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Biden: Americans should ‘pay attention’ to MLK’s legacy
ATLANTA (AP) — President Joe Biden made a historical pilgrimage Sunday to “America’s freedom church” to mark Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, saying democracy was at a perilous moment and that the civil rights leader’s life and legacy “show us the way and we should pay attention.”
No visitor logs exist for Biden's Wilmington home, site of classified doc discovery, WH Counsel's Office says
No visitor logs exist for President Biden's Wilmington home, the White House Counsel's Office said Monday of the residence where Biden kept classified documents.
Biden documents: Republicans want more information; Democrats say GOP defending Trump
Republicans say the White House needs to provide more information about Biden's handling of classified information. Democrats say it's all political.
Yellen to meet with Chinese finance minister in Switzerland
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will meet with her Chinese counterpart, Vice Premier Liu He, in Switzerland on Wednesday to discuss economic developments between the two nations.
apnews.comNew details link George Santos to cousin of sanctioned Russian oligarch
George Santos, the freshman Republican congressman from New York who lied about his biography, has deeper ties than previously known to a businessman who cultivated close links with a onetime Trump confidant and who is the cousin of a sanctioned Russian oligarch, according to video footage and...
Elon Musk's next drama: a trial over his tweets about Tesla
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — While still grappling with the fallout from a company he did take private, beleaguered billionaire Elon Musk is now facing a trial over a company he didn't. Long before Musk purchased Twitter for $44 billion in October, he had set his sights on Tesla, the electric automaker...
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Ukraine’s Dnipro reels as Russia, Belarus hold military drills
One of the war’s deadliest attacks rocks the central Ukrainian city as Russia denies responsibility.
House GOP demands visitor logs in Biden classified docs case
WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly empowered House Republicans on Sunday demanded the White House turn over all information related to its searches that have uncovered classified documents at President Joe Biden's home and former office in the wake of more records found at his Delaware residence.
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Here are the Democrats who support investigating Biden's classified documents
Some Democrats are distancing themselves from President Joe Biden as he faces a number of investigations into the classified documents that were found at his private office at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement and his personal residence in Wilmington, Delaware.
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Biden repeats questionable claim he frequented Black church during civil rights movement
President Biden repeated the questionable claim that he helped organize protests at a Black church in support of the civil rights movement during his Martin Luther King Jr. Day speech Sunday.
Ukraine strike deaths hit 40; Russia seen preparing long war
DNIPRO, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian emergency crews on Monday sifted through what was left of a Dnipro apartment building destroyed by a Russian missile, placing bodies from one of the war's deadliest single attacks in months in black bags and gingerly carrying them across steep piles of rubble.
apnews.comChuck Todd And Ron Johnson Go Head-To-Head In Fiery Faceoff
“I’m a journalist, I deal in facts,” Todd said after Johnson wheeled out a familiar GOP talking point on Sunday.
The eight Senate seats most likely to flip in 2024
Senate Democrats are preparing to play defense in 2024 as they look to preserve their narrow majority in the upper chamber. The party is defending more than twice as many seats as Republicans, and …
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Americans see Martin Luther King Jr. as a hero now, but that wasn't the case during his lifetime | CNN Politics
The fact that King is now beloved and has a national holiday commemorating his birthday wasn't something that during his lifetime appeared would obviously happen. During the 1960s, King was a very divisive figure.
Trump news – live: GOP slammed for hypocrisy after demanding Biden visitor log in classified papers probe
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Flight data, voice recorders retrieved from Nepal crash site
POKHARA, Nepal (AP) — Search teams retrieved the flight data and cockpit voice recorders Monday of a passenger plane that plummeted into a gorge on approach to a new airport in the foothills of the Himalayas, officials said, as investigators looked for the cause of Nepal's deadliest plane crash...
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'Not a place I'd want to be in': Will Biden's classified documents debacle hamper a 2024 re-election bid?
After a special counsel was appointed to investigate the three sets of documents found in Biden's possessions, strategists weigh if the president will run in 2024.
Senate 2024: Here are the eight seats most likely to flip control
As Senate Democrats seek to maintain their majority in 2024, party leaders are poised to focus on a handful of key battleground states that are likely to flip to GOP control.
