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Amazon workers go on strike at multiple U.S. warehouses amid holiday rush
Fani Willis disqualified as prosecutor on Trump Georgia election case
U.S. life expectancy rose significantly last year, hitting highest level since pandemic
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After investigating Jan. 6, House GOP sides with Trump and goes after Liz Cheney
Wrapping up their own investigation on the Jan. 6 2021 Capitol attack, House Republicans have concluded it's former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney who should be prosecuted for probing what happened when then-President Donald Trump sent his mob of supporters as Congress was certifying the 2020 election. The findings issued Tuesday show the Republican Party working to reinforce Trump's desire to punish his perceived enemies including Cheney and members of the Jan. 6 committee that the president-elect has sa
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Congress strikes deal to avert government shutdown
Congressional leaders have struck a bipartisan deal to keep the government funded beyond a looming Dec. 20 shutdown deadline. Legislation rolled out by leadership Tuesday would kick the Friday funding deadline to March 14 to buy more time for the next Congress and incoming president to hash out how the government should be funded for…
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Wisconsin school shooter was in contact with a California man accused of planning separate attack, report says
Unanswered questions remain about a fatal shooting at a Madison, Wisconsin, private school as new details emerge about the shooter’s family life and possible ties to a California man who, according to an Associated Press report, allegedly planned to carry out a mass shooting at a government building.
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Biden honors the memory of his first wife and baby daughter who died in a 1972 car crash
President Joe Biden on Wednesday honored the memory of his first wife and baby daughter 52 years after they were killed in a car crash in Delaware. Biden's wife, Neilia, 30, had taken their kids — 1-year-old daughter Naomi and sons Beau and Hunter — out Christmas tree shopping when the car she was driving was broadsided by a tractor-trailer. The president, his current wife, Jill, son Hunter and other members of the family attended a private memorial Mass early Wednesday at St. Joseph on the Br
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Planning officials OK plans for 2nd Wawa location in Lafayette
The store would be seated on just over 11 acres in front of Nanshan America, according to minor sketch plans submitted to the Area Plan Commission.
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U.S. government raises warnings for two popular vacation destinations
The advisory level was increased due to increased crime.
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7 foreign tourists hospitalized in Fiji were not poisoned by alcohol or illicit drugs, officials say
Seven foreign tourists who were hospitalized in Fiji after drinking cocktails at a resort bar were not poisoned by alcohol or illicit drugs, officials said Wednesday following a toxicology report. The cause of the tourists' illness over the weekend remains under investigation, Fiji’s Tourism Minister Viliame R. Gavoka said. “I can confirm that no illicit substances or methanol were found in the ingredients or liquor samples,” Gavoka told reporters in the capital, Suva.
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