Nation and World
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Filings for jobless claims tick up modestly, continuing claims fall
Dec 07, 2023 12:00 am - U.S. applications for jobless benefits ticked up last week, but the overall number of people in the U.S. collecting unemployment benefits fell after hitting its highest ...
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Seychelles declares state of emergency after huge explosion; at least 3 dead in separate flooding
Dec 07, 2023 12:00 am - VICTORIA, Seychelles - The president of Seychelles declared a state of emergency on Thursday after a huge blast at an explosives depot and flooding in other parts of the...
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Former Polish President Lech Walesa, 80, says he is better but remains hospitalized with COVID-19
Dec 07, 2023 12:00 am - WARSAW, Poland - Lech Walesa, Poland's 80-year-old former president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, said Thursday that he is improving after being hospitalized with a bad ...
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Strikes on Gaza's southern edge sow fear in one of the last areas to which people can flee
Dec 07, 2023 12:00 am - RAFAH, Gaza Strip - Israeli forces struck the southern Gaza town of Rafah twice overnight, residents said Thursday, sowing fear in one of the last places where civilians...
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Putin moves a step closer to a fifth term as president after Russia sets 2024 election date
Dec 07, 2023 12:00 am - Lawmakers in Russia set the country's 2024 presidential election for March 17, moving Vladimir Putin a step closer to a fifth term in office. Members of the Federation C...
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Israel and U.S. at odds over conflicting visions for postwar Gaza
Dec 07, 2023 12:00 am - JERUSALEM - The United States has offered strong support to Israel in its war against the Hamas militant group that rules the Gaza Strip. But the allies are increasingly...
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Gates Foundation takes on poverty in the U.S. with $100 million commitment
Dec 07, 2023 12:00 am - GRAND ISLAND, Neb. - In recent years, city leaders in Grand Island, Nebraska, observed that many workers and students were walking or biking long distances to their jobs...
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Vegas shooter who killed 3 was a professor who recently applied for a job at UNLV, AP source says
Dec 07, 2023 12:00 am - LAS VEGAS - Terrified students and professors cowered in classrooms and dorms as a gunman roamed the floors of a University of Nevada, Las Vegas building, killing three ...
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Centenarian survivors of Pearl Harbor attack are returning to honor those who perished 82 years ago
Dec 07, 2023 12:00 am - PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Ira "Ike" Schab had just showered, put on a clean sailor's uniform and closed his locker aboard the USS Dobbin when he heard a call for a fire res...
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A pregnant Texas woman is asking a court to let her have an abortion under exceptions to state's ban
Dec 06, 2023 12:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas - A pregnant Texas woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis asked a court Tuesday to let her have an abortion, bringing what her attorneys say is the first ...