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Month: January 2024

Shock, grief and mourning for 3 Georgia-based US soldiers killed in Middle East drone strike

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Shock and grief are rippling across Georgia after the U.S. Defense Department announced three Army Reserve soldiers from the state were killed in a weekend drone strike in Jordan. Those killed were identified Monday as Sgt. William Jerome Rivers of Carrollton, Spc. Kennedy Sanders of Waycross

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US Steel agrees to $42M in improvements and fines over air pollution violations after 2018 fire

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — U.S. Steel has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the Pittsburgh-based steel producer of violating federal clean air laws by operating plants without its desulfurization controls for more than three months, emitting clouds of sulfurous gas into surrounding towns. Environmental groups Clean Air Council and PennEnvironment said the settlement was

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Fiscal general de Guatemala abandona reunión convocada por el presidente Bernardo Arévalo

macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– La fiscal general de Guatemala, Consuelo Porras anunció este lunes mediante un video difundido por el Ministerio Público en X, antes Twitter, que abandonó la reunión con el presidente Bernardo Arévalo. Según explicó, se retiró porque la reunión “se pretendía llevar a cabo en el marco del Consejo de ministros”, y

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Israel claims a tunnel ran through this Gaza cemetery it destroyed. A visit to the site raised more questions than answers

By Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — A large void fills the space where rows of graves once stood. The gaping hole is all that is left after the Israeli military excavated the western side of the Bani Suheila cemetery, near Khan Younis in southern Gaza, claiming a Hamas tunnel ran directly through the site and that Hamas militants attacked Israeli troops from here. A week after

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Israel claims a tunnel ran through this Gaza cemetery it destroyed. A visit to the site raised more questions than answers. Pictured is CNN's correspondent

Israel claims a tunnel ran through this Gaza cemetery it destroyed. A visit to the site raised more questions than answers

CNN By Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — A large void fills the space where rows of graves once stood. The gaping hole is all that is left after the Israeli military excavated the western side of the Bani Suheila cemetery, near Khan Younis in southern Gaza, claiming a Hamas tunnel ran directly through the site and that Hamas militants attacked Israeli troops from here. A week

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Opinion: DeSantis doesn’t seem to have a bright future ahead of him back in Florida

Opinion by Ilene Prusher (CNN) — From the New York Post cover that questioned whether we were looking at “DeFuture” to the more high-brow Financial Times dubbing him “Donald Trump with brains and without the drama,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was touted as a rising star with a clear path leading to the Republican nomination in 2024 and possibly

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Kids aren’t safe on social media, lawmakers say. Tech CEOs are back in DC to pledge (again) that they’ll handle it

By Brian Fung and Clare Duffy, CNN (CNN) — Congress will again grill the chief executives of several big tech companies this week, including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, about potential harms from their products on teens. Until now, the social platforms have largely had the same response: We’ll help teens and families make smart decisions

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Alex Murdaugh attends a hearing on a motion for a new trial on January 16 at the Richland County Judicial Center in Columbia

‘Attracted by the siren call of celebrity’: What an Alex Murdaugh judge said about the clerk accused of jury tampering

WIS, CNN By Zoe Sottile and Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — As South Carolina Judge Jean Toal denied disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh’s request for a new murder trial on Monday evening, she had some harsh remarks about the county clerk at the center of the Murdaugh legal team’s jury tampering allegations. Colleton County Clerk of

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US government pulls some of Venezuela’s sanctions relief after court blocks opposition candidate

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The U.S. government has pulled back part of the sanctions relief it granted Venezuela last year, following through on its threat after the South American country’s highest court blocked the presidential candidacy of an opposition leader. The Department of the Treasury gave companies transacting with

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Massachusetts man arrested on charge of threatening to bomb local synagogue, kill members, federal officials say

By Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — Federal law enforcement officials arrested a Massachusetts man on a charge of threatening to bomb a local synagogue and kill its members, the US Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts said Monday. John Reardon, 59, was charged with one count of using an interstate commerce facility to threaten a person or

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