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EU seeking to offset Biden's green plans with own subsidies
BRUSSELS (AP) — From Paris to Stockholm and Brussels, European Union leaders and member nations were putting forward moves Monday to ensure the 27-nation bloc would not be left behind by the United States in the green industry race.
apnews.comThere's a key difference between the classified documents found at a former Biden office and the ones Trump kept at Mar-a-Lago, national security expert says
Trump griped about the finding. One expert explained the difference in how Biden's team handled the documents and how Trump's team did.
There's a larger 'classified' problem to confront | CNN Politics
This is getting absurd. Americans have had the opportunity to choose from between three people to be president since 2016, and all three have been found to have classified documents they should not have. Clearly, there's a larger problem.
Expanded US training for Ukraine forces begins in Germany
BRUSSELS (AP) — The U.S. military's new, expanded combat training of Ukrainian forces began in Germany on Sunday, with a goal of getting a battalion of about 500 troops back on the battlefield to fight the Russians in the next five to eight weeks, said Gen.
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McCarthy weighs in on defense spending cuts amid GOP divisions
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) signaled his support Sunday for some cuts in defense spending amid growing tension within the House GOP ranks over the party’s approach to a coming debt limi…
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Arizona was a holdout about honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Here's what it cost the state 30 years ago
In fast-growing Arizona — the only state in the country to enact the MLK holiday by popular vote — many likely are unfamiliar with the history.
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What to know about classified materials and how they're handled: ANALYSIS
Revelations that President Joe Biden stored classified documents at his home and office echoes similar news about former President Donald Trump last year.
Air traffic audio details near-crash on runway at JFK airport
Audio from air traffic controllers at New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport shows how close two airplanes came to colliding on the runway Friday.
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Michigan budget surplus projected to reach nearly $10 billion by year's end
Michigan could end the current fiscal year with a surplus of $5.1 billion in its general fund and $4.1 billion in its school aid fund — a potential $9.2 billion in total.
As Davos kicks off, Oxfam calls for tax on food companies to reduce inequality
"Very large food and energy companies are making excessive profits," anti-poverty group chief said.
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Sweden, Finland must send up to 130 "terrorists" to Turkey for NATO bid
Sweden and Finland must deport or extradite up to 130 "terrorists" to Turkey before the Turkish parliament will approve their bids to join NATO, President Tayyip Erdogan said.
www.reuters.comDriven by Election Deniers, This County Recounted 2020 Votes Last Week
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — On the 797th day after the defeat of former President Donald Trump, a rural Pennsylvania county on Monday began a recount of ballots from Election Day 2020. Under pressure from conspiracy theorists and election deniers, 28 employees of Lycoming County counted — by hand —...
Following a big year, more states push ranked-choice voting
Lawmakers in 14 states have already introduced 27 bills proposing ranked-choice voting models, according to an NBC News review.
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Jill Biden's skin cancer could fuel advocacy in cancer fight
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden' s advocacy for curing cancer didn't start with her son's death in 2015 from brain cancer .
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MSNBC host confronts GOP House candidate over anti-LGBTQ Facebook post
MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart on Sunday confronted GOP House candidate Leon Benjamin Sr. over a 2011 Facebook post in which he likened those in the LGBTQ community to people who are “sick,” have bip…
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Mexico imposes one of world's strictest anti-smoking laws
Mexican officials have imposed a total ban on smoking in public places, including hotels, beaches and parks.
Federal student loan office has lots to do but no new money to do it | CNN Politics
Big headaches for student loan borrowers could be on the horizon.
Germany's defense minister resigns amid Ukraine criticism
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s much-criticized defense minister announced her resignation Monday following a series of missteps while her department steers the massive project of modernizing the country’s military and oversees expanding weapons deliveries to Ukraine.
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New York Mayor says "no room" in his city for migrants
The mayor of New York traveled to the Mexican border city of El Paso on Sunday and declared that "there is no room in New York" for busloads of migrants being sent to America's most populous city.
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'Russia's Rambo,' once a Putin favorite, says he'd now fight for Ukraine and feels 'nothing but hatred' for his home country | CNN
Russian actor Artur Smolyaninov was the star of one of President Vladimir Putin's favorite films -- about a Soviet unit making a last-ditch stand against Afghan insurgents. Now he is classified as a "foreign agent" and faces criminal investigation.
