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• 2 people still missing after avalanche in Austria

  25-12-2022 23:51 via cnn.com
  
  At least 10 people were buried in an avalanche on Sunday near the mountainous villages of Lech and Zurs in Austria, according to a statement from the state-run Austrian Press Agency.  
  
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• Putin claims Russia is ready to negotiate; Ukraine accuses Kremlin of trying to avoid responsibility

  25-12-2022 23:50 via foxnews.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed in an interview with state television on Sunday that Moscow wants to negotiate, even as Ukrainian cities were hit with a barrage of missiles over the Christmas weekend.  "We are ready to negotiate with everyone involved about acceptable solutions, but that is up to them - we are not the ones refusing to negotiate, they are," Putin said.  The claim was rebuffed by Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who said
  
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• 'Avatar' sequel sails to 2nd week atop the box office

  25-12-2022 23:43
  “Avatar: The Way of Water” sailed to the top of the box office in its second weekend
  
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• 4 dead, 36 hurt in bus crash on icy road in British Columbia

  25-12-2022 23:42
  Canadian authorities say a bus rolled over on an icy highway in British Columbia on Christmas Eve, killing four people and injuring three dozen
  
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• Sending a photo with Santa Claus, a migrant father waiting in El Paso tells son in Venezuela his Christmas gift may be delayed

  25-12-2022 22:22 via cnn.com
  
  When Santa Claus arrived at migrant shelter in El Paso, Texas, to bring presents for the children, one migrant asked for just a photo with him.
  
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• Couple dead in apparent murder-suicide outside former Jehovah's Witnesses congregation, police say

  25-12-2022 22:16 via cnn.com
  Law enforcement officials are investigating a homicide at a Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall in Colorado on Sunday where two adults were found dead, police said.
  
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• What we know about Trump's tax returns

  25-12-2022 22:07 via cnn.com
  
  Investigative reporter David Cay Johnston discusses what was learned from the House summary about former President Donald Trump's tax returns.
  
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• Here's what we know about Trump's tax returns

  25-12-2022 22:07 via cnn.com
  
  Investigative reporter David Cay Johnston discusses what was learned from the House summary about former President Donald Trump's tax returns.
  
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• Police arrest man suspected of planting explosives in Brazil's capital ahead of presidential inauguration

  25-12-2022 22:06 via cnn.com
  
  Police in Brasilia arrested a man on Saturday suspected of planting and possessing explosive devices one week ahead of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's inauguration, Police Chief Robson Candido said during a news briefing.
  
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• Professor sues TikTok accuser for linking her to Idaho students’ murders

  25-12-2022 21:53 via theguardian.com
  Rebecca Scofield said a TikTok user spread baseless and false claims linking her to the November slayings of four studentsA University of Idaho professor has filed a defamation lawsuit against a self-proclaimed psychic on TikTok after the tarot card reader accused her of killing four of the school’s students, whose murders shocked the US last month.The federal lawsuit filed by the university’s history department chair Rebecca Scofield on Wednesday alleges that TikTok user Ashley Guil
  
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• Boil water order issued in Mississippi capital amid freeze

  25-12-2022 21:31
  City officials in Jackson, Mississippi, say residents must boil their drinking water due to water lines bursting in the frigid temperatures
  
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• UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak criticized for ‘excruciating’ conversation about business with homeless man

  25-12-2022 20:28 via foxnews.com
  
  United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak volunteered at a homeless shelter over the Christmas weekend, but video of a conversation with a man he served food has been harshly criticized by his political opposition. Sunak was helping out at a shelter in London on Friday, serving food to those in need. He can be seen doling out generous portions while engaging in small talk with one man who said his name was Dean. After confirming that this was not his first time at the shelter, Dean asked Sunak i
  
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• Migrants from Texas dropped off outside VP Harris' home on freezing Christmas Eve

  25-12-2022 20:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  Three buses coming from Texas dropped off about 140 recent migrants — including babies and young children — near Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence in Wash
  
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• Seven people with British links arrested in Iran over protests

  25-12-2022 20:06 via theguardian.com
  UK Foreign Office is seeking further information about detainees, who include several dual nationalsSeven people with links to Britain have been arrested by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards over anti-government protests that have snowballed across the country in recent months, according to reports.The people arrested, some of whom are dual nationals, were detained while trying to leave Iran, according to Reuters, citing a statement published by state media. Continue reading...
  
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• Powerful winter storm leaves first responders in need of rescue

  25-12-2022 19:53 via cnn.com
  
  Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz speaks with CNN's Paula Reid about conditions in upstate New York after a winter storm dumped at least 43 inches of snow in Buffalo, according to the National Weather Service.
  
