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S&P 500 closes at another record, beating the high it set earlier this month

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Resilient US consumers drive strongest economic expansion in 2 years

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US strikes another alleged drug-smuggling boat in eastern Pacific

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Us Turkey Shoot Tradition

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Trump administration pauses 5 wind projects off the East Coast

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Pope offers gentle critique of Vatican culture in Christmas greeting reminiscent of past

Élysée Palace silver steward arrested for stealing thousands of euros’ worth of silverware

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At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein

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These influencers are teaching Christianity online — and young people are listening

Multiple gunmen open fire at a South African pub, killing 9 and wounding 10

Coast Guard is pursuing another tanker helping Venezuela skirt sanctions, US official says

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Justice Department releases limited set of files tied to Epstein sex trafficking investigation

Trump insists during NC visit he’s brought down costs, but residents say they’re feeling squeezed

North Carolina Plane Crash

Investigation starts into North Carolina plane crash that killed NASCAR driver Biffle and 6 others

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Pope names new archbishop of Westminster as part of generational shift in English-speaking hierarchy

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Ahead of Trump’s visit, residents in a North Carolina town say they feel squeezed by high costs

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Man suspected in Brown University shooting and MIT professor’s killing is found dead, officials say

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Romanian court sentences US rapper Wiz Khalifa to 9 months for drug possession

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US consumer prices slowed unexpectedly in November, but still up 2.7% from a year earlier

Obit Peter Arnett

Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett, who reported on Vietnam and Gulf wars, has died

US government admits role in causing helicopter-plane collision that killed 67 in Washington

Trump gives a partisan prime-time address insisting the economy is stronger than many voters feel

The Lumbee Tribe’s federal recognition is assured, with a final push by Trump

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World shares gain, while oil prices jump as Trump orders a blockade of oil tankers to Venezuela

Doctor who helped sell ketamine to actor Matthew Perry before his overdose death avoids prison time

Border Patrol official who is the face of Trump’s crackdown back in Chicago amid immigration raids

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11 firefighters and 2 other people injured after North Carolina house fire and explosion

Search for the Brown University shooter continues as questions swirl about campus security

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Rob Reiner, son of a comedy giant who became one in turn, dies at 78

‘Zootopia 2’ reclaims No. 1 spot at box office, grosses $1B worldwide

JetBlue flight near Venezuela avoids ‘midair collision’ with US Air Force tanker

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Gunmen kill at least 15 people in attack on Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach

Zelenskyy offers to drop NATO bid for security guarantees but rejects US push to cede territory

Attacker who killed US troops in Syria was a recent recruit to security forces, official says

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Affable comedy acting legend Dick Van Dyke turns 100 years old

Expert tips to ease financial pressure and avoid holiday overspending

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Peter Greene, a character actor known for role as the iconic villain in ‘Pulp Fiction,’ has died

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US national park gift shops ordered to purge merchandise promoting DEI

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This holiday season isn’t very merry for consumers, an AP-NORC poll finds

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Suspects in separate Charlotte, North Carolina, train stabbings face federal counts

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Trump signs executive order to block state AI regulations

Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies as costs are set to rise for millions of Americans

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