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Retail sales up strongly in December as Americans showed continued willingness to spendJan 17, 2024 8:53 am - NEW YORK — Americans stepped up their spending at retailers in December, closing out the holiday shopping season and the year on an upbeat tone and signaling that people ...
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Kate, the Princess of Wales, hospitalized for up to two weeks after undergoing abdominal surgeryJan 17, 2024 8:48 am - LONDON — The Princess of Wales has been hospitalized after undergoing planned abdominal surgery and will remain at The London Clinic for up to two weeks, Kensington Palac...
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Officials in Thailand say an explosion at a rural fireworks factory has killed at least 23 peopleJan 17, 2024 8:01 am - BANGKOK — An explosion at a fireworks factory in central Thailand killed at least 23 people on Wednesday, according to provincial officials. The death toll was announced ...
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Pakistan recalls ambassador to Iran over airstrike by Tehran that killed 2 peopleJan 17, 2024 7:57 am - ISLAMABAD — Pakistan recalled its ambassador to Tehran on Wednesday, a day after Iran launched airstrikes on Pakistan that it claimed targeted bases for a militant Sunni ...
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Overdraft fees could drop to as low as $3 under new Biden proposalJan 17, 2024 7:15 am - NEW YORK — The cost to overdraw a bank account could drop to as little as $3 under a proposal announced by the White House, the latest effort by the Biden administration ...
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Russian missiles hit Ukrainian apartment buildings and injure 17 in latest strikes on civilian areasJan 17, 2024 7:13 am - KYIV, Ukraine — Russia fired two missiles at Kharkiv during the night, hitting apartment buildings and a medical center and injuring 17 people in the city in northeastern...
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At Davos, Blinken calls a pathway to a Palestinian state a necessity for Israeli securityJan 17, 2024 7:11 am - DAVOS, Switzerland — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated the need for a “pathway to a Palestinian state” during a talk Wednesday at the World Economic Forum...
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Banks prepare to take on the Biden administration over billions of dollars in overdraft feesJan 16, 2024 1:42 pm - NEW YORK — The squabble over billion of dollars in overdraft fees that Americans get charged every year is intensifying. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is expe...
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Suspect in Long Island’s Gilgo Beach serial killings is charged with the death of a fourth womanJan 16, 2024 9:15 am - RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — An architect charged in a string of slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings was accused Tuesday in the death of a fourth woman, a Connecticut mother ...
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Iraq recalls ambassador, summons Iran’s chargé d’affaires over strikes in IrbilJan 16, 2024 7:10 am - IRBIL, Iraq — Iraq recalled its ambassador from Tehran for consultations and summoned Iran’s chargé d’affaires in Baghdad on Tuesday in protest over Iranian strikes on no...