UK PM Sunak expected to veto Scottish transgender law allowing teens gender recognition certificates
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to veto Scottish transgender legislation increased access to gender recognition certificates for people as young as 16.
Left-wing charity appears to fundraise illegally for Palestinian terror-linked group: Experts
EXCLUSIVE — A left-wing charity in Arizona is raising money for an anti-Israel organization closely affiliated with a terrorist group, which could open the group up to criminal inquiries and penalties, multiple lawyers tell the Washington Examiner.
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Economic woes, war, climate change on tap for Davos meeting
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The World Economic Forum is back with its first winter meetup since 2020 in the Swiss Alpine town of Davos, where leaders are seeking to bridge political divisions in a polarized world , buttress a hobbling economy and address concerns about a climate change — among...
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Gunmen abduct 50 women in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso has been struggling to contain violence by armed groups with links to al-Qaeda and ISIL (ISIS) since 2015.
In Video, George Santos Encourages Transgender People to Join GOP
NEW YORK — Months before beginning his first, and unsuccessful, bid for Congress, George Santos appeared at an event that urged members of the LGBTQ community to leave the Democratic Party and embrace Republicans and Donald Trump, who was president at the time. “My name is Anthony Devolder,” he...
The swamp comes for Joe Biden
Now Biden has what no president wants: A special counsel hanging over him for the foreseeable future.
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23 years ago, another 6-year-old boy fired a gun in school. The victim was his classmate | CNN
When authorities in Newport News, Virginia, announced on January 6 that a 6-year-old boy brought a gun to school and shot his teacher, sending her to the hospital, the country was stunned. The city's mayor said it was nearly impossible to grapple with what happened. The police chief called the...
California assesses damage after days of deadly storms
Authorities in California were set to assess damage on Monday after a wave of storms killed at least 19 people, swept away scores of homes and forced thousands to evacuate.
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Ukraine preps for fresh onslaught as Russia, Belarus begin joint drills
Military experts say Russia is fast running out of supplies of armored vehicles and other materiel, and describe poor training and low morale in Moscow’s army.
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Tirana protests UK official's 'verbal lynching' of Albanians
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania on Monday handed a verbal note to the British ambassador to Tirana to protest what it called a “verbal lynching” by a U.K. official in comments about Albanian immigrants in the country.
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Ukraine war live updates: 40 dead in Russian missile attack on apartment building; Poland urges Berlin to give tanks to Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the dynamics of the war in Ukraine, which Moscow calls a "special military operation," are positive.
Brazil's crowdfunded insurrection leaves paper trail for police
With a Brazil flag draped around his neck and his feet propped up on a dark wooden table, Samuel Faria leaned back in the Brazilian Senate president's ceremonial chair which he had just commandeered and surveyed the chaos on the lawn outside.
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California braces for 1 more day of heavy rain in wake of devastating flooding
Monday marks the last day of heavy rain for California in the wake of a series of catastrophic storms that that ravaged the state with flooding.
House Dems allege McCarthy, Stefanik and GOP leadership knew of George Santos 'web of lies' before election
New York Democrat Reps. Dan Goldman, Ritchie Torres demanded House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other GOP leadership reveal what they knew of George Santos' "web of lies" before election.
UK plan to send migrants to Rwanda faces new court challenge
LONDON (AP) — British judges gave the go-ahead on Monday for the Court of Appeal to consider challenges to the U.K. government’s plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda.
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Missouri Democrats say House dress code debate a distraction
“I’ve seen a lot of lack of decorum in this room in my two years here and not once has that lack of decorum spurred from someone’s blazer or lack thereof,” said one Democrat.
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Gender bill veto would be an outrage - Sturgeon
Scotland's first minister says the UK government would be using trans people as a political weapon.
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McCarthy may be speaker, but Trump is the real leader of House Republicans
After Trump’s pick for speaker narrowly won, what sway will the former president hold over Congress’s Republican majority?
Yellen to meet with Chinese counterpart in Switzerland day before US to hit debt ceiling
Treasury Secretary Yellen will be in Switzerland this week as the U.S. is expected to hit its debt limit Thursday, which will stop it from borrowing any more until Congress acts.
