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Why are US flags being flown at half-staff on Inauguration Day?

By MEG KINNARD
Jan 03, 2025 7:31 pm - President-elect Donald Trump has expressed frustration that flags will be flying at half-staff when he takes office later this month. It's an action put in place by Presi...
New Orleans attacker had suspected bomb materials at home, reserved truck weeks ago, officials say

By JIM MUSTIAN, JACK BROOK, STEPHEN SMITH and SARA CLINE
Jan 03, 2025 5:19 pm - NEW ORLEANS — The man killed by New Orleans police after ramming a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year's revelers had suspected bomb-making materials at his home and re...
Biden blocks $14 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel by Japan’s Nippon Steel

By FATIMA HUSSEIN, JOSH BOAK and MARC LEVY
Jan 03, 2025 4:39 pm - WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has blocked the nearly $15 billion proposed deal for Nippon Steel of Japan to purchase Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel — affirming his earlie...
Soldier who died in Las Vegas explosion left note saying it was to be a wake-up for country’s ills

By TARA COPP, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and COLLEEN LONG
Jan 03, 2025 4:30 pm - A highly decorated Army soldier who fatally shot himself in a Tesla Cybertruck just before it blew up outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas left notes saying the New Year’...
Judge sets Trump’s sentencing in hush money case for Jan. 10, but signals no jail time

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ
Jan 03, 2025 3:04 pm - In an extraordinary turn, a judge Friday set President-elect Donald Trump's sentencing in his hush money case for Jan. 10 — little over a week before he's due to return to the White House — but promised not to jail him.
What to know about Apple’s $95 million settlement of the snooping Siri case

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
Jan 03, 2025 2:10 pm - Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit that accused the company of turning its virtual assistant Siri into a snoop that eavesdropped on the users of iPhones and other trendy devices in a betrayal to its long-standing commitment to personal privacy.
A horrifying accident has Hawaii officials pleading for an end to amateur fireworks shows

By AUDREY McAVOY, JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and GENE JOHNSON
Jan 03, 2025 1:09 pm - In recent years, occasions large and small — parties, Super Bowls, mixed martial arts fights, even Thanksgiving — have provided a reason for residents across Hawaii to set off illegal fireworks.
Here's your 2025 guide to the night sky and other celestial wow moments

By MARCIA DUNN
Jan 03, 2025 12:46 pm - The new year will bring a pair of lunar eclipses, but don’t expect any sun-disappearing acts like the one that mesmerized North America last spring.
Surgeon general calls for alcohol to carry cancer warning

By Vivian Ho
Jan 03, 2025 9:08 am - Health warning labels on alcohol should be updated to include a cancer risk warning, the surgeon general said Friday, adding that recommended limits for alcohol consumpti...
South Korea’s impeached president defies warrant after hourslong standoff

By KIM TONG-HYUNG
Jan 03, 2025 8:10 am - South Korean investigators left the official residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after a near-six-hour standoff on Friday during which he defied their attempt to detain him. It’s the latest confrontation in a political crisis that has paralyzed South Korean politics and seen two heads of state impeached in under a month.

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