Nation and World
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Maui's economy needs tourists. Can they visit without compounding wildfire trauma?
Dec 29, 2023 7:24 am - LAHAINA, Hawaii — The restaurant where Katie Austin was a server burned in the wildfire that devastated Hawaii's historic town of Lahaina this summer. Two months later, a...
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Russia fires 122 missiles and 36 drones in what Ukraine calls the biggest aerial barrage of the war
Dec 29, 2023 7:21 am - KYIV, Ukraine — Russia launched 122 missiles and dozens of drones against Ukrainian targets, officials said Friday, killing at least 30 civilians across the country in wh...
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Palestinians stream into a southern Gaza town as Israel expands its offensive in the center
Dec 29, 2023 7:18 am - RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Tens of thousands of Palestinians streamed into an already crowded town at the southernmost end of Gaza in recent days, according to the United Nation...
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Maine bars Trump from ballot as US Supreme Court weighs state authority to block former presidentDec 28, 2023 7:19 pm - PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s Democratic secretary of state on Thursday removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the Cons...
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Nikki Haley, asked what caused the Civil War, leaves out slavery. It's not the first time
Dec 28, 2023 10:02 am - COLUMBIA, S.C. — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was asked by a New Hampshire voter about the reason for the Civil War, and she didn’t mention slavery in he...
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Mexican officials clear border camp as US pressure mounts to limit migrant crossings
Dec 28, 2023 8:21 am - MATAMOROS, Mexico — A ragged migrant tent camp next to the Rio Grande is a long way from Mexico's National Palace, where a U.S. delegation met this week with Mexico's pre...
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Texas has arrested thousands on trespassing charges at the border. Illegal crossings are still high
Dec 28, 2023 7:15 am - EAGLE PASS, Texas — Before settling in New York City like thousands of other migrants this year, Abdoul, a 32-year-old from West Africa, took an unexpected detour: Weeks ...
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The number of wounded Israeli soldiers is mounting, representing a hidden cost of war
Dec 28, 2023 7:13 am - RAMAT GAN, Israel — Igor Tudoran spent just 12 hours inside the Gaza Strip before a missile slammed into his tank, leaving him with a life-altering injury. “Already withi...
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Israeli strikes across Gaza kill dozens of Palestinians, even in largely emptied north
Dec 28, 2023 7:11 am - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli forces bombarded cities, towns and refugee camps across Gaza on Thursday, killing dozens of people in a widening air and ground offens...
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Trapped in his crashed truck, an Indiana man is rescued after 6 days surviving on rainwater
Dec 27, 2023 7:58 pm - PORTAGE, Ind. — A 27-year-old man survived for six days on only rainwater while pinned tightly inside his crashed pickup truck beneath a highway bridge in northwest India...