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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...
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Penn State and SMU carry the weight of history into their CFP debuts. They're both trying to shed itDec 20, 2024 5:36 pm - Penn State and SMU head into the College Football Playoff with the weight of history on their shoulders. This is the Nittany Lions' best shot at making a run at a national title since the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal tarnished the program 13 years ago. SMU is still perhaps best known for being given the death penalty by the NCAA in the 1980s for illegally paying players. Former Nittany Lions give coach James Franklin credit for bringing the program back to prominence. Mustangs coach Rhett Lashlee says the work to restore SMU's reputation began long before he arrived in 2022.