Nation and World
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Walking through Old San Juan: Seven things to do in Puerto Rico's Walled CityDec 04, 2023 5:00 am - Cobblestones are blue in Puerto Rico's oldest city, evidence of its age and ties to the Old World. To walk on them is to step back more than five centuries when Juan Pon...
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The Supreme Court wrestles with OxyContin maker's bankruptcy deal, with billions of dollars at stake
Dec 04, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday wrestled with a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield members of the Sackler family who own...
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Israel orders evacuations as it widens offensive but Palestinians are running out of places to go
Dec 04, 2023 12:00 am - KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip - Israeli warplanes heavily bombarded an area around Khan Younis in southern Gaza on Monday as the military ordered mass evacuations from the tow...
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Rescuer raises hope of survivors at a Zambian mine where more than 30 have been buried for days
Dec 04, 2023 12:00 am - LUSAKA, Zambia - A member of a rescue team raised hope Monday that there may be survivors at a Zambian mine where more than 30 informal miners have been trapped under de...
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Global warming could cost poor countries trillions. They've urged the COP28 climate summit to help
Dec 04, 2023 12:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A prominent developing-world leader on the issue of climate change said Monday that global taxes on the financial services, oil and gas, an...
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Divers have found wreckage, 5 remains from Osprey aircraft that crashed off Japan, U.S. Air Force says
Dec 04, 2023 12:00 am - TOKYO - U.S. and Japanese divers have discovered wreckage and the remains of five crew members from a U.S. Air Force Osprey aircraft that crashed last week off southwest...
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Biden's allies in Senate demand that Israel limit civilian deaths in Gaza as Congress debates U.S. aid
Dec 04, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - As a cease-fire ticked down last week and Israel prepared to resume its round-the-clock airstrikes, Sen. Bernie Sanders and a robust group of Democratic sen...
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Ukrainian diplomats negotiate both climate change and Russia's war on their nation at COP28 in Dubai
Dec 04, 2023 12:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - While Ukrainian diplomats take part in negotiations at the United Nations COP28 climate talks, Russia's war on the country lurks just in th...
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Pilots flying tourists over national parks face new rules. None are stricter than at Mount Rushmore
Dec 04, 2023 12:00 am - Fewer planes and helicopters will be flying tourists over Mount Rushmore and other national monuments and parks as new regulations take effect that are intended to prote...
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Gore blasts COP28 climate chief and oil companies' emissions pledges at U.N. summit
Dec 04, 2023 12:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Don't trust the oil and gas industry to report their actual carbon pollution, said former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, who added that the m...