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Hackers shipped unauthorized purchases to home, then porch pirates swiped package, family says

By Jennifer McLogan Click here for updates on this story     MASSAPEQUA PARK, New York (WCBS) — A Long Island family says they caught porch pirates swiping a package from their home earlier this month, but they weren’t the ones who had ordered the item. According to police, hackers managed to access Erica Bernhard’s Bloomingdale’s account

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Putin says ‘intelligent and experienced’ Trump capable of finding ‘solutions’

By Christian Edwards, Darya Tarasova and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday praised US President-elect Donald Trump as an “intelligent and experienced” politician capable of finding “solutions,” as tensions between Moscow and the West ramp up over the war in Ukraine. Speaking to reporters in Kazakhstan, Putin also castigated President

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‘Narco sub’ bound for Australia seized in massive international operation that netted 1,400 metric tons of drugs

CNN By Mauricio Torres and James Legge, CNN (CNN) — Six so-called “narco subs” stuffed with cocaine were captured in a Colombian-led international anti-drug operation, authorities in the Latin American nation said Wednesday, as part of a huge global bust. The mission, involving 62 countries, seized more than 1,400 metric tons of drugs – mostly

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Avocados, tequila and other iconic Mexican products are jeopardized by Trump’s tariff threats

Associated Press URUAPAN, Mexico (AP) — Mexicans are worried that threats by Donald Trump to impose 25% tariffs could affect a wide range of iconic Mexican products and threaten entire regional economies. In western Mexico, no crop supplies an income for so many small growers as avocados. But avocado growers, pickers and packers worry that

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Cancer means 9th-annual dinner will look different for Thanksgiving Grandma and the stranger she once texted who’s now family

By Graham Hurley and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Despite a breast cancer diagnosis, Thanksgiving Grandma and the young man she met nearly a decade ago via an accidental text will continue their holiday tradition today for the ninth year in a row. But Wanda Dench’s annual gathering with Jamal Hinton will look a little

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An opposition Congo politician is sentenced to 1 year in prison for inciting civil disobedience

Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A Congolese opposition politician has been sentenced to one year in prison for inciting civil disobedience. His political party described it as a “blatant attempt” by the government to silence its critics. Seth Kikuni, the president of the political party Piste pour l’Emergence, was convicted of inciting disobedience and

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