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Rep. Kevin McCarthy, a California Republican, talks to reporters Thursday as he leaves the House floor after the House voted to adjourn for the evening as the House met for a third day to try and elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington.

McCarthy makes big gains for speaker, but still falls short

Republican leader Kevin McCarthy flipped 15 colleagues to support him in dramatic votes for House speaker on Friday, making extraordinary gains on the fourth day and the 12th and 13th ballots of a grueling standoff that was testing American democracy and the Republicans' ability to govern.
Last month’s job growth capped a second straight year of robust hiring during which the nation regained all 22 million jobs it lost to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cooler hiring and milder pay gains could aid inflation fight

America's employers added a solid 223,000 jobs in December, evidence that the economy remains healthy even as the Federal Reserve is rapidly raising interest rates to try to slow economic growth and the pace of hiring.
A firefighter passes by the dead body of a firefighter killed Friday in the Russian shelling of the fire station in Kherson, Ukraine, on the Orthodox Christmas Eve.

Kremlin-ordered truce is uncertain amid mutual mistrust

An uneasy quiet settled over Kyiv on Friday despite air-raid sirens that blared there and across Ukraine shortly after a Russian cease-fire declaration for Orthodox Christmas went into effect. Ukrainian and Western officials have scorned the truce as a ploy.
President Joe Biden speaks Thursday about border security in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington.

Cubans crossing into U.S. stunned to hear of new asylum limits

Migrants who entered the U.S. illegally under moonlit skies and waist-deep cold water Friday were devastated to learn they may be sent back to Mexico under expanded limits on the pursuit of asylum.
Bryan Kohberger, left, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, looks toward his attorney, public defender Anne Taylor, right, during a hearing Thursday in Latah County District Court in Moscow, Idaho.
The white sedan: How police found suspect in Idaho slayings
With little else to go on as a panicked community demanded answers, investigators canvassed security footage from the neighborhood -- including one recording of the car speeding away after the slayings -- to get a sense of the killer's possible movements, the affidavit said.
Men ride on a motorcycle Thursday past a burning truck on the streets of Culiacan, Sinaloa state. Mexican security forces have captured Ovidio Guzmán, an alleged drug trafficker wanted by the United States and one of the sons of former Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, in a predawn operation outside Culiacan which has caused a wave of violence in the city.
Mexico gives account of violence after 'Chapo' son nabbed
The operation to detain Ovidio Guzman, the son of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, unleashed firefights that turned the northern city of Culiacan into a war zone, authorities said Friday.
Rep. Lauren Boebert, a Colorado Republican, casts a vote for Rep. Kevin Hern, an Oklahoma Republican, Thursday during the eighth round of voting in the House chamber as the House meets for the third day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington.
'A really beautiful thing': McCarthy foes relish the fight for speaker
Some of the roughly 20 Republicans declining to vote for McCarthy as the next House speaker are reveling in the moment, depicting their intransigence as a historic chance to correct the balance of power in Washington and give rank-and-file members more say in shaping legislation.
Soldiers follow a Marder infantry fighting vehicle during a 2011 demonstration event held for the media by the German Bundeswehr in Bergen near Hannover, Germany. U.S. President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz confirmed in a joint statement Thursday that the U.S. would provide Bradleys to Ukraine while Germany would provide Marder armored personnel carriers. The statement did not give the number of vehicles or the total cost of the aid package.
U.S. to send $3.75 billion in military aid to Ukraine, its neighbors
The White House announced Friday a new $3.75 billion military assistance package to help Ukraine and its neighbors on NATO's eastern flank as Russia's invasion of Ukraine grinds on.
A woman walks through unclaimed bags at Southwest Airlines baggage claim last week at Salt Lake City International Airport in Salt Lake City. With its flights now running on a roughly normal schedule, Southwest Airlines is turning its attention to luring back customers and repairing damage to a reputation for service after canceling 15,000 flights around Christmas. The disruptions started with a winter storm and snowballed when Southwest’s ancient crew-scheduling technology failed.
Southwest's strong 2022 rebound soured by holiday debacle
Southwest Airlines anticipates a money-losing fourth quarter after a winter storm and technology meltdown led to nearly 17,000 canceled flights and stranded hundreds of thousands of holiday travelers.
A view of the scene Friday after a construction crane fell over Melhustorget shopping mall in Melhus, Norway. Strong winds likely have knocked over a construction crane which crashed over a shopping mall in central Norway. Police said one person was unaccounted for and at least one person was slightly injured.
Crane crashes onto mall in Norway amid high winds; 1 dead
A construction crane crashed onto a shopping mall in central Norway on Friday amid strong winds, killing one person and injuring at least two others, police said.
Kenyan members and supporters of the LGTB community wear masks to preserve their anonymity as they stage a 2014 protest in Nairobi, Kenya. Police in Kenya are investigating the death of LGBT activist Edwin Chiloba, whose body was found on Wednesday stuffed in a metal box on a road in Uasin Gishu County, in the west of the country.
Kenyan LGBTQ activist's body found in metal box; 1 arrested
Kenyan police investigated the death of an LGBTQ activist whose body was found stuffed in a metal box as human rights groups on Friday decried the killing and police announced one arrest.
Hosam Naoum, a Palestinian Anglican bishop, walks Wednesday with other clergy where vandals desecrated more than 30 graves at a historic Protestant Cemetery on Jerusalem’s Mount Zion in Jerusalem. Israel’s foreign ministry called the attack an “immoral act” and “an affront to religion.” Police officers were sent to investigate the profanation.
Israel police arrest 2 teens in attack on Christian cemetery
The Israeli police on Friday arrested two teenagers who they said vandalized over two dozen Christian graves in a historic Jerusalem cemetery earlier this week.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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