Nation and World
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Suspect in a shooting at an Iowa high school is dead, authorities say
Jan 04, 2024 9:01 am - PERRY, Iowa — The suspect in a shooting at an Iowa high school has died of what investigators believe is a self-inflicted gunshot wound, a law enforcement official told T...
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US applications for unemployment benefits fall again as job market continues to show strength
Jan 04, 2024 8:21 am - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week as the labor market continues to show resilience despite elevated interest rates. Jobless claims...
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One attack, two interpretations: Biden and Trump both make the Jan. 6 riot a political rallying cry
Jan 04, 2024 8:16 am - WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump will spend Saturday's third anniversary of the Capitol riot by holding two campaign rallies in leadoff-voting Iowa in his bid t...
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Microsoft's new AI key is first big change to keyboards in decades
Jan 04, 2024 7:02 am - Pressing a button will be one way to summon an artificial intelligence agent as Microsoft wields its computer industry influence to reshape the next generation of keyboar...
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Bombings hit event for Iran's Gen. Qassem Soleimani, a shadowy figure slain in 2020 US drone strike
Jan 04, 2024 6:57 am - TEHRAN, Iran — For Iranians backing the country's theocracy, whose icons since the Islamic Revolution have been stern-faced clergymen, Gen. Qassem Soleimani represented a...
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A Texas father and son are arrested in the killings of a pregnant woman and her boyfriend
Jan 04, 2024 6:54 am - SAN ANTONIO — A father and son in Texas have been charged in the killings of an 18-year-old pregnant woman who disappeared before Christmas and her boyfriend, who authori...
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Scenes of loss play out across Japan's western coastline after quake kills 84, dozens still missing
Jan 04, 2024 6:52 am - SUZU, Japan — His face hidden under a humble straw hat, the man stood silent, watching several helmeted rescue workers carefully lift his wife's body from the rubble, wra...
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South Korea views the young daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as his likely successor
Jan 04, 2024 6:50 am - SEOUL, South Korea — The young daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is seen as her father’s likely heir apparent, South Korea’s spy agency said Thursday, its first...
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. files as presidential candidate in Utah, the first state to grant him access
Jan 03, 2024 2:38 pm - SALT LAKE CITY — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he has filed to run as a 2024 presidential candidate in Utah after meeting the 1,000-signature requirement needed to appear on...
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Speaker Johnson leads House GOP on a trip to a Texas border city as Ukraine aid hangs in the balance
Jan 03, 2024 12:52 pm - EAGLE PASS, Texas — U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson is leading about 60 fellow Republicans in Congress on a visit Wednesday to the Mexican border as they demand hard-line...