London police officer admits multiple counts of rape
A London police officer has admitted sexually assaulting a dozen women over a 17-year period
Biden’s classified documents headache won’t go away quietly
Republicans will make every effort to create a mirage of false equivalence between Trump’s and Biden’s cases.
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After 30 years, Italy arrests mafia boss Messina Denaro at Sicilian hospital
Italy's most wanted mafia boss, Matteo Messina Denaro, was arrested by armed police at a private hospital in Sicily on Monday, where the man who has been on the run since 1993 was being treated for cancer.
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Belarus opens trial of journalist for prominent Polish paper
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus on Monday opened the trial of a journalist and prominent member of the country's sizable Polish minority, the latest in a series of court cases against critics of the authoritarian regime of President Alexander Lukashenko.
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Russia says Britain's tanks 'will burn' in Ukraine
The Kremlin said on Monday that tanks Britain plans to send to Ukraine "will burn", warning the West that supplying a new round of more advanced weapons to Ukraine would not change the outcome of the war.
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Two researchers aim to better understand L.A.’s homelessness crisis with smartphone surveys
A 2017 survey found that more than half of unhoused people have smartphones. That resource is now being used to get a better idea of their experiences.
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Failing grade: What is DEI and how has it spread across college campuses?
The phrase diversity, equity, and inclusion may appear to be benign, but it has quietly become the latest frontier in the culture war against woke education.
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Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and legacy through intimate, iconic images
As the nation pauses to reflect on the legacy of the towering historical figure, these lesser-known pictures depict the intimate moments of Dr. King.
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Authorities investigate death of Memphis man following arrest during traffic stop
Tyre Nichols, 29, of Memphis, died three days after he was arrested and hospitalized in critical condition.
Explainer: Flooding in California: What are 'atmospheric rivers?'
Atmospheric rivers are storms akin to rivers in the sky that dump massive amounts of rain and can cause flooding, trigger mudslides and result in loss of life and enormous property damage.
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Italy: No 1 wanted Mafia boss held after 30 years on the run
ROME (AP) — Italy’s No. 1 fugitive, Matteo Messina Denaro, a convicted Mafia boss who ordered some of the nation’s most heinous killings, was arrested Monday at a private clinic in Sicily after three decades on the run, Italian paramilitary police said.
apnews.comThere’s one winner in the Biden documents discovery: Donald Trump
Biden’s retention of classified papers is different from the Mar-a-Lago case, but it is a big setback for his administration
No visitor logs exist for Biden's Wilmington home, site of classified doc discovery, WH Counsel's Office says
No visitor logs exist for President Biden's Wilmington home, the White House Counsel's Office said Monday of the residence where Biden kept classified documents.
Juan Williams: Will House Republicans push granny off a cliff or cut Pentagon waste?
Ron Klain: “They are going to try to cut Social Security and Medicare, it could not be clearer.”
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Don't forget these women who helped propel the civil rights movement
"For every name we know, there are scores of names we don’t know because of sexism."
From Texas border, New York mayor vows to pressure U.S. government over migrants
Next week, Eric Adams plans to be in Washington, D.C., to bring up the issue at the United States Conference of Mayors.
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Thousands turn out to bid farewell to Greece’s former king
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — As a crowd of thousands chanted “Long live the king” and “Constantine, Constantine,” the casket carrying the former and last monarch of Greece emerged from Athens' metropolitan cathedral Monday after a funeral service attended by royalty from across Europe.
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Dollar finds its footing near seven-month low, all eyes on yen
The dollar started the week on the back foot, hitting a seven-month low against a basket of major peers in Asian trade before steadying, with the yen in particular focus due to traders' bets the Bank of Japan will tweak its yield control policy further.
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Glenn Youngkin outraged after VA schools withhold national merit awards from top students over ‘equity’
VA Gov. Glenn Youngkin doubled down on his investigation into seven schools that withheld national merit awards from top students, a move he argues was in the name of "equity."
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Putin suspends key US-Russia nuclear treaty in speech denouncing West
Live updates on the Russia-Ukraine crisis.
What you need to know about Nepal’s plane crash
Dramatic video shot on phone from the ground showed last moments before crash of plane carrying 72 people.
