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Biden signs bill that averts government shutdown and brings a close to days of Washington upheaval

By LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and MATT BROWN
Dec 21, 2024 10:31 am - President Joe Biden on Saturday signed legislation that averts a government shutdown heading into Christmas, bringing a final close to days of upheaval in Washington after Congress passed a bipartisan budget plan just past the deadline and rejected Donald Trump's core demand in the negotiations.
Indiana man sentenced to the maximum of 130 years in prison for 2017 killings of 2 teenage girls

By RICK CALLAHAN
Dec 20, 2024 9:55 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana man convicted in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls who vanished during a winter hike was sentenced to a maximum of 130 years in prison Frid...
Trump adds Europe to the list of US trade partners he’s threatening with tariffs

By JOSH BOAK and RAF CASERT
Dec 20, 2024 9:54 pm - WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump on Friday added the 27 countries that make up the European Union to the list of trade partners he's threatening with ...
At least 2 dead and 60 hurt after a car drives into a German Christmas market in a suspected attack

By EBRAHIM NOROOZI, CHRIS STERN and GEIR MOULSON
Dec 20, 2024 9:53 pm - MAGDEBURG, Germany — A car plowed into a busy outdoor Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, killing at least two people and injuring at leas...
Trump taps West suburban Catholic school leader as next Vatican ambassador

By Mitchell Armentrout
Dec 20, 2024 8:53 pm - President-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced he’ll nominate West suburban Catholic school board leader Brian Burch as the next U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. Burch, ...
Floating a new plan, Speaker Johnson insists there will be no government shutdown

By LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and MATT BROWN
Dec 20, 2024 1:44 pm - Veering toward a midnight Friday government shutdown, House Speaker Mike Johnson is proposing a new plan that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, but punts President-elect Donald Trump demands for a debt limit increase into the new year.
Amazon workers are striking at multiple delivery hubs. Here’s what you should know

By HALELUYA HADERO
Dec 20, 2024 8:26 am - Amazon workers affiliated with the Teamsters union launched a strike at seven of the company's delivery hubs less than a week before Christmas.
Trump was poised to inherit a strong economy. Then things got rocky and he added to the uncertainty

By JOSH BOAK
Dec 20, 2024 7:20 am - The smooth economy that Donald Trump was poised to inherit suddenly looks a bit rockier — with critics saying the president-elect is contributing to the uncertainty.
California man detained on suspicion of ‘plotting’ with Wisconsin school shooter

By Patrick Marley, Hannah Natanson and Sarah Blaskey
Dec 19, 2024 9:41 pm - MADISON, Wisconsin — Authorities have detained a California man on suspicion of “plotting a mass shooting” with the 15-year-old girl who opened fire in her small Christia...
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. ...

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