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The Vice-Presidential Curse

  • News source: Ian Prasad Philbrick
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Incumbent vice presidents running for president face unique challenges — and have a poor track record in elections.
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More than 30 stranded whales rescued in New Zealand

  • News source: BBC News - World
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None of the rescued whales were re-stranded, but three adults and one calf died, authorities said.
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Marchers show Nikita Hand support after McGregor case

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Protesters march in Dublin three days after Nikita Hand won a civil rape case against Conor McGregor.
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From eyesore to asset: How a smelly seaweed could fuel cars

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Scientists in the Caribbean are turning algae that have been choking beaches into biofuel.
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Why most Indians choking on smog aren’t in Delhi

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Delhi gets all the attention, but other parts of northern India are also dealing with toxic air.
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Dave Weldon, Trump's CDC pick, could bolster an RFK Jr. anti-vaccine agenda

  • News source: Berkeley Lovelace Jr. | NBC News
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As President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the CDC, Dave Weldon, a former congressman from Florida and a physician, is positioned as an important anti-vaccine ally for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's pick for health secretary.

Experts say the Weldon nomination comes at a critical time for the the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: The U.S. is dealing with various health threats, including H5N1 bird flu, whooping cough and a spike in measles cases.

Weldon served 14 years in Congress, representing the 15th District of Florida, where he...
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Biden will attend Trump's inauguration in January, White House says

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President Biden and first lady Jill Biden will attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20, the White House said Monday.

Before the election, Mr. Biden said he would attend, regardless of who won. Trump did not attend Mr. Biden's 2021 inauguration, which took place two weeks after Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol ahead of the certification of the election results. Trump was the first president in more than 150 years to not attend his successor's inauguration.

Aboard Air Force One on Monday, White House spokesman Andrew...
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The congressional bathroom ban is the latest transgender policy battle

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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538's polling column about Republicans' transgender bathroom bans, Trump's transition, trust in polls and Thanksgiving plans.
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WATCH: Watch this 'popular' video of Ariana Grande taking her grandma to see 'Wicked'

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Thank goodness Ariana Grande captured her Nonna's reaction to her performance as Glinda.
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Prosecutors demand 20-year jail sentence for husband in mass rape trial

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Dominique Pelicot, 72, is facing the maximum sentence for rape in a case that has horrified France.
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Eight migrants including children drown off Greek coast

  • News source: BBC News - World
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It is believed about 50 people were onboard the vessel which sank in the Aegean Sea.
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Georgescu's early showing stuns Romania and allies

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Use of social media was a key factor in his victory in the first round of Romania's presidential election.
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Judge rejects request to sideline a San Jose State volleyball player on grounds she's transgender

  • News source: Mead Gruver and Amy Beth Hanson | The Associated
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A judge on Monday rejected a request to block a San Jose State women’s volleyball team member from playing in a conference tournament on grounds that she is transgender.

Monday’s ruling by U.S. Magistrate Judge S. Kato Crews in Denver will allow the player, who has played all season, to continue competing in the Mountain West Conference women’s championship scheduled for later this week in Las Vegas.

The ruling comes after a lawsuit was filed by nine current players who are suing the Mountain West Conference to challenge the league’s policies for...
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White House Christmas tree came from Helene-devastated tree farm

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Hurricane Helene wrought devastation on the Cartner's Christmas Tree Farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, where the Cartner family has been growing trees for more than six decades.

The storm, which killed more than 100 people when it reached western North Carolina in late September, destroyed thousands of trees — but not all of them. First lady Jill Biden on Monday unveiled one of the surviving trees, a 20-foot Fraser fir, as this year's White House Christmas tree.

"The Cartner family lost thousands of trees in the storm, but this...
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Donald Trump responds to Jack Smith's move to dismiss felony cases

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Vice President-elect JD Vance said Monday Trump "may have very well spent his life in prison" had he not won the 2024 election.
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