Cori Bush exposes the hollowness of the Left's DEI agenda
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) appeared to be genuinely dismayed by the nastiness of the comments of his colleague Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) after he was nominated to be House speaker this month. He needn’t have been. Bush did the country a favor by giving us a lesson on the hollowness of such terms as…
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Mississippi bill filings: Medicaid, initiatives, elections
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi legislators had a light workload the first two weeks of their three-month session, but they are about to get busy debating proposals that could affect health care, voting rights and other issues.
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Storms force California to look harder at capturing rainfall to ease drought
The state's farms and cities need more water despite recent rain and snow.
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Romanian authorities seize $4 million of assets in Andrew Tate case
The seizures are part of a criminal inquiry into alleged human trafficking that led to Tate's arrest.
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2 killed in shootout with federal agents near Puerto Rico
Authorities in Puerto Rico say two suspected drug traffickers have been killed in a shootout with federal agents off the U.S. territory’s northeast coast
London police officer pleads guilty to 24 counts of rape
A serving London police officer has admitted carrying out 24 counts of rape in a near two decade-long campaign of abuse against women, making him one of Britain's most prolific sex offenders.
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In threat, Hamas releases video said to show captive Israeli
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian militant group Hamas released a video Monday of an Israeli it said was being held captive in the Gaza Strip, rare footage it described as a warning to Israel's new army chief.
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Oregon rep thanks first responders who treated her after being hit by car
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) on Sunday thanked the first responders who treated her and her husband after the two were hit by a car while crossing a street in Portland, Ore. “Tha…
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After Dallas Zoo leopard escape, cut found in monkey habitat
Police investigating after a clouded leopard escaped her enclosure at the Dallas Zoo that a cutting tool was used to intentionally make an opening in the fence of the small cat’s habitat, and that a similar cut was found at a habitat for small monkeys
Classified documents controversy raises questions about Biden's think tank
President Joe Biden’s previously little-known think tank is under scrutiny over its funding and foreign visitors after attorneys discovered a batch of classified materials at the Washington office late last year.
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Deadly Dnipro attack a ‘war crime’, says Swedish EU presidency
More than 30 people were killed in the Ukrainian city this weekend, in one of the war’s deadliest attacks.
UK govt may veto Scotland's gender self-recognition law
LONDON (AP) — The British government is considering blocking a new law that makes it easier for people in Scotland to legally change their gender — a move that would spark conflict with transgender rights advocates and the nationalist Scottish administration in Edinburgh.
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A pilot couple killed in air crashes in Nepal - 16 years apart
In 2010, Anju Khatiwada joined Nepal's Yeti Airlines, following in the footsteps of her husband, a pilot who had died in a crash four years earlier when a small passenger plane he was flying for the domestic carrier went down minutes before landing.
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Opinion | What MLK’s Final Campaign Tells Us About His Legacy
It was when King began to desegregate communities in the North that he became a more dangerous figure.
www.politico.comBiden classified files: Republicans accuse president of hypocrisy
Joe Biden called Donald Trump irresponsible when sensitive material was found in his Florida home.
South Korea president, in UAE, backs return to nuclear power
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Monday that his nation's efforts to be carbon neutral by 2050 would rely in part on returning to nuclear power, even though his predecessor had tried to move away from atomic power.
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Arrest of 'last godfather' deals new blow to ailing Sicilian mafia
The arrest of Sicilian mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro deals a powerful blow to the mythology of the Cosa Nostra, toppling a symbol of the group's resistance to police efforts to break up organised crime.
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Italy's most-wanted Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro arrested in Sicily
Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy's most-wanted Mafia boss, is captured after 30 years on the run.
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Inside Biden’s effort to shut down Guantanamo Bay
Joe Biden vowed to shut down the terrorist prison at Guantanamo Bay when he was running for president.
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Poland's PM calls on Germany to send more weapons to Ukraine
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's prime minister said Monday that he wants the German government to supply a wide range of weapons to Kyiv and voiced hope that Germany would soon approve a transfer of battle tanks to strengthen Ukraine's defense against Russian forces in the war .
