOONA, Pa. — The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO struggled with deputies and shouted while being led into court Tuesday as new details emerged about his p...
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Trump pick for DOJ civil rights draws blowback from advocacy leaders
Dec 10, 2024 9:24 pm - President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of a fierce loyalist who has accused Democrats of election fraud to a key Justice Department position has alarmed prominent civi...
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Chicago to be ground zero for mass deportations, Trump border czar tells Illinois Republicans
Dec 10, 2024 4:12 pm - Tom Homan made his remarks at a Northwest Side GOP holiday party. He also warned Mayor Brandon Johnson about the deportation plan, saying, “If he doesn’t want to help, get the hell out of the way.”
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Federal, state judges temporarily halt the proposed supermarket merger of Kroger and Albertsons
Dec 10, 2024 2:59 pm - A federal judge has temporarily halted a proposed merger between supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons, an action that could scuttle the deal.