Nation and World
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Pilots flying tourists over national parks face new rules. None are stricter than at Mount Rushmore
Dec 04, 2023 12:00 am - Fewer planes and helicopters will be flying tourists over Mount Rushmore and other national monuments and parks as new regulations take effect that are intended to prote...
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Gore blasts COP28 climate chief and oil companies' emissions pledges at U.N. summit
Dec 04, 2023 12:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Don't trust the oil and gas industry to report their actual carbon pollution, said former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, who added that the m...
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Israel widens evacuation orders as it shifts its offensive to southern Gaza amid heavy bombardments
Dec 03, 2023 12:00 am - KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel's military on Sunday ordered more areas in and around Gaza's second-largest city of Khan Younis to evacuate, as it shifted its offe...
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Kyiv says Russian forces shot surrendering Ukrainian soldiers. If confirmed, it would be a war crime
Dec 03, 2023 12:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian officials on Sunday accused Russian forces of killing surrendering Ukrainian soldiers, a war crime if confirmed, after grainy footage on s...
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Israeli offensive shifts to crowded southern Gaza, driving up death toll despite evacuation orders
Dec 02, 2023 12:00 am - KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip - Israel pounded targets in the crowded southern half of the Gaza Strip on Saturday and ordered more neighborhoods designated for attack to evacu...
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Developing nations press rich world to better fight climate change at U.N. climate summit
Dec 02, 2023 12:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Countries once colonized by empires are striking back on global warming - and they have the pope's blessing. Leaders of developing nations ...
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U.S. targets oil and natural gas industry's role in global warming with new rule on methane emissions
Dec 02, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Biden administration on Saturday issued a final rule aimed at reducing methane emissions, targeting the U.S. oil and natural gas industry for its role i...
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With 'shuttle diplomacy,' step by step, Kissinger chased the possible in the Mideast
Dec 02, 2023 12:00 am - LONDON (AP) - When it came to the Middle East, Henry Kissinger wasn't pushing for peace - only for what was possible. By the time Kissinger died Wednesday at 100, the ag...
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House expels New York Rep. George Santos. It's just the sixth expulsion in the chamber's history
Dec 01, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The House voted on Friday to expel Republican Rep. George Santos of New York after a critical ethics report on his conduct that accused him of converting ca...
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Haslam family denies allegation from Warren Buffett's company that it bribed truck stop chain execs
Dec 01, 2023 12:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. - An attorney for the billionaire Haslam family called bribery allegations leveled by Warren Buffett's company a "wild invention. But a judge didn't decide i...