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Kristen Bell set to return as host of Screen Actors Guild Awards next yearDec 16, 2024 2:27 pm - Kristen Bell will return as host of next year’s Screen Actors Guild Awards, streaming live on Netflix for a second consecutive year.
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Canada's finance minister resigns as unpopular Trudeau faces biggest test of his political careerDec 16, 2024 2:23 pm - TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces the biggest test of his political career after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, long one of his most powerful an...
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Trump weighs in on NY mayor, vaccines and drones in freewheeling press conference at Mar-a-LagoDec 16, 2024 2:09 pm - In a freewheeling press conference at his Mar-a-Lago club, President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he would consider pardoning embattled New York Mayor Eric Adams, declared the country was “not going to lose" the polio vaccine and weighed in on the flurry of drone sightings over New Jersey.
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Federal Reserve is likely to slow its rate cuts with inflation pressures still elevatedDec 16, 2024 1:56 pm - Americans hoping for lower borrowing costs for homes, credit cards and cars may be disappointed after this week's Federal Reserve meeting. The Fed's policymakers are likely to signal fewer interest rate cuts next year than were previously expected.
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3 dead, others injured in a shooting at a private Christian school in WisconsinDec 16, 2024 11:51 am - A student opened fire at a private Christian school Monday morning in Wisconsin, killing two people in the final week before Christmas break. The shooter also died, police said.
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Drone sightings lead to airspace shutdown at Ohio military base, arrests near Boston airportDec 16, 2024 10:38 am - More suspected drone sightings in the eastern U.S. led to a temporary airspace shutdown at an Air Force base in Ohio and arrests near Boston's Logan International Airport, as elected officials increased their push for action to identify and stop the mysterious unmanned flights.
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Germany’s Scholz loses confidence vote, setting up an election in FebruaryDec 16, 2024 9:41 am - Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in the German parliament on Monday, putting the European Union’s most populous member and biggest economy on course to hold an early election in late February.
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France rushes aid to Mayotte, with hundreds feared dead and hunger rising after Cyclone ChidoDec 16, 2024 9:38 am - France used ships and military aircraft to rush rescue workers and supplies to its Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte on Monday after the island group was battered by its worst cyclone in nearly a century. Authorities fear hundreds and possibly thousands of people have died.
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Zakir Hussain, one of India’s most accomplished classical musicians, dies at 73Dec 16, 2024 7:10 am - Zakir Hussain, one of India’s most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced tabla to global audiences, died on Sunday. He was 73.
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What to stream: MrBeast jumps to TV, Little Big Town’s holiday special and Squid Game: UnleashedDec 16, 2024 6:00 am - The gripping Vatican-based thriller “Conclave” and Dwayne Johnson starring as Santa’s bodyguard in the movie “Red One” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.