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Blackhawks win streak ends with thud as Flames thump them 6-4Dec 21, 2024 6:49 pm - Jonathan Huberdeau, Connor Zary, Blake Coleman, and Matt Coronato each had a goal and an assist as the Calgary Flames beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6-4. Nazem Kadri and Mikael Backlund also scored for Flames, who have picked up points in their last four games, going 2-0-2.
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Albania to close TikTok for a year blaming it for promoting violence among childrenDec 21, 2024 6:37 pm - TIRANA, Albania — Albania's prime minister said Saturday the government will shut down the video service TikTok for one year, blaming it for inciting violence and bullyin...
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Trump taps ‘Apprentice’ producer, Mark Burnett, as special envoy to the United KingdomDec 21, 2024 6:34 pm - WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Mark Burnett, the power producer who helped reintroduce Donald Trump to a national television audience with “The Apprentice,” is being tapped by t...
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Stolen base king Rickey Henderson dies at 65Dec 21, 2024 6:14 pm - OAKLAND, Calif. — Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, the brash speedster who shattered stolen base records and redefined baseball's leadoff position, has died. He was 65. He...
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Shutdown saga exposes new fault lines for Speaker Johnson and tests his grip on the gavelDec 21, 2024 4:47 pm - WASHINGTON — One of the most turbulent sessions of Congress in the modern era is about to make way for the next one. Midnight passage of the government shutdown package p...
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Germans mourn the 5 killed and 200 injured in the apparent attack on a Christmas marketDec 21, 2024 2:44 pm - MAGDEBURG, Germany — Germans on Saturday mourned the victims of an apparent attack in which authorities say a doctor drove into a busy outdoor Christmas market, killing f...
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Biden signs bill that averts government shutdown and brings a close to days of Washington upheavalDec 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.
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Indiana man sentenced to the maximum of 130 years in prison for 2017 killings of 2 teenage girlsDec 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...
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Trump adds Europe to the list of US trade partners he’s threatening with tariffsDec 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 ...
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At least 2 dead and 60 hurt after a car drives into a German Christmas market in a suspected attackDec 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...