Nation and World
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Latest 'massive' Russian aerial attack cuts power to 1 million homes in Ukraine
Nov 28, 2024 10:47 am - Russia conducted a “massive” attack against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure on Thursday, firing nearly 200 missiles and drones and leaving more than a million households without power, Ukrainian officials said.
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Israel launches first airstrike on Lebanon since ceasefire after saying Hezbollah violated the truce
Nov 28, 2024 10:44 am - The Israeli military on Thursday said its warplanes fired on southern Lebanon after detecting Hezbollah activity at a rocket storage facility, the first Israeli airstrike a day after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took hold.
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Meet the medical contrarians picked to lead health agencies under Trump and Kennedy
Nov 27, 2024 1:57 pm - President-elect Donald Trump has assembled a team of medical contrarians and health care critics to fulfill an agenda aimed at remaking how the federal government oversees medicines, health programs and nutrition.
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Trump transition says Cabinet picks, appointees were targeted by bomb threats, swatting attacks
Nov 27, 2024 12:36 pm - Several of President-elect Donald Trump 's Cabinet picks and appointees have been targeted by bomb threats and “swatting attacks," Trump's transition said Wednesday.
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US inflation gauge ticks higher with price pressures still stubborn
Nov 27, 2024 10:01 am - Consumer price increases accelerated last month, the latest sign that inflation's steady decline over the past two years has stalled in recent months.
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What stores are open on Thanksgiving? Not many since most stay closed to prepare for Black FridayNov 27, 2024 9:51 am - With Thanksgiving and the formal launch of the holiday shopping season, Americans will again be consumed with the annual trifecta of turkey, travel and transactions — lots of them.
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‘They’re scared’: Schools are bracing for upheaval over fear of mass deportations
Nov 27, 2024 9:48 am - Last time Donald Trump was president, rumors of immigration raids terrorized the Oregon community where Gustavo Balderas was the school superintendent. Word spread that ...
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US economy grows at 2.8% pace in third quarter on consumer spending, unchanged from first estimate
Nov 27, 2024 8:18 am - The American economy expanded at a healthy 2.8% annual pace from July through September on strong consumer spending and a surge in exports, the government said Wednesday, leaving unchanged its initial estimate of third-quarter growth.
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Rats feast on New York’s City’s bagged garbage. Can putting it in bins end the smorgasbord?
Nov 27, 2024 8:10 am - For half a century, New York City residents have taken out their trash by flinging plastic bags stuffed with stinking garbage straight onto the sidewalk.
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Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire appears to hold as Lebanese begin streaming south to their homes
Nov 27, 2024 7:16 am - A ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah that began Wednesday appeared to be holding, as residents in cars heaped with belongings streamed back toward southern Lebanon despite warnings from the Israeli and Lebanese militaries that they stay away from certain areas.