Relatives of Bashar Assad arrested as they tried to fly out of Lebanon, officials say
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese officials say the wife and daughter of one of deposed Syrian president Bashar Assad’s cousins have been…
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Final crystal triangles installed on Times Square ball ahead of New Year’s Eve
NEW YORK (AP) — The last of the crystal triangles that make up this year’s Times Square New Year’s Eve ball were installed on Friday…
Continue ReadingTicket sold in California has won the estimated $1.22 billion Mega Millions jackpot
By Dawn Sawyer and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — One Mega Millions ticket sold in Northern California has won Friday’s estimated $1.22 billion…
Continue ReadingJanet Yellen tells Congress US could hit debt limit in mid-January
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says her agency will need to start taking “extraordinary measures,” or…
Continue ReadingCostco is pushing back — hard — against the anti-DEI movement
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Costco is battling an anti-DEI wave with a stern rebuke to activist shareholders looking to end…
Continue ReadingA fire at a Tyson Foods plant in Georgia kills 1 person, severely burns others
By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — A fire at a Tyson Foods plant in Camilla, Georgia, killed one person and severely burned others early Friday.…
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Police investigating homicide near Washington State campus, one confirmed dead
PULLMAN, Wash. (KHQ) – The Pullman Police Department has confirmed that the victim of a Thursday morning shooting has died. Authorities have…
Continue ReadingNebraska’s governor to leave hospital after he was bucked off a horse and broke his ribs
Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen will be released from the hospital Friday, two days after getting nine titanium plates…
Continue ReadingFormer New Orleans priest convicted of raping teen boy dies while serving life sentence
Associated Press/Report for America NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana authorities say a 93-year-old former Catholic priest sentenced to life in prison…
Continue ReadingGeorgia shooting leaves 1 dead, 6 injured at ‘shot house’ selling bootleg alcohol
MACON, Ga (AP) — Georgia officials say a shooting that killed one man and injured six other people took place at a “shot house” where alcohol…
Continue ReadingVenezuela accuses an Argentine officer of terrorism as relations deteriorate
Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Venezuela’s attorney general said on Friday that an Argentine military officer who was arrested in…
Continue ReadingNew York state government to monitor its use of AI under a new law
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state government agencies will have to conduct reviews and publish reports that detail how they’re using artificial…
Continue ReadingWarren Upton, the oldest living survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor, dies at 105
Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Warren Upton, the oldest living survivor of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the last remaining…
Continue ReadingMan admits to setting fires at predominantly Black church in Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man has admitted to using gasoline to set several fires around the exterior of a predominantly Black church…
Continue ReadingUS to send $1.25 billion in weapons to Ukraine, pushing to get aid out before Biden leaves office
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is expected to announce that it will send $1.25 billion in military assistance to Ukraine,…
Continue ReadingWhat Snoop wants: Arizona Bowl gives NIL opportunities to players for Colorado State, Miami (Ohio)
AP Sports Writer TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Snoop Dogg has nearly as many ties to football as he does to rap music. The entertainer coached youth…
Continue ReadingUS sanctions the founder of Georgia’s ruling political party
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has imposed sanctions on Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder of Georgia’s ruling political party. The State…
Continue ReadingSinkhole in New Jersey keeps I-80 closed after a section collapses into an abandoned mine
WHARTON, N.J. (AP) — Road crews were repairing a short stretch of Interstate 80 in northern New Jersey on Friday where a sinkhole forced the…
Continue ReadingTennessee has a new execution method, 2.5 years after last scheduled execution abruptly halted
Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — More than 2 years after Tennessee abruptly halted the execution of inmate Oscar Smith, the state has…
Continue ReadingMissing dog returned to family home and rang the doorbell
Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — After a nearly weeklong search, Athena found her way home to her Florida family in time for Christmas…
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