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Community members wrestle with grief in aftermath of Wisconsin school shooting

By DEVI SHASTRI and SCOTT BAUER
Dec 18, 2024 7:00 am - Community members in Wisconsin continued to wrestle with grief and called for change in the aftermath of a school shooting that killed a teacher and a student and wounded six others.
Federal Reserve cuts its key rate by a quarter-point but envisions fewer reductions next year

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Dec 18, 2024 6:37 am - The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate Wednesday by a quarter-point — its third cut this year — but also signaled that it expects to reduce rates more slowly next year than it previously envisioned, largely because of still-elevated inflation.
What does Big Tech hope to gain from warming up to Trump?

The Associated Press
Dec 18, 2024 6:33 am - NEW YORK — In a string of visits, dinners, calls, monetary pledges and social media overtures, Big Tech chiefs — including Apple's Tim Cook, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Meta’s M...
Trump sues Des Moines Register and Iowa pollster, claiming election interference

By Elahe Izadi, Laura Wagner and Meryl Kornfield
Dec 17, 2024 7:16 pm - President-elect Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Monday night against the Des Moines Register newspaper and its highly respected former pollster, adding to his ongoing legal ...
Lawsuit accuses State Department of creating loopholes for Israel on military aid and human rights

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER
Dec 17, 2024 7:14 pm - WASHINGTON — The State Department has carved out exceptions for close ally Israel that block a U.S. law restricting foreign military support over human rights abuses, a l...
Police chief says motive for Wisconsin school shooting was a ‘combination of factors’

By SCOTT BAUER
Dec 17, 2024 3:58 pm - MADISON, Wis. — The motive for a shooting that killed a teacher and a student and wounded others at a Wisconsin school appears to be a “combination of factors,” a police ...
Prosecutors charge suspect with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO as an act of terrorism

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JENNIFER PELTZ
Dec 17, 2024 2:52 pm - The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare's CEO has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism, prosecutors said Tuesday as they worked to bring him to a New York court from from a Pennsylvania jail.
Trump’s lawyers allege juror misconduct in latest bid to get his hush money conviction dismissed

By MICHAEL R. SISAK
Dec 17, 2024 1:58 pm - NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers are raising a new claim in their fight to overturn his hush money conviction, alleging that the historic verdict wa...
Netanyahu says Israeli troops will occupy a buffer zone inside Syria for the foreseeable future

By MELANIE LIDMAN
Dec 17, 2024 1:52 pm - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israeli forces will stay in a buffer zone on the Syrian border, and specifically on the summit of Mount Hermon, “until another arrangement is found that will ensure Israel’s security.”
Congress unveils funding deal with more than $100 billion in disaster aid

By KEVIN FREKING
Dec 17, 2024 12:21 pm - Congressional leaders have unveiled a spending agreement that will keep the federal government funded through March 14 and provide more than $100 billion in emergency aid to help states and local communities recover from Hurricanes Helene and Milton, and other natural disasters.

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