Nation and World
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The rise in mail voting comes with a price, as mismatched signatures lead to ballot rejections
Dec 31, 2024 8:27 am - As with many voters on Maui, Joshua Kamalo thought the race for president wasn't the only big contest on the November ballot. He also was focused on a hotly contested seat for the local governing board.
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Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine hits multiple targets, including Kyiv
Dec 31, 2024 8:22 am - Russia launched an aerial attack on Ukraine on Tuesday, striking the capital and other regions with multiple missiles and drones.
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Trump calls it the ‘center of the universe.’ Mar-a-Lago is a magnet for those seeking influence
Dec 31, 2024 8:20 am - The cars begin lining up early in the morning to be screened by Secret Service agents under white tents near the fence that surrounds President-elect Donald Trump’s vast south Florida estate.
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US and Boeing investigators examine the site of a deadly South Korean plane crash
Dec 31, 2024 8:16 am - A team of U.S. investigators including representatives from Boeing on Tuesday examined the site of a plane crash that killed 179 people in South Korea while authorities were conducting safety inspections on all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by the country’s airlines.
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Value-seekers drove 2024’s retail trends and dead ends
Dec 30, 2024 8:09 am - Shoppers and restaurant patrons in the U.S. were choosy about where and how to spend their money as they wrestled with high housing and food prices.
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In Gaza’s crowded tent camps, women wrestle with a life stripped of privacy
Dec 30, 2024 8:06 am - For Gaza’s women, the hardships of life in the territory’s sprawling tent camps are compounded by the daily humiliation of never having privacy.
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Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100
Dec 29, 2024 3:38 pm - Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian, has died. He was 100 years old.
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15 hurt in Florida when train hits fire truck that drove onto tracks after another train passed
Dec 28, 2024 9:27 pm - Three firefighters and a dozen passengers were injured in Florida on Saturday when a fire truck with its lights flashing drove around rail crossing arms and into the path...
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Israel detains the director of one of northern Gaza’s last functioning hospitals during a raid
Dec 28, 2024 9:23 pm - DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israel's army detained the director of one of northern Gaza 's last functioning hospitals as overnight strikes elsewhere in the territory kill...
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Tornadoes touch down in Texas and Mississippi, killing two and injuring six others
Dec 28, 2024 9:23 pm - HOUSTON — At least two people were killed and six more injured as several tornadoes touched down in Texas and Mississippi on Saturday, damaging homes and flipping vehicle...