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Month: December 2023

Heavy rains leave at least 12 dead before storm Michaung makes landfall on India’s southeast coast

By OMER FAROOQ Associated Press HYDERABAD, India (AP) — A powerful storm has made landfall along India’s southeast coast, unleashing torrential rains and strong winds. Officials say at least 12 people died in the downpour ahead of the arrival of Tropical Storm Michaung. The states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are hard hit. Thousands

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Former Harvard disinformation scholar says she was pushed out of her job after college faced pressure from Facebook

CNN By Donie O’Sullivan and Clare Duffy, CNN (CNN) — A nationally recognized online disinformation researcher has accused Harvard University of shutting down the project she led to protect its relationship with mega-donor and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. The allegations, made by Dr. Joan Donovan, raise questions about the influence the tech giant might have over seemingly independent research. Facebook’s

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Samuel García, el gobernador mexicano que se quedó a un paso de la candidatura presidencial, por ahora

CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — La candidatura presidencial sería el último gran escalón en la meteórica carrera política de Samuel García Sepúlveda. En menos de 10 años, el abogado nacido en Monterrey, Nuevo León, ya había logrado ser dirigente estatal de Movimiento Ciudadano, diputado local, senador de la República, gobernador de su estado y buscaba

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Police identify suspect in home that exploded near DC and are investigating ‘concerning social media posts’ he allegedly made

By Rob Frehse and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Police identified the suspect inside an Arlington, Virginia, home that exploded Monday while police were executing a search warrant as resident James Yoo, 56, and said they are investigating “concerning” posts he allegedly made on social media. Yoo is presumed to be dead, Arlington County Police

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Thousands protest Indigenous policies of New Zealand government as lawmakers are sworn in

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Thousands of protesters rallied against the New Zealand government’s Indigenous policies on Tuesday as the Parliament convened for the first time since October elections. Demonstrations in the capital, Wellington, and in about a dozen other New Zealand cities and towns were organized by the minor Maori Party, which advocates for

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Man charged with assault after allegedly crashing into deputy’s patrol vehicle

PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Laquey, Missouri, man was charged with several felonies after allegedly intentionally ramming his vehicle in a Pulaski County deputy’s patrol vehicle on Thursday. Justin Gentry, 33, was charged with three counts of first-degree assault, resisting arrest and two counts of first-degree property damage. A warrant was issued and a $500,000

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Alicia Keys’ semi-autobiographical stage musical ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ moves to Broadway in spring

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway audiences will soon be hearing the hit songs of Alicia Keys — not far from where the multiple-Grammy-winner grew up. “Hell’s Kitchen,” the semi-autobiographical musical by the singer-songwriter, is making the move uptown from off-Broadway to the Shubert Theatre this spring. “I loved going

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Explota una casa en Arlington, Virginia, tras disparos de bengala cuando la Policía intentaba ejecutar una orden de registro

macamilarincon (CNN) –– La Policía intentaba ejecutar una orden de registro en una casa del condado de Arlington, en Virginia, la noche de este lunes cuando se hicieron varios disparos desde el interior de la vivienda y esta explotó. Las autoridades le confirmaron a CNN que un sospechoso disparó una pistola de bengalas antes de

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Federal prosecutors oppose Hunter Biden’s request to subpoena Trump documents in Delaware gun case

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The special counsel investigating Hunter Biden opposed his request to issue subpoenas for documents from Donald Trump and others from the former president’s administration in a filing Monday, pushing back on the notion that charges against the president’s son in Delaware were a result of selective or vindictive prosecution. In November,

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Israel military says 2 civilians killed for every Hamas militant is a ‘tremendously positive’ ratio given combat challenges

By Mitchell McCluskey and Richard Allen Greene, CNN (CNN) — Israel believes that it has killed two Palestinian civilians for every Hamas militant in its intense campaign to eliminate the armed group from the Gaza Strip, a ratio an IDF spokesperson described to CNN Monday as “tremendously positive.” The AFP news agency first reported the

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House Oversight GOP release document showing payments made by Hunter Biden to his dad; documents say they were for a car

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Republicans on the House Oversight Committee released a document showing payment from Hunter Biden’s business entity, Owasco PC, to President Joe Biden when he was not in office, but neglected to include evidence that the president’s son was repaying his father for a car. The redacted document provided to

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House GOP eyeing bribery, abuse of power for impeachment articles against Biden based on debunked Ukraine conspiracy theories

By Annie Grayer and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans driving the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden are looking at potential charges of bribery, abuse of power and obstruction, House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan told reporters Monday, though the charges are largely based on already-debunked claims about Biden’s dealings in Ukraine that emerged

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Los terremotos modernos en EE.UU. podrían ser réplicas de sismos del siglo XIX, según científicos

Belén Liotti (CNN) — Luego de terremotos muy fuertes se suele esperar que ocurran réplicas en las horas y días siguientes, pero es posible que, casi 200 años después, aún se estén produciendo réplicas de algunos de los sismos más intensos en la historia de Estados Unidos, según una nueva investigación. Las frecuentes réplicas derivadas

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