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Friday, December 8, 2023

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Hunter Biden has been indicted on nine tax charges in California as a special counsel investigation into the business dealings of the president’s son intensifies against the backdrop of the looming 2024 election.

Hunter Biden is indicted on 9 tax charges, adding to gun charges in a special counsel investigation

Hunter Biden was indicted on nine tax charges in California as a special counsel investigation into the business dealings of President Joe Biden's son intensifies against the backdrop of the 2024 election.
Russian President Vladimir Putin talks with awarded Russian servicemen after a ceremony to present Gold Star medals to Heroes of Russia on the eve of Heroes of the Fatherland Day at the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023.

Putin will seek another presidential term in Russia, aiming to extend his rule of over two decades

Vladimir Putin on Friday moved to prolong his repressive and unyielding grip on Russia for at least another six years, announcing his candidacy in the presidential election next March that he is all but certain to win.
FILE - Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks to Texas state troopers and guardsmen at the South Texas International Airport, Nov. 19, 2023, in Edinburg, Texas. Trump’s lawyers are arguing that he had a good faith basis to question the outcome of the 2020 election that he lost. A defense motion filed late Monday in federal court in Washington asserts that Trump was not obligated to accept at face value the judgments of government officials who found no widespread fraud in the election. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Appeals court upholds gag order on Trump in Washington case but narrows restrictions on his speech

A federal appeals court in Washington on Friday upheld a gag order on former President Donald Trump in his 2020 election interference case but narrowed the restrictions on his speech.
File - Mechanic David Stoliaruk works on the engine of a car at IC Auto in Philadelphia, May 2, 2023. On Friday, the U.S. government issues its November jobs report.

US employers add a solid 199,000 jobs and unemployment falls, signaling a still-sturdy labor market

The nation's employers added a solid 199,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate fell, fresh signs that the economy could achieve an elusive "soft landing," in which inflation would return to the Federal Reserve's 2% target without causing a steep recession.
FILE - Nancy Rose, who contracted COVID-19 in 2021 and exhibits long-haul symptoms including brain fog and memory difficulties, pauses while organizing her desk space, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, in Port Jefferson, N.Y. Rose, 67, said many of her symptoms waned after she got vaccinated, though she still has bouts of fatigue and memory loss. U.S. health officials estimate 3.3 million Americans have chronic fatigue syndrome — a bigger number than previous studies have suggested, and one likely boosted by patients with long COVID, according to results released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Chronic fatigue syndrome is more common than some past studies suggest, CDC says
NEW YORK (AP) -- Health officials on Friday released the first nationally representative estimate of how many U.S. adults have chronic fatigue syndrome: 3.3 million. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's number is larger than previous studies have suggested, and is likely boosted by some of the patients with long COVID. The condition clearly "is not a rare illness," said the CDC's Dr. Elizabeth Unger, one of the report's co-authors.
This image made with the Hubble Space Telescope shows the star Alpha Orionis, or Betelgeuse, a red supergiant. The star, one of the biggest and brightest in the night sky, will momentarily vanish as an asteroid passes in front of it late Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, into early Tuesday. The event should be visible to millions of people along a narrow corridor stretching from central Asia’s Tajikistan and Armenia, across Turkey, Greece, Italy and Spain, all the way to Miami and the Florida Keys, and, finally, Mexico.
Asteroid will pass in front of bright star Betelgeuse to produce a rare eclipse visible to millions
One of the biggest and brightest stars in the night sky will momentarily vanish as an asteroid passes in front of it to produce a one-of-a-kind eclipse.
Activists participate in a demonstration for climate solutions at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Negotiations at COP28 climate talks ramp up as summit enters second and final week
Teams of veteran negotiators fanned out Friday at the United Nations climate conference with orders to get the strongest, most ambitious agreements possible, especially on the central issue of the fading future of fossil fuels in a dangerously warming planet.
Pearl Harbor survivor Ira “Ike” Schab, 103, wears a U.S. Navy cap as he sits at the kitchen table in his home in Beaverton, Oregon. Schab was in the Navy and on the USS Dobbin during the Pearl Harbor attacks on Dec. 7, 1941. Eighty-two years later, Schab plans to return to Pearl Harbor on the anniversary of the attack to remember the more than 2,300 servicemen killed.
Centenarian survivors of Pearl Harbor attack are returning to honor those who perished 82 years ago
The aging pool of Pearl Harbor survivors has been rapidly shrinking. There is now just one crew member of the USS Arizona still living, 102-year-old Lou Conter of California. Two years ago, survivors who attended the 80th anniversary remembrance ceremony ranged in age from 97 to 103. They'll be even older this time.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, stands for a group photograph with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, and European Council President Charles Michel prior to their meeting Thursday at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. The leaders of China and the European Union were holding wide-ranging talks Thursday that included their disputes over trade and a deep divide on the war in Ukraine.
China, EU summit exposes divisions over Ukraine, trade, subsidies
The leaders of China and the European Union held talks Thursday that focused on their disputes over trade, subsidies and a deep divide over the war in Ukraine.
U.S. President Joe Biden, left, met in October with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, to discuss the war between Israel and Hamas. The United States has offered strong support to Israel in its war against Hamas. But the allies are increasingly at odds over what will happen to the Gaza Strip once the war winds down.
Israel and U.S. at odds over conflicting visions for postwar Gaza
The United States has offered strong support to Israel in its war against the Hamas militant group that rules the Gaza Strip. But the allies are increasingly at odds over what will happen to Gaza once the war winds down.
Associated Press Sean Hathcock, right, kisses Michelle Ashley after the two left candles for victims of a shooting Wednesday at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The two graduated from the school and live nearby.
Vegas shooter who killed 3 was a professor who recently applied for a job at UNLV, AP source says
Terrified students and professors cowered in classrooms and dorms as a gunman roamed the floors of a University of Nevada, Las Vegas building, killing three people and critically wounding a fourth before dying in a shootout with police.
“Sounds of Christmas”
Naperville's Calvary Church to host 'Sounds of Christmas' concert Dec. 16
Calvary Church in Naperville presents "Sounds of Christmas," a musical celebration of the season. This free event features an orchestra and choir that will perform one hour of Christmas songs -- from warm classics to upbeat favorites.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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