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2 in 5 surveyed say they believe their families will be better off in future
Two in five people in a new survey of 28 nations say they believe they and their families will be better off financially in the future, a drop from previous years. The 40 percent of responden…
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Russian missile strike on apartment building in Ukraine's Dnipro kills dozens as battle for Bakhmut rages
Ukraine's president said at least 30 people were killed and dozens more missing after a missile slammed into a residential building far from the front lines.
www.cbsnews.comRussia, Belarus launch joint air force drills
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia and Belarus on Monday launched joint air force drills, an exercise that underlines close defense ties between the two allies amid the fighting in neighboring Ukraine. The Belarusian Defense Ministry said that Russia has deployed its warplanes to Belarus for the maneuvers...
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Europe's royals, in Athens, bid farewell to Greece's last king
European royalty gathered in Athens on Monday for the funeral of former King Constantine of Greece, born a prince but buried a commoner after his subjects voted to abolish the monarchy in 1974.
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams visits border, asks for more federal help to handle migrant arrivals
New York has offered roughly 40,000 migrants shelter, food and other services since last year in an effort city officials project will cost over $1 billion.
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FTSE 100 in sight of record high as financial stocks gain
Britain's blue-chip FTSE 100 closed higher on Monday, leaving it less than a percent below the record high it hit in 2018, on optimism over the global economy and signs that inflation is coming under control.
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Islamic State claims church bombing in east Congo; 14 dead
KASINDI, Congo (AP) — Islamic extremists claimed responsibility for a bombing of a church in eastern Congo as authorities said Monday that the toll from Sunday's attack had risen to at least 14 dead.
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‘The most important election nobody’s ever heard of’
A spring state Supreme Court race in Wisconsin has serious implications for abortion policy, voting rights and more in the perennial battleground.
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U.S. detainee in Iran Siamak Namazi on hunger strike
Namazi is protesting the Biden administration's failure to free him and other Americans detained in Iran's notorious Evin prison.
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Household wealth optimism collapses, global survey shows
Barely two in five people believe their families will be better off in the future, according to a regular global survey that also identified growing levels of distrust in institutions among low-income households.
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Bulgaria’s president asks Socialists to form government
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — President Rumen Radev of Bulgaria gave the Socialist Party a mandate Monday to form a new government in a last attempt to avoid the country's fifth general election in two years.
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2 in 3 economists expect global recession this year: World Economic Forum survey
Nearly two-thirds of leading world economists said that a global recession is likely this year and there is near unanimity that there will be weak economic growth in the U.S. and Europe, according …
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CNN closing doors on its downtown Atlanta CNN Center
CNN is moving out of its downtown Atlanta mainstay.
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Christine Lambrecht: German defence minister resigns after blunders
Christine Lambrecht's exit comes amid pressure to allow the delivery of German-built tanks to Ukraine.
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Memphis man's death after traffic stop sparks protests and investigations of police
Tyre Nichols, 29, died after a confrontation with police during a Jan. 7 traffic stop. The state is now investigating the officers' use of force.
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John Kerry tells AP he backs UAE oil chief overseeing COP28
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. climate envoy John Kerry backs the United Arab Emirates' decision to appoint the CEO of a state-run oil company to preside over the upcoming U.N. climate negotiations in Dubai, citing his work on renewable energy projects.
apnews.comJamaica seizes $80 million worth of cocaine from cargo ship
Jamaican authorities have seized an estimated $80 million worth of cocaine from a ship at the port of Kingston in one of the country's biggest-ever drug busts, authorities said.
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Kabul's mannequins, hooded and masked under Taliban rules
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Under the Taliban, the mannequins in women’s dress shops across the Afghan capital of Kabul are a haunting sight, their heads cloaked in cloth sacks or wrapped in black plastic bags.
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China lifts 18-month ban on new Didi users as tech crackdown wanes
China's Didi Global has been given the green light from domestic regulators to resume new user registrations for its core ride-hailing services effective from Monday, signalling its 1-1/2-year long regulatory-driven revamp is ending.
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Oil holds near recent highs on Chinese demand recovery hopes
Oil prices slipped on Monday but were holding near their highest this month as easing COVID restrictions in China raised hopes of a demand recovery in the world's top crude importer.
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Report: Myanmar arms industry growing after army takeover
BANGKOK (AP) — Companies from at least 13 countries have helped Myanmar build up its capacity to produce weapons that are being used to commit atrocities following a 2021 military takeover, independent international experts have found.
