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Israeli troops forcibly remove staff and patients from northern Gaza hospital, officials say
Dec 27, 2024 9:57 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli troops stormed one of the last hospitals operating in northern Gaza on Friday, forcing many staff and patients outside to strip in win...
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Azerbaijani and US officials suggest plane that crashed may have been hit by weapons fire
Dec 27, 2024 9:54 pm - Russian air defense systems may have brought down an Azerbaijani airliner this week, a U.S. official said Friday after an Azerbaijani minister also suggested the plane wa...
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US to send $1.25 billion in weapons to Ukraine, pushing to get aid out before Biden leaves office
Dec 27, 2024 9:50 pm - WASHINGTON — The United States is expected to announce that it will send $1.25 billion in military assistance to Ukraine, U.S. officials said Friday, as the Biden adminis...
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Missing dog returns to family home and rang the doorbell
Dec 27, 2024 9:49 pm - WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — After a nearly weeklong search, Athena found her way home to her Florida family in time for Christmas Eve and even rang the doorbell. Athena, a 4-...
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US homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many people
Dec 27, 2024 9:45 pm - BOSTON — The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural d...
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Israeli airstrikes hit a Yemen airport as a jet with hundreds onboard was landing, UN official says
Dec 27, 2024 9:45 pm - UNITED NATIONS — Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen’s main airport as a civilian Airbus 320 with hundreds of passengers on board was landing and a U.N. delegation was waiting t...
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An online debate over foreign workers in tech shows tensions in Trump's political coalition
Dec 27, 2024 8:33 pm - WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — An online spat between factions of Donald Trump's supporters over immigration and the tech industry has thrown internal divisions in his political...
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Janet Yellen tells Congress US could hit debt limit in mid-January
Dec 27, 2024 8:31 pm - WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said her agency will need to start taking “extraordinary measures,” or special accounting maneuvers intended to prevent the n...
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Judge signals that contempt hearing for Rudy Giuliani over his assets might not go well for him
Dec 27, 2024 8:29 pm - NEW YORK — A federal judge is signaling that Rudy Giuliani’s contempt hearing next Friday might not end so well for the former New York City mayor and onetime personal la...
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Trump asks Supreme Court to delay TikTok ban so he can weigh in after he takes office
Dec 27, 2024 8:28 pm - President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his administration can pursue a “political r...