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Month: January 2024

Biden and Trump are poised for a potential rematch that could shake American politics

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer LACONIA, N.H. (AP) — U.S. presidential elections have been rocked in recent years by economic disaster, gaffes, secret video and a pandemic. But for all that tumult, the volatility surrounding this year’s presidential contest has few modern parallels, posing profound challenges to the future of American democracy. Not

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States and Congress wrestle with cybersecurity after Iran attacks small town water utilities

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The tiny Aliquippa water authority in western Pennsylvania was perhaps the least-suspecting victim of an international cyberattack. It had never had outside help in protecting its systems from a cyberattack, either at its existing plant that dates to the 1930s or the new $18.5 million one

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States and Congress wrestle with cybersecurity after Iran attacks small town water utilities

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The tiny Aliquippa water authority in western Pennsylvania was perhaps the least-suspecting victim of an international cyberattack. It had never had outside help in protecting its systems from a cyberattack, either at its existing plant that dates to the 1930s or the new $18.5 million one

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Biden and Trump are poised for a potential rematch that could shake American politics

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer LACONIA, N.H. (AP) — U.S. presidential elections have been rocked in recent years by economic disaster, stunning gaffes, secret video and a pandemic. But for all the tumult that defined those campaigns, the volatility surrounding this year’s presidential contest has few modern parallels, posing profound challenges to the

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Hong Kong activist publisher Jimmy Lai pleads not guilty to sedition and collusion charges

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Prominent activist and publisher Jimmy Lai has pleaded not guilty to three charges of sedition and collusion with foreign countries in a landmark national security trial in Hong Kong.  Lai was arrested in a crackdown on dissidents following huge pro-democracy protests in 2019. He faces possible

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Passengers hoped this ‘time traveling’ flight would give them two New Year’s Eves – but they arrived in the wrong year

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Passengers on a United Airlines flight hoping to travel back in time for New Year’s got off to an unfortunate start in 2024. Flight UA200 was originally scheduled to depart Guam at 7:35 a.m. on January 1, 2024, and land in Honolulu, Hawaii at 6:50 p.m. on December 31, 2023

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Federal investigators say they’ve identified no connection to terrorism in deadly Rochester crash

By Sabrina Souza, Nouran Salahieh, Brynn Gingras and Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — Authorities found no evidence of a connection to domestic terrorism in a deadly car crash outside a New Year’s concert in Rochester, New York, which killed two people and injured nine, officials said Tuesday. The suspect, whom officials identified as 35-year-old Michael

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US Navy’s largest aircraft carrier returning to US after extended deployment in Mediterranean

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — The US Navy is pulling the world’s largest warship, sent to the eastern Mediterranean Sea after Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel, back to the United States as it reevaluates its global force requirements, the US Sixth Fleet said in a statement Monday. The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford will head back to

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Fiery New Year’s Day crash kills 2, injures 5 following upstate NY concert, police investigating

ROCHESTER, New York (AP) — Police are investigating after a fiery two-vehicle collision killed two people and injured five others in Rochester, New York, early on New Year’s Day. Officials say a Ford Expedition struck a Mitsubishi Outlander, sending both vehicles through a group of pedestrians in a crosswalk. Investigators say once the flames were

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South Korean opposition leader is stabbed in the neck. Police say attacker approached for autograph

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and JIWON SONG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s tough-speaking liberal opposition leader, Lee Jae-myung, was stabbed in the neck Tuesday by an unidentified knife-wielding man who attempted to kill the politician during his visit to the southeastern city of Busan, police said. Lee, 59, the head of the

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Denmark’s Crown Princess Mary becomes world’s first Australian-born queen

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — The fairy-tale rise of an Australian sales executive to the upper ranks of European royalty was completed Sunday when Crown Princess Mary Elizabeth of Denmark became the country’s Queen Consort. The final stretch of Mary’s path from Tasmania to the Danish throne was cleared on New Year’s

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Powerful earthquakes in Japan leave at least 62 dead. Fears grow about saving people still trapped

By HIRO KOMAE and YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press SUZU, Japan (AP) — A series of powerful earthquakes that hit western Japan left at least 62 people dead as rescue workers fought Wednesday to save those feared trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings. Aftershocks continued to shake Ishikawa prefecture and nearby areas two days after

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