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Opera star Placido Domingo faces new accusations of misconduct
Opera star Placido Domingo faced new accusations of sexual harassment from a fellow Spanish singer in a television programme broadcast on Sunday, three years after such claims prompted an apology and curtailed his career.
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California’s devastating storm in maps and charts
The state is being battered by storms but some respite is expected in the coming days.
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Margarine and butter prices are soaring. Here's why.
Although U.S. inflation has cooled from its peak this summer, some food costs remain unusually high.
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Martin Luther King III: ‘It may not be this year, but we’re gonna get there on voting rights’
The eldest son of the late Martin Luther King Jr. said Monday that the country is “gonna get there on voting rights” and deliver on his father’s legacy. Martin Luther King III during an appearanc…
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Scandal-hit EU political group starts damage limitation work
BRUSSELS (AP) — The major center-left political group embroiled in a corruption scandal at the European Parliament will seek this week to insulate itself from more fallout in the cash-for-influence affair linked to Qatar and Morocco as Belgian justice authorities target its members.
apnews.comRussia produces first set of Poseidon super torpedoes - TASS
Russia has produced the first set of Poseidon nuclear capable super torpedoes that are being developed for deployment on the Belgorod nuclear submarine, TASS reported on Monday, citing an unidentified defence source.
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Italian film legend Gina Lollobrigida dies at age 95
ROME (AP) — Italian film legend Gina Lollobrigida, who achieved international stardom during the 1950s and was dubbed “the most beautiful woman in the world” after the title of one of her movies, died in Rome on Monday, her agent said.
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Alabama basketball player, 2nd man charged with murder
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama basketball player Darius Miles and another man have been charged with capital murder after a fatal shooting near campus. Tuscaloosa Police Capt. Jack Kennedy said that the shooting occurred early Sunday morning in the Strip off University Blvd.
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Full transcript of "Face the Nation" on Jan. 15, 2023
On this "Face the Nation" broadcast, Reps. Daniel Goldman and Christ Stewart join Margaret Brennan.
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In China, no easy way to get Pfizer's COVID drug Paxlovid
When Li's 83-year-old father with diabetes started coughing and complaining of body aches last month, the Beijing resident became anxious about finding a treatment for COVID-19 in case his parent had caught the virus sweeping the city.
www.reuters.comAirplane lavatories deliver new hope for the CDC's variant hunt
The Biden administration plans to widen testing of bathroom waste when international flights arrive.
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China braces for Covid surge as lunar new year travel rush begins
Travellers leave cities for countryside amid warnings for most vulnerable and huge increase in official coronavirus death toll
WHO recommends that China monitor excess COVID-19 mortality
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday it recommended that China monitor excess mortality from COVID-19 to gain a fuller picture of the impact of the surge in cases there.
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What is the efficacy of the COVID-19 second booster versus the first booster with prior COVID-19 infections?
Researchers assessed the efficacy of the COVID-19 second booster vaccine compared to the first booster vaccine and the protection conferred by prior COVID-19 infection.
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China should set aside politics and look at Covid jab imports, world's largest vaccine maker says
Adar Poonawalla, chief executive of the world's largest vaccine manufacturer, said China needs to "open... up to healthcare and vaccines from the West."
COVID-19 convalescent plasma transfusions significantly reduced mortality rates among hospitalized SARS-CoV-2 patients
Researchers reviewed various randomized clinical trials and cohort studies to evaluate the decrease in mortality rates among coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients treated with COVID-19 convalescent plasma.
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Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 possibly more likely to infect those who are vaccinated, officials say
New York City health authorities warned that the highly transmissible omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 may be more likely to infect those who have been vaccinated against COVID-19.
Anxiety over 'tripledemic' has these LAUSD parents pleading for mask mandate
As school resumes, COVID-traumatized L.A.-area parents call for return to masking over 'tripledemic' fears amid surge that also includes flu and RSV.
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US Covid surge is big risk and is ‘not being taken seriously’ | First Thing
Fewer precautions, recent holidays and subvariants have driven rise but boosters, masks and other measures still effective. Plus, will Donald Trump be allowed to return to Facebook?
Pittsburgh infectious disease expert comments on rise of COVID-19 cases after holidays, new variant
Traveling and gatherings for the recent holidays had health experts warning of an increase in COVID-19 cases in the winter.
