Articles filed under Associated Press
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Vice President Harris breaks nearly 200-year-old record for Senate tiebreaker votes, casts her 32ndDec 05, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - 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 c...
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Brutal killings of women in Western Balkan countries trigger alarm and expose faults in the systemDec 05, 2023 12:00 am - BELGRADE, Serbia - A man in Bosnia killed his wife and streamed the murder live on Instagram. In neighboring Serbia, 27 women were killed in gender-based attacks this ye...
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'We are officially hostages': How the Israeli kibbutz of Nir Oz embodied Hamas hostage strategyDec 05, 2023 12:00 am - NIR OZ, Israel - The engineer and his family cowered in the safe room, dark except for a red remote-control light because they feared the gunmen outside the door would n...
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House Speaker Johnson is insisting on sweeping border security changes in a deal for Ukraine aidDec 05, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - 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 ov...
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Israel moves into Gaza's second-largest city and intensifies strikes in bloody new phase of the warDec 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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Biden is spending most of the week raising money at events with James Taylor and Steven SpielbergDec 05, 2023 12:00 am - BOSTON - 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 Monday - with mo...
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Wikipedia, wrapped. Here are 2023's most-viewed articles on the internet's encyclopediaDec 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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More bodies found after sudden eruption of Indonesia's Mount Marapi, raising confirmed toll to 22Dec 05, 2023 12:00 am - BATU PALANO, Indonesia - Rescuers searching the hazardous slopes of Indonesia's Mount Marapi volcano found 11 more bodies of climbers who were caught by a surprise weeke...
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UN agency cites worrying warming trend as COP28 summit grapples with curbing climate changeDec 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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'Past Lives,' 'May December' and 'American Fiction' lead Spirit Award nominationsDec 05, 2023 12:00 am - Celine Song's "Past Lives," Todd Haynes' "May December" and Cord Jefferson's "American Fiction" got a leading five nominations, including best feature, from the Film Ind...