Articles filed under Associated Press
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Drought, fires and deforestation battered Amazon rain forest in 2024Dec 28, 2024 2:53 pm - BOGOTA, Colombia — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rain forest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counter...
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Dec 28, 2024 12:09 am - At least one Mega Millions player has plenty of dough to ring in the New Year after drawing the winning number. After three months without anyone winning the top prize in...
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Israeli troops forcibly remove staff and patients from northern Gaza hospital, officials sayDec 27, 2024 9:57 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli troops stormed one of the last hospitals operating in northern Gaza on Friday, forcing many staff and patients outside to strip in win...
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Azerbaijani and US officials suggest plane that crashed may have been hit by weapons fireDec 27, 2024 9:54 pm - Russian air defense systems may have brought down an Azerbaijani airliner this week, a U.S. official said Friday after an Azerbaijani minister also suggested the plane wa...
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US to send $1.25 billion in weapons to Ukraine, pushing to get aid out before Biden leaves officeDec 27, 2024 9:50 pm - WASHINGTON — The United States is expected to announce that it will send $1.25 billion in military assistance to Ukraine, U.S. officials said Friday, as the Biden adminis...
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Missing dog returns to family home and rang the doorbellDec 27, 2024 9:49 pm - WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — After a nearly weeklong search, Athena found her way home to her Florida family in time for Christmas Eve and even rang the doorbell. Athena, a 4-...
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US homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many peopleDec 27, 2024 9:45 pm - BOSTON — The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural d...
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Israeli airstrikes hit a Yemen airport as a jet with hundreds onboard was landing, UN official saysDec 27, 2024 9:45 pm - UNITED NATIONS — Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen’s main airport as a civilian Airbus 320 with hundreds of passengers on board was landing and a U.N. delegation was waiting t...
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An online debate over foreign workers in tech shows tensions in Trump's political coalitionDec 27, 2024 8:33 pm - WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — An online spat between factions of Donald Trump's supporters over immigration and the tech industry has thrown internal divisions in his political...
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Janet Yellen tells Congress US could hit debt limit in mid-JanuaryDec 27, 2024 8:31 pm - WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said her agency will need to start taking “extraordinary measures,” or special accounting maneuvers intended to prevent the n...