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A plane crashes and bursts into flames while landing in South Korea, killing 179

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG
Dec 28, 2024 9:10 pm - SEOUL, South Korea — A passenger plane skidded off a runway at a South Korean airport Sunday, slammed into a concrete fence and burst into flames after its front landing ...
Bird flu kills 20 big cats at Washington sanctuary now under quarantine

Angie Orellana Hernandez
Dec 28, 2024 7:28 pm - A big cat sanctuary in Washington has temporarily closed after a devastating bird flu outbreak killed most of its animals, some rapidly after they developed pneumonia-lik...
2024 had some wild weather. Here’s why.

By Matthew Cappucci
Dec 28, 2024 7:25 pm - If it feels like the weather was a bit much this year, you’re not imagining things. The United States dealt with “hyperactive” hurricane and tornado seasons, and a burgeo...
Trump appears to side with Musk, tech allies in debate over foreign workers roiling his supporters

By MICHELLE L. PRICE
Dec 28, 2024 7:08 pm - WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump appears to be siding with Elon Musk and his other backers in the tech industry as a dispute over immigration visas ha...
Putin apologizes for ‘tragic incident’ but stops short of saying Azerbaijani plane was shot down

Dec 28, 2024 4:12 pm - MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a “tragic incident” following the crash of an Azerbaija...
Abortions are up in the US. It’s a complicated picture as women turn to pills, travel

By GEOFF MULVIHILL and KEVIN S. VINEYS
Dec 28, 2024 2:59 pm - Abortion has become slightly more common despite bans or deep restrictions in most Republican-controlled states, and the legal and political fights over its future are no...
Drought, fires and deforestation battered Amazon rain forest in 2024

By STEVEN GRATTAN
Dec 28, 2024 2:53 pm - BOGOTA, Colombia — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rain forest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counter...
By The Associated Press
Dec 28, 2024 12:09 am - At least one Mega Millions player has plenty of dough to ring in the New Year after drawing the winning number. After three months without anyone winning the top prize in...
Israeli troops forcibly remove staff and patients from northern Gaza hospital, officials say

By WAFAA SHURAFA, FATMA KHALED and LEE KEATH
Dec 27, 2024 9:57 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli troops stormed one of the last hospitals operating in northern Gaza on Friday, forcing many staff and patients outside to strip in win...
Azerbaijani and US officials suggest plane that crashed may have been hit by weapons fire

Dec 27, 2024 9:54 pm - Russian air defense systems may have brought down an Azerbaijani airliner this week, a U.S. official said Friday after an Azerbaijani minister also suggested the plane wa...

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