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Tuesday, December 5, 2023

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Family members of three Black people who were fatally shot this summer inside a north Florida Dollar General store by a shooter who had posted racist writings sued the store’s owner, operator and security contractor on Monday for negligence, claiming lax security led to their loved ones’ deaths.

After racist shooting that killed 3, families sue Dollar General firms and others over lax security

Family members of three Black people fatally shot at a Dollar General store in north Florida by a racist gunman have sued the store's landlord, operator and security contractor for negligence, claiming lax security led to their loved ones' deaths.
Activists protest against fossil fuels Tuesday at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

To phase out or phase down fossil fuels? That is the question at COP28 climate talks

After days of shaving off the edges of key warming issues, climate negotiators Tuesday zeroed in on the tough job of dealing with the main cause of what's overheating the planet: fossil fuels.
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden applaud Sunday during the 46th Kennedy Center Honors at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington.

Biden is spending most of the week raising money at events with James Taylor and Steven Spielberg

President Joe Biden is making a big push to raise money for his reelection effort before the end of the year, appearing at seven events through next Monday -- with more to come.
Workers stand in an area that features a life-size representation of a device that will use magnets to create the conditions for fusion to happen at Commonwealth Fusion Systems, in Devens, Massachusetts. Commonwealth is trying to create fusion inside what’s called a tokamak. Nuclear fusion, which would be a new source of carbon-free energy, melds two hydrogen atoms together to produce a helium atom and a lot of energy.

U.S. unveils global strategy to commercialize fusion as source of clean energy during COP28

The United States will work with other governments to speed up efforts to make nuclear fusion a new source of carbon-free energy, U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry said Tuesday, the latest of many U.S. announcements the last week aimed at combatting climate change.
This combination of undated images shows residents of Kibbutz Nir Oz who have been freed from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, where they had been held hostage since an Oct. 7 cross-border attack. Top row from left: Adina Moshe, Sapir Cohen, Ofelia Roitman, Irena Tati, Yelena Trupanov, Ada Sagi. Second row from left: Sahar Kalderon and her brother Erez Kalderon, Liat Atzili, Ilana Gritzewsky, Shani Goren, Channa Peri. Third row from left: Yaffa Adar, Nili Margalit, sisters Aviv, right, and Raz Asher Katz, Eitan Yahalomi, Yagil Yaakov, Tamar Metzger. Bottom row from left: Dafna Elyakim and her sister Ela Elyakim, Sharon Aloni Cunio, center, and her twin daughters, Emma and Yuli, Keren Munder and her son Ohad, Ditza Heiman, Hannah Katzir.
'We are officially hostages': How the Israeli kibbutz of Nir Oz embodied Hamas hostage strategy
Eight weeks into the Israel-Gaza war, the recent release of dozens of Israeli hostages -- with as many still in captivity -- is bringing new focus on what Hamas did on Oct. 7, the day its fighters rounded them up from communities across southern Israel.
Team members of ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) glaciologist and head of the Swiss measurement network ‘Glamos’, Matthias Huss, arrive at the Rhone Glacier partially covered near Goms, Switzerland. The U.N. weather agency is reporting that glaciers shrank more than ever from 2011 and 2020, as it released its latest stark report about the fallout on the planet from climate change.
UN agency cites worrying warming trend as COP28 summit grapples with curbing climate change
The United Nations weather agency is reporting that glaciers shrank more than ever from 2011 and 2020 and the Antarctic ice sheet lost 75 percent more compared to the previous ten years, as it released its latest stark report about the fallout on the planet from climate change.
Ukrainian officials say Russian shelling has hit a southern city, killing 2 people in the street
Russian artillery struck the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Tuesday morning, local officials said, killing at least two people in the street, as the 21-month war drags into another winter.
A 26-year-old woman, who wouldn’t give her name for security reasons, speaks in safe house for women in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. She said her partner repeatedly raped her, beat and choked her, and kept her and the baby locked in their flat for hours at a time. Throughout the Western Balkans, women are harassed, raped, beaten and killed, often by their partners and after repeatedly reporting the violence to the authorities. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Brutal killings of women in Western Balkan countries trigger alarm and expose faults in the system
Throughout the Western Balkans, women are harassed, raped, beaten and killed, often by their partners and after repeatedly reporting the violence to the authorities.
Wikipedia, wrapped. Here are 2023's most-viewed articles on the internet's encyclopedia
English Wikipedia raked in more than 84 billion views this year, according to numbers released Tuesday by the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit behind the free, publicly edited online encyclopedia. And the most popular article was about ChatGPT (yes, the AI chatbot that's seemingly everywhere today).
Prince Harry is challenging the British government’s decision to strip him of his security detail after he gave up his status as a working member of the royal family and moved to the United States. The Duke of Sussex said he wants protection when he visits home and claimed it’s partly because an aggressive press jeopardizes his safety and that of his family.
Prince Harry challenges the decision to strip him of security in Britain after he moved to U.S.
A lawyer for Prince Harry on Tuesday challenged the British government's decision to strip him of his security detail after he gave up his status as a working member of the royal family and moved to the United States.
Mount Marapi spews volcanic ash from its crater Tuesday in Agam, West Sumatra, Indonesia. Indonesian authorities halted Monday the search for a dozen of climbers after Mount Marapi volcano erupted again, unleashing a new burst of hot ash as high as 2,620 feet into the air, officials said.
More bodies found after sudden eruption of Indonesia's Mount Marapi, raising confirmed toll to 22
Rescuers searching the hazardous slopes of Indonesia's Mount Marapi volcano found 11 more bodies of climbers who were caught by a surprise weekend eruption, raising the number of confirmed dead to 22, officials said Tuesday. One person remained missing.
The Supreme Court on Monday will hear arguments over a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield members of the Sackler family who own the company from lawsuits over the toll of opioids.
The Supreme Court wrestles with OxyContin maker's bankruptcy deal, with billions of dollars at stake
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 the company from lawsuits over the toll of opioids.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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