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Tuesday, January 31, 2023

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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Rescue workers conduct an operation to clear the rubble and search for bodies Tuesday at the site of Monday’s suicide bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan. The death toll from the previous day’s suicide bombing at a mosque in northwestern Pakistani rose to more than 85 on Tuesday, officials said. The assault on a Sunni Mosque inside a major police facility was one of the deadliest attacks on Pakistani security forces in recent years.

Pakistan bombing raises fears over security breach, 100 dead

Pakistani authorities scrambled on Tuesday to determine how a suicide bomber was able to carry out one of the country's deadliest militant attacks in years, unleashing an explosion in a crowded mosque inside a highly secured police compound in the city of Peshawar. The death toll from the blast climbed to 100.
A boy stands on a destroyed Russian tank displayed Tuesday in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine.

Ukraine pushes for Western fighter jets after tank deals

Ukraine is pushing its Western allies to provide it with fighter jets, a week after winning pledges of sophisticated modern tanks to help it beat back Russia's invasion force after almost a year of fighting.
President Joe Biden speaks Tuesday at the construction site of the Hudson Tunnel Project in New York. Biden is traveling to New York City to showcase a $292 million mega grant that will be used to help build a rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River.

AP source: FBI searched Biden's former office in November

The FBI searched President Joe Biden's former office at the Penn Biden Center in Washington in November, according to a person familiar with the matter, at least a week after his personal lawyers first found classified records there from his time as vice president.
Benjamin Obadiah Foster, accused of torturing a woman he held captive in Oregon, and who was convicted in Nevada of keeping another woman in captivity, eluded a police raid on Thursday in the unincorporated community of Wolf Creek, Oregon. He may have changed his appearance by shaving his beard and hair or changing his hair color, police said.

Kidnap suspect released day he arrived at Nevada prison

A man at the center of an intense police search in Oregon after a violent kidnapping last week was released from custody in October 2021 by Nevada prison officials on the same day he was transferred to the state's custody to serve a kidnapping sentence, authorities said Monday.
Rep. George Santos, a New York Republican, told colleagues in a closed-door meeting Tuesday he won’t serve on his two committees for now, GOP lawmakers say.
Santos temporarily steps down from House committees amid ethics issues
Republican Rep. George Santos of New York told GOP colleagues Tuesday he is temporarily stepping down from his two congressional committees, a move that comes amid a host of ethics issues and a day after he met with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
A cargo ship passes the buildings of the banking district in Frankfurt, Germany. Europe’s economy has scraped out meager gains at the end of last year as galloping inflation fed by high energy prices and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine deterred people from spending in shops and restaurants. The European Union statistics agency Eurostat reported Tuesday that economic output crept 0.1% higher in the last three months of 2022.
Europe scrapes out economic growth by dodging gas disaster
Europe's economy scraped out meager gains at the end of last year as galloping inflation fed by high energy prices and Russia's invasion of Ukraine deterred people from spending in shops and restaurants.
China’s government accused Washington on Tuesday of pursuing “technology hegemony” following news reports the United States might step up pressure on tech giant Huawei by blocking all access to American suppliers.
China accuses Washington of wanting 'technological hegemony'
China's government accused Washington on Tuesday of pursuing "technology hegemony" following news reports the United States might step up pressure on tech giant Huawei by blocking all access to American suppliers.
Adult Happy Meals and other limited-time promotions boosted traffic at McDonald’s restaurants during the fourth quarter despite higher prices.
Adult Happy Meals, McRib, feed McDonald's sales in fourth quarter
Adult Happy Meals and other limited-time promotions boosted traffic at McDonald's restaurants during the fourth quarter despite higher prices.
A tanker pulls into an ExxonMobil fuel storage and distribution facility in Irving, Texas.
Exxon profits at record high in 2022 as energy prices soared
Exxon Mobil posted record annual profits in 2022 as Americans struggled with high prices for gasoline, home heating and consumer goods.
Demonstrators attend a protest march Tuesday in Bayonne, France. French labor leaders hope to bring more than 1 million demonstrators into the streets again in the latest clash of wills with the government over plans to push back France’s retirement age.
French officials say 1.27 million protested pension reforms
An estimated 1.27 million people took to the streets of French cities, towns and villages Tuesday, according to the Interior Ministry, in new massive protests against the government's key pension reform plans.
A group of demonstrators protest Sunday outside a police precinct in response to the death of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers, in Memphis, Tennessee.
7th Memphis officer disciplined, EMTs fired in Nichols death
Two more Memphis police officers have been disciplined and three emergency responders fired in connection with the death of Tyre Nichols, officials said Monday, widening the circle of punishment for the shocking display of police brutality after video showed many more people failed to help him beyond the five officers accused of beating him to death.
Cindy Williams arrives to the TV Land Awards 10th Anniversary in New York on April 14, 2012.
Remembering Cindy Williams and what she did besides 'Laverne & Shirley'
Cindy William was among the most recognizable stars in America in the 1970s and '80s for her role as Shirley opposite Penny Marshall's Laverne on the beloved sitcom "Laverne & Shirley." But Williams worked with some of Hollywood's most elite directors in a film career that preceded her full-time move to television.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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