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Iranian anti-regime activist who died by suicide buried in Tehran
Iranian activist Kianoosh Sanjari, who died by suicide this week in protest at political imprisonments by the regime, was ...
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RFK Jr.’s to-do list to make America ‘healthy’ has health experts worried
President Donald Trump’s pick of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services “is an ...
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American Airlines flight out of Hawaii told to make ‘expedited climb’ to avoid mountains
The Federal Aviation Administration says an air traffic controller’s instructions kept an American Airlines flight from hitting mountains near Honolulu International Airport in Hawaii. The agency is ...
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Trump won more young voters, but many don’t agree with him on issues: AP VoteCast
Young voters swung toward President-elect Donald Trump in this year’s election, but according to AP VoteCast, they’re not the staunchly conservative base that he’s relied on in the past. That could ...
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A French student who was arrested and detained in Tunisia returns to Paris
A French student detained for weeks in Tunisia has returned to Paris after weeks of top-level diplomatic discussions. The 27-year-old Victor Dupont who is Ph.D. student arrived at Charles de Gaulle ...
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TV funnyman Conan O’Brien is tapped to host next Oscars
A year after turning to comedian Jimmy Kimmel to host their big show, The Academy Awards will pivot to another familiar TV funnyman — Conan O’Brien. “America demanded it and now it’s happening: Taco ...
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Retail sales up solidly in October as Americans showed continued willingness to spend
U.S. retail sales rose last month at a healthy pace in the latest sign that consumer spending is driving the economy’s steady growth. Retail purchases rose 0.4% from September to October, a solid ...
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Hundreds of hotel workers go on strike at a casino near the Las Vegas Strip
Hundreds of Las Vegas hotel workers have gone on strike at a casino near the Strip. It’s the first open-ended strike in 22 years for the Culinary Workers Union, which represents 60,000 hospitality ...
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Biden to meet South Korean and Japanese leaders amid growing worries about North Korea
President Joe Biden is gathering South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for talks Friday amid heightened concerns about North Korea’s growing military ...
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Transgender-rights advocates say the election of Trump and his allies marks a major setback
AP National Writer Election victories for Donald Trump and other candidates whose campaigns demeaned transgender people reinforced a widespread backlash against trans rights. For America’s ...
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Pakistani province declares health emergency due to smog and locks down two cities
Pakistani authorities have declared a health emergency in the country’s east due to smog. Smog has choked Punjab for weeks, sickening nearly 2 million people and shrouding vast swathes of the province ...
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U.S. protectionism could undermine modest growth forecast for eurozone, says EU Commission
The economy of the European Union is headed for only modest growth in coming months as consumers regain some of the purchasing power they lost to inflation, the bloc’s executive commission said Friday ...