Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu battles on all fronts, amid growing pressure to free hostages
By Tara John, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Waving Israeli flags, with posters of hostages draped on their backs, families of Gaza hostages and…
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American arrested in Venezuela just days after Biden administration eases oil sanctions
By JOSHUA GOODMAN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press A California man’s family is pleading for his release after they say he was wrongfully arrested…
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Officials stock up on overdose antidote naloxone after fentanyl-laced letters disrupt vote counting
By GENE JOHNSON and ED KOMENDA Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The suspicious letters sent to vote centers and government buildings in six states…
Continue ReadingLast of 4 men who escaped from a Georgia jail last month is caught
STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say the last of four men who escaped from a Georgia jail in October has been caught. Bibb County Sheriff David…
Continue ReadingThe most powerful rocket ever built just went farther than it had ever gone, then was lost
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — SpaceX’s gargantuan deep-space rocket system, Starship, safely lifted off Saturday morning but ended prematurely…
Continue ReadingArmenia and Azerbaijan speak different diplomatic languages, Armenia’s leader says
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan says his country and Azerbaijan are speaking “different diplomatic languages”…
Continue ReadingCentury-overdue library book is finally returned in Minnesota
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A library book that is more than a century overdue has been returned to St. Paul Public Library. Titled “Famous…
Continue ReadingFederal authorities investigate underwater oil pipeline leak off the coast of Louisiana
VENICE, La. (AP) — Federal authorities said Saturday that they’re investigating a leak from an underwater oil pipeline off the coast of…
Continue ReadingShooter who killed New Hampshire hospital security guard identified
By Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — New Hampshire officials have identified 33-year-old John Madore as the gunman who killed a security guard at a New…
Continue ReadingFrench Holocaust survivors are recoiling at new antisemitism, and activists are pleading for peace
By JEFFREY SCHAEFFER and HELENA ALVES Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Survivors of Nazi atrocities joined young Jewish activists outside the Paris…
Continue ReadingCorrection: California Democrats story
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — In a story published November 18, 2023, about the California Democratic Party’s endorsing convention, The Associated…
Continue ReadingHungary’s Orbán says Ukraine is ‘light years away’ from joining the EU
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, (AP) — Hungary’s prime minister has further signaled that his government is likely to present a…
Continue ReadingConnecticut judge sets new primary date for mayor’s race tainted by alleged ballot box stuffing
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut judge has set Jan. 23 as the date for a new Democratic primary election in the Bridgeport mayor’s race…
Continue ReadingThousands march in Jerusalem to press Israel’s government to do more to free hostages held in Gaza
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of family members and supporters of some 240 hostages held in Gaza have streamed into…
Continue ReadingAlbania’s former health minister accused by prosecutors of corruption in government project
By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Prosecutors say Albania’s former health minister, who is being investigated for alleged…
Continue ReadingRussian doctors call for release of imprisoned artist who protested Ukraine war
By ELISE MORTON Associated Press LONDON (AP) — More than 100 Russian doctors have signed an open letter demanding the immediate release of an…
Continue ReadingCheers! A bottle of Scotch whisky sells for a record $2.7 million at auction
LONDON (AP) — A bottle of Scotch whisky billed as “the most sought-after” in the world has sold for almost 2.2 million pounds ($2.7 million).…
Continue ReadingMan exonerated in the killing of Malcolm X files lawsuit against US government accusing FBI of hiding proof of his innocence
By Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — A man who was wrongfully convicted in the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X and exonerated in 2021 has…
Continue ReadingFrench senator under investigation on suspicion of drugging MP
Story by Reuters Paris (CNN) — A French senator has been placed under formal investigation over suspicions that he drugged a member of…
Continue ReadingSpaceX launch attempt ends in loss of most powerful rocket ever built
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — To say that space is a challenging environment is putting it lightly. During a recent spacewalk outside the…
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