Nation and World
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Japan lowers its tsunami warning but still tells people not to go home after a series of earthquakesJan 01, 2024 8:10 am - TOKYO (AP) — Japan dropped its highest-level tsunami alert, issued following a series of major earthquakes on Monday, but told residents of coastal areas not to return to...
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Israel is pulling thousands of troops from Gaza as combat focuses on enclave's main southern cityJan 01, 2024 8:09 am - TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Thousands of Israeli soldiers are being shifted out of the Gaza Strip, the military said Monday, in the first significant drawdown of troops since...
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Russia launches record number of drones across Ukraine as Moscow and Kyiv continue aerial attacks
Jan 01, 2024 8:09 am - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a record 90 Shahed-type drones over Ukraine during the early hours of the new year, the Ukrainian air force said Monday, while Russia...
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Olympic host country France sees less New Year's Eve disorder as it celebrates 2024's arrival
Jan 01, 2024 8:09 am - PARIS (AP) — France saw fewer of the car burnings that usually blight the arrival of a new year as the Olympic host country celebrated the start of 2024, the interior min...
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Maine state official who removed Trump from ballot was targeted in swatting call at her home
Dec 31, 2023 8:45 am - A fake emergency call to police resulted in officers responding Friday night to the home of Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows just a day after she removed former Pr...
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North Korea's Kim says he'll launch 3 more spy satellites and build more nuclear weapons in 2024
Dec 31, 2023 8:40 am - SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country will launch three additional military spy satellites, build more nuclear weapons and introduce moder...
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Sydney and Auckland are first major cities to ring in 2024 as war shadows celebrations elsewhere
Dec 31, 2023 8:33 am - Sydney and Auckland have become the world's first major cities to ring in 2024, with more than a million revelers cheering spectacular fireworks displays that lit up the ...
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Israeli strikes in central Gaza kill at least 35 as Netanyahu says war will continue for months
Dec 31, 2023 8:31 am - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli strikes in central Gaza killed at least 35 people Sunday, hospital officials said, as fighting raged across the tiny enclave a day aft...
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Russia launches fresh drone strikes on Ukraine after promising retaliation for Belgorod attack
Dec 31, 2023 8:29 am - KYIV, Ukraine — Russia launched a fresh drone assault on Ukraine on Saturday night, after promising that strikes on the Russian border city of Belgorod earlier in the day...
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Trauma training, family drew Vernon Hills doc to volunteer after Hamas attack in IsraelDec 30, 2023 5:44 pm - Over the years, Dr. David Kawior has treated earthquake victims in Haiti, gunshot and stab wounds in Chicago and trauma patients at Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hosp...