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Thursday, December 15, 2022

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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Debris is piled up following severe weather Wednesday in Keithville, Louisiana. A volatile storm ripping across the U.S. spawned tornadoes that killed a young boy and his mother in Louisiana, smashed mobile homes and chicken houses in Mississippi and threatened neighboring Southern states with more punishing weather Wednesday.

South cleans up from tornadoes as blizzards advance north

Communities from Texas to Florida commenced assisting survivors and cleaning up Thursday after tornadoes left scattered destruction and at least three people dead across the South. To the north, blizzards continued to pound the Midwest as more ice and snow headed toward New England.
A man examines a damaged apartment building Thursday after what Russian officials in Donetsk said was a shelling by Ukrainian forces.

Russia: US air defense systems could be targets in Ukraine

Russia's Foreign Ministry warned Thursday that if the U.S. delivers sophisticated air defense systems to Ukraine, those systems and any crews that accompany them would be a "legitimate target" for the Russian military, a blunt threat that was quickly rejected by Washington.
Smoke rises from small fires keeping migrants warm Monday as they wait to cross the Mexico-U. S. border from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. According to the Ciudad Juarez Human Rights Office, hundreds of mostly Central American migrants arrived in buses and crossed the border to seek asylum in the U.S., after spending the night in shelters.

U.S. plans for more migrant releases when asylum limits end

The Department of Homeland Security said more migrants may be released into the United States to pursue immigration cases when Trump-era asylum restrictions end next week, when a Texas congressman says some border officials estimate about 50,000 migrants could be waiting to cross into the U.S.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks Wednesday during a news conference at the Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington.

How the Federal Reserve's series of rate hikes could affect your finances

The Fed's latest increase -- its seventh rate hike this year -- will make it even costlier for consumers and businesses to borrow for homes, autos and other purchases. If, on the other hand, you have money to save, you'll earn a bit more interest on it.
This combo of undated booking photos provided by Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center and th e Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, show, from left, Paul Bellar, Joseph Morrison and Pete Musico.
Lengthy prison terms for 3 who aided Whitmer kidnap plotter
A judge on Thursday handed down the longest prison terms so far in the plot to kidnap Michigan's governor, sentencing three men who forged an early alliance with a leader of the scheme before the FBI broke it up in 2020.
German soldiers assigned to Surface Air and Missile Defense Wing 1, fire the Patriot weapons system at the NATO Missile Firing Installation, in Chania, Greece. Patriot missile systems have long been a hot ticket item for the U.S. and allies in contested areas of the world as a coveted shield against incoming missiles. In Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific, they guard against potential strikes from Iran, Somalia and North Korea. So it was a critical turning point when news broke this week that the U.S. has agreed to send a Patriot missile battery to Ukraine.
EXPLAINER: What can the Patriot missile do for Ukraine?
Patriot missile systems have long been a hot ticket item for the U.S. and allies in contested areas of the world as a coveted shield against incoming missiles. In Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific, they guard against potential strikes from Iran, Somalia and North Korea.
Group casts doubt on Amazon's claims of reducing plastic
A report by environmental group Oceana has found that plastic waste from Amazon packages went up by 18% last year, but Amazon says it has reduced its use of single-use plastic across its network.
Shoppers carry bags down Fifth Avenue in New York.
Retail sales drop at start of key holiday shopping season
Americans cut back sharply on retail spending last month as the holiday shopping season began with high prices and rising interest rates forcing families, particularly lower income households, to make harder decisions about what they buy.
Elon Musk’s more unfettered version of Twitter could collide with new rules in Europe. Officials warn the social media company will have to comply with some of the world’s toughest laws targeting toxic content.
Musk's Twitter tweaks foreshadow EU showdown over new rules
Self-proclaimed free speech warrior Elon Musk's more unfettered version of Twitter could collide with new rules in Europe, where officials warn that the social media company will have to comply with some of the world's toughest laws targeting toxic content.
A group of migrants stand next to the border wall as a Border Patrol agent takes a head count in Eagle Pass, Texas. The Eagle Pass area has become increasingly a popular crossing corridor for migrants, especially those from outside Mexico and Central America, under Title 42 authority, which expels migrants without a chance to seek asylum on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19.
EXPLAINER: Will immigration surge as asylum rule ends?
Since the pandemic began, the United States has been using a public health rule designed to limit the spread of disease to expel asylum-seekers on the southern border.
President Joe Biden shakes hands with Senegal’s President Macky Sall, chair of the African Union, as he arrives Thursday to participate in the U.S.-Africa Summit Leaders Session in Washington on partnering on the African Union’s Agenda 2063.
Biden pumps up Africa relations, will visit next year
President Joe Biden said Thursday he will visit sub-Saharan Africa next year, the first U.S. president to travel there in a decade. He announced the trip -- still unscheduled -- as he wrapped up a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit by stressing he's serious about increasing U.S. attention to the growing continent.
A bill requiring the federal Bureau of Prisons to overhaul failing and outdated security systems in the wake of rampant staff sexual abuse, inmate escapes and high-profile deaths has passed the House. The measure was approved by a voice vote on Wednesday.
Congress OKs bill forcing feds to fix broken prison cameras
Congress has passed legislation requiring the federal Bureau of Prisons to overhaul failing and outdated security systems in the wake of rampant staff sexual abuse, inmate escapes and high-profile deaths.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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