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Wednesday, December 6, 2023

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Family members of three Black people who were fatally shot this summer inside a north Florida Dollar General store by a shooter who had posted racist writings sued the store’s owner, operator and security contractor on Monday for negligence, claiming lax security led to their loved ones’ deaths.

After racist shooting that killed 3, families sue Dollar General firms and others over lax security

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, operator and security contractor for negligence, claiming lax security led to their loved ones' deaths.
Activists protest against fossil fuels Tuesday at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

To phase out or phase down fossil fuels? That is the question at COP28 climate talks

After days of shaving off the edges of key warming issues, climate negotiators Tuesday zeroed in on the tough job of dealing with the main cause of what's overheating the planet: fossil fuels.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, told fellow Republicans on Tuesday that sweeping changes to U.S. border policy would be their “hill to die on” in negotiations over President Joe Biden’s nearly $106 billion package for the wars in Ukraine and Israel and other security needs.

House Speaker Johnson is insisting on sweeping border security changes in a deal for Ukraine aid

House Speaker Mike Johnson told fellow Republicans on Tuesday that sweeping changes to U.S. border policy would be their "hill to die on" in negotiations over President Joe Biden's nearly $106 billion package for the wars in Ukraine and Israel and other security needs.
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, talks with Vice President Kamala Harris Tuesday after presenting Harris with a golden gavel after she cast the 32nd tiebreaking vote in the Senate, the most ever cast by a vice president.

Vice President Harris breaks nearly 200-year-old record for Senate tiebreaker votes, casts her 32nd

Vice President Kamala Harris broke a nearly 200-year-old record for casting the most tiebreaking votes in the Senate when she voted Tuesday to advance the confirmation of a new federal judge in Washington, D.C.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on November 30 urged Israel to create safe zones for Palestinian civilians in Gaza before it resumes “major military operations” in the Hamas-ruled territory.
In a rare action against Israel, U.S. says extremist West Bank settlers will be barred from America
In a rare punitive move against Israel, the State Department said Tuesday it will impose travel bans on extremist Jewish settlers implicated in a rash of recent attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, an Alabama Republican, announced on Tuesday that he’s ending his blockade of hundreds of military promotions, following heavy criticism from many of his colleagues in the Senate and clearing the way for hundreds to be approved soon.
Tuberville is ending blockade of most military nominees, clearing way for hundreds to be approved
Sen. Tommy Tuberville announced on Tuesday that he's ending his blockade of hundreds of military promotions, following heavy criticism from many of his colleagues in the Senate and clearing the way for hundreds to be approved soon.
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden applaud Sunday during the 46th Kennedy Center Honors at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington.
Biden is spending most of the week raising money at events with James Taylor and Steven Spielberg
President Joe Biden is making a big push to raise money for his reelection effort before the end of the year, appearing at seven events through next Monday -- with more to come.
Workers stand in an area that features a life-size representation of a device that will use magnets to create the conditions for fusion to happen at Commonwealth Fusion Systems, in Devens, Massachusetts. Commonwealth is trying to create fusion inside what’s called a tokamak. Nuclear fusion, which would be a new source of carbon-free energy, melds two hydrogen atoms together to produce a helium atom and a lot of energy.
U.S. unveils global strategy to commercialize fusion as source of clean energy during COP28
The United States will work with other governments to speed up efforts to make nuclear fusion a new source of carbon-free energy, U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry said Tuesday, the latest of many U.S. announcements the last week aimed at combatting climate change.
This combination of undated images shows residents of Kibbutz Nir Oz who have been freed from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, where they had been held hostage since an Oct. 7 cross-border attack. Top row from left: Adina Moshe, Sapir Cohen, Ofelia Roitman, Irena Tati, Yelena Trupanov, Ada Sagi. Second row from left: Sahar Kalderon and her brother Erez Kalderon, Liat Atzili, Ilana Gritzewsky, Shani Goren, Channa Peri. Third row from left: Yaffa Adar, Nili Margalit, sisters Aviv, right, and Raz Asher Katz, Eitan Yahalomi, Yagil Yaakov, Tamar Metzger. Bottom row from left: Dafna Elyakim and her sister Ela Elyakim, Sharon Aloni Cunio, center, and her twin daughters, Emma and Yuli, Keren Munder and her son Ohad, Ditza Heiman, Hannah Katzir.
'We are officially hostages': How the Israeli kibbutz of Nir Oz embodied Hamas hostage strategy
Eight weeks into the Israel-Gaza war, the recent release of dozens of Israeli hostages -- with as many still in captivity -- is bringing new focus on what Hamas did on Oct. 7, the day its fighters rounded them up from communities across southern Israel.
Team members of ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) glaciologist and head of the Swiss measurement network ‘Glamos’, Matthias Huss, arrive at the Rhone Glacier partially covered near Goms, Switzerland. The U.N. weather agency is reporting that glaciers shrank more than ever from 2011 and 2020, as it released its latest stark report about the fallout on the planet from climate change.
UN agency cites worrying warming trend as COP28 summit grapples with curbing climate change
The United Nations weather agency is reporting that glaciers shrank more than ever from 2011 and 2020 and the Antarctic ice sheet lost 75 percent more compared to the previous ten years, as it released its latest stark report about the fallout on the planet from climate change.
Foreign Minister Hanke Bruins Slot of the Netherlands, left, and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba attend a joint news conference following their talks Tuesday in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Ukrainian officials say Russian shelling has hit a southern city, killing 2 people in the street
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 visit on Tuesday. The announcement comes as the 21-month war drags into another winter and concerns grow that Kyiv's war effort may falter without continued Western support.
A 26-year-old woman, who wouldn’t give her name for security reasons, speaks in safe house for women in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. She said her partner repeatedly raped her, beat and choked her, and kept her and the baby locked in their flat for hours at a time. Throughout the Western Balkans, women are harassed, raped, beaten and killed, often by their partners and after repeatedly reporting the violence to the authorities. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Brutal killings of women in Western Balkan countries trigger alarm and expose faults in the system
Throughout the Western Balkans, women are harassed, raped, beaten and killed, often by their partners and after repeatedly reporting the violence to the authorities.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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