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Month: January 2024

Hezbollah launches drone strike on base in northern Israel. Israel’s military says there’s no damage

By HUSSEIN MALLA Associated Press GHANDOURIYEH, Lebanon (AP) — Hezbollah says it launched a drone strike at the Israeli army’s northern headquarters in retaliation for recent strikes in Lebanon that killed top Hamas and Hezbollah officials. Israel’s military acknowledges that one of its army bases in northern Israel was targeted but says there were no

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With Trump present in court, judges express skepticism of claims that he’s immune from prosecution

By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With Donald Trump listening intently in the courtroom, federal appeals court judges in Washington expressed deep skepticism Tuesday that the former president was immune from prosecution on charges that he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The panel

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Ramaswamy cancels three events in Iowa due to weather, a day after jabbing at Haley for canceling her own

By Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy cancelled three campaign events on Tuesday due to severe winter weather across Iowa, one day after lambasting other candidates for cancelling their own events as the storm hit on Monday. Ramaswamy announced on social media early Tuesday that his campaign was postponing an event

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Yiyun Li’s ‘Wednesday’s Child’ among among finalists for $20,000 prize honoring short stories

NEW YORK (AP) — Short fiction by Yiyun Li, Bennett Sims and Paul Yoon are finalists for the 20th annual Story Prize, given for the year’s outstanding short story collection. Prize officials announced Tuesday that the nominees are Li’s “Wednesday’s Child,” Sims’ “Other Minds and Other Stories” and Yoon’s “The Hive and the Honey.” The

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GE business to fill order for turbines to power Western Hemisphere’s largest wind project

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — One of the world’s largest renewable energy developers will be getting hundreds of wind turbines from General Electric business GE Vernova as part of a record equipment order and long-term service deal. The manufacturer announced the agreement Tuesday and said it will deliver over 600

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New rule tightens worker classification standards; Uber, Lyft say their drivers won’t be affected

By ALEXANDRA OLSON and DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — The Biden administration enacted a new labor rule Tuesday that aims to prevent the misclassification of workers as “independent contractors,” a step that could bolster both legal protections and compensation for millions in the U.S. workforce. Major app-based platforms including Uber, Lyft

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