Nation and World
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Israel moves into Gaza's second-largest city and intensifies strikes in bloody new phase of the war
Dec 05, 2023 12:00 am - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip - Israel said Tuesday that its troops had entered Gaza's second-largest city as intensified bombardment sent streams of ambulances and cars rac...
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Wikipedia, wrapped. Here are 2023's most-viewed articles on the internet's encyclopedia
Dec 05, 2023 12:00 am - NEW YORK - Remember what you searched for in 2023? Well, Wikipedia has the receipts. English Wikipedia raked in more than 84 billion views this year, according to number...
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UN agency cites worrying warming trend as COP28 summit grapples with curbing climate change
Dec 05, 2023 12:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The United Nations weather agency is reporting that glaciers shrank more than ever from 2011 and 2020 and the Antarctic ice sheet lost 75 p...
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After racist shooting that killed 3, families sue Dollar General firms and others over lax security
Dec 05, 2023 12:00 am - JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Family members of three Black people fatally shot at a Dollar General store in north Florida by a racist gunman have sued the store's landlord, oper...
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Ukrainian officials say Russian shelling has hit a southern city, killing 2 people in the street
Dec 05, 2023 12:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - The Dutch government has allocated 2.5 billion euros (nearly $2.7 billion) to support Ukraine in 2024, the country's foreign minister announced during a ...
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Walking through Old San Juan: Seven things to do in Puerto Rico's Walled CityDec 04, 2023 5:00 am - Cobblestones are blue in Puerto Rico's oldest city, evidence of its age and ties to the Old World. To walk on them is to step back more than five centuries when Juan Pon...
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The Supreme Court wrestles with OxyContin maker's bankruptcy deal, with billions of dollars at stake
Dec 04, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday wrestled with a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield members of the Sackler family who own...
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Israel orders evacuations as it widens offensive but Palestinians are running out of places to go
Dec 04, 2023 12:00 am - KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip - Israeli warplanes heavily bombarded an area around Khan Younis in southern Gaza on Monday as the military ordered mass evacuations from the tow...
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Rescuer raises hope of survivors at a Zambian mine where more than 30 have been buried for days
Dec 04, 2023 12:00 am - LUSAKA, Zambia - A member of a rescue team raised hope Monday that there may be survivors at a Zambian mine where more than 30 informal miners have been trapped under de...
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Global warming could cost poor countries trillions. They've urged the COP28 climate summit to help
Dec 04, 2023 12:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A prominent developing-world leader on the issue of climate change said Monday that global taxes on the financial services, oil and gas, an...