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Google Maps photo of man loading a bag in a trunk helps police find a body

By Victoria Bisset
Dec 19, 2024 9:37 pm - When Google Street View took photos in Tajueco in October, the town of just 57 residents in northern Spain appeared quiet, its streets mostly free of people and traffic. ...
Immigration drives US population growth to highest rate in 23 years as residents pass 340 million

By MIKE SCHNEIDER
Dec 19, 2024 9:36 pm - Immigration in 2024 drove U.S. population growth to its fastest rate in 23 years as the nation surpassed 340 million residents, the U.S. Census Bureau said Thursday. The ...
Trump backs new GOP plan to fund government and raise debt limit as shutdown nears

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING
Dec 19, 2024 3:40 pm - President-elect Donald Trump announced “success” in coming up with a new plan to fund the government and lift the debt ceiling a day before a government shutdown, urging Congress to swiftly pass it in votes as soon as Thursday evening.
Closures, Social Security checks, furloughs: What a government shutdown might mean

By MEG KINNARD
Dec 19, 2024 1:53 pm - Congress has until midnight Friday to come up with a way to fund the government or federal agencies will shut down, meaning hundreds of thousands of federal employees could be sent home — or stay on the job without pay — just ahead of the holidays.
Suspect in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO will return to New York to face murder charges

By MARK SCOLFORO and MICHAEL R. SISAK
Dec 19, 2024 9:31 am - The suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO will return to New York to face murder charges after agreeing to be extradited Thursday during a court appearance in Pennsylvania where he was arrested last week after five days on the run.
Appeals court removes prosecutor Fani Willis from Georgia election case against Trump and others

By KATE BRUMBACK
Dec 19, 2024 9:07 am - A state appeals court on Thursday removed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others but did not dismiss the indictment, leaving the future of the prosecution uncertain.
Tariff threats cast a shadow over US reliance on Canada for the majority of its oil imports

By DAMIAN J. TROISE
Dec 19, 2024 8:57 am - The U.S. increasingly relies on Canadian crude oil to meet domestic demand and that relationship faces potential strain amid the threat of tariffs from President-elect Donald Trump.
U.S. economy grows at 3.1% pace in third quarter, an upgrade from previous estimate

By PAUL WISEMAN
Dec 19, 2024 7:39 am - The American economy grew at a healthy 3.1% annual clip from July through September, propelled by vigorous consumer spending and an uptick in exports, the government said in an upgrade to its previous estimate.
Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen’s rebel-held capital and port city after Houthi attack targets Israel

By JON GAMBRELL
Dec 19, 2024 5:12 am - A series of intense Israeli airstrikes shook Yemen's rebel-held capital and a port city early Thursday and killed at least nine people, officials said, shortly after a Houthi missile targeted central Israel.
Gisèle Pelicot's ex-husband found guilty of rapes, sentenced to 20 years in prison in France

By JOHN LEICESTER, TOM NOUVIAN and MARINE LESPRIT
Dec 19, 2024 5:09 am - A court in France on Thursday sentenced the ex-husband of Gisèle Pelicot to 20 years of imprisonment for drugging and raping her and allowing other men to rape her while she was unconscious, in abuse that lasted nearly a decade.

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