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• At least 10 people buried in avalanche in Austria 

  25-12-2022 19:40 via cnn.com
  
  At least 10 people were buried in an avalanche on Sunday near the mountainous villages of Lech and Zurs in Austria, according to a statement from the state-run Austrian Press Agency.  
  
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• Two dead at Jehovah’s Witnesses center in Colorado

  25-12-2022 19:28 via theguardian.com
  Police say the shooting involved a married couple – an unidentified man fatally shota woman before killing himselfPolice in Thornton, Colorado, say they found two adults dead after investigating a suspected murder-suicide at a Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall on Christmas morning.Officers in the suburb north of Denver tweeted at 10.30am Sunday that they were investigating a homicide at the gathering place but that “there [was] no active threat”. Continue reading...
  
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• Judge won't drop charges for former gubernatorial candidate

  25-12-2022 19:04
  A federal judge in Florida has refused to throw out criminal charges against former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum
  
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• Florida deputy fatally shot during Christmas Eve standoff

  25-12-2022 19:04
  A sheriff’s deputy in the Florida Panhandle was fatally shot Christmas Eve during a standoff with a suspect who was being served a warrant
  
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• Prosecutors: Paris shooting suspect wanted to kill migrants

  25-12-2022 18:17
  The man suspected of fatally shooting three Kurds in Paris told investigators that he wanted to kill migrants or foreigners and then himself
  
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• Three foreign aid groups suspend work in Afghanistan after Taliban bars female employees

  25-12-2022 17:59 via cnn.com
  
  Three foreign aid groups said Sunday that they were moving to temporarily suspend their operations in Afghanistan after the Taliban barred female employees of non-governmental organizations from coming to work.
  
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• This dog was abandoned at the San Francisco airport. Then a pilot adopted him

  25-12-2022 17:57 via cnn.com
  
  A dog abandoned at the San Francisco airport has found a forever home with a United Airlines captain, according to the San Francisco SPCA.
  
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• See arrival of migrants dropped off in front of vice president's home

  25-12-2022 17:36 via cnn.com
  
  Several busloads of migrants were dropped off in front of Vice President Kamala Harris' residence in Washington, DC, on Christmas Eve in 18-degree weather. CNN's Jeremy Diamond has more.
  
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• ‘Life-threatening hazard’: 28 dead in Arctic storm battering US

  25-12-2022 17:21 via theguardian.com
  Officials warn the number of deaths might rise, while a quarter of a million people in the US have no electricityThe monstrous Arctic storm that has gripped most of the continental US over the Christmas holiday continued to batter the northern city of Buffalo, New York, on Sunday, as freezing temperatures trailing across the nation created what forecasters called a “potentially life-threatening hazard”.Twenty-eight deaths attributed to the weather have been recorded across the nation
  
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• Death toll from sinking of Thai navy ship rises to 18

  25-12-2022 17:07 via cnn.com
  
  Thailand's navy said Sunday that the death toll from the sinking of one of its warships earlier in the week had risen to 18.
  
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• US warns of possible attack in Islamabad amid security fears

  25-12-2022 16:39
  The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad is warning its staff of a possible attack on Americans at a top hotel in Pakistan’s capital
  
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• Mega Millions jackpot jumps to $565 million, sixth largest in its history

  25-12-2022 16:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Mega Millions jackpot has climbed to an eye-popping $565 million after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn last week.
  
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• King Charles praises struggling workers amid cost-of-living crisis in his first Christmas address

  25-12-2022 16:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  King Charles III praised first responders and struggling families in his first Christmas greetings as the ruling monarch of the U.K. on Sunday.
  
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• King Charles pays tribute to his mother in his first Christmas message as monarch

  25-12-2022 16:06 via cnn.com
  
  Britain's King Charles paid a heartfelt tribute to his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth, in his first Christmas broadcast as monarch on Sunday.
  
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• More migrants bussed to Kamala Harris’s home on Christmas Eve

  25-12-2022 16:04 via theguardian.com
  Three buses of Central and South American migrants arrived at the vice-president’s home from TexasThree busloads of migrants were dropped off outside the Washington DC home of US vice-president Kamala Harris late on Christmas Eve, the latest episode in an escalating battle between the Joe Biden White House and the governors of southern Republican states over federal immigration policy.The Central and South American migrants, believed to be sent from Texas, were dropped off in below-freezin
  
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• WATCH: Christmas traditions from around the world

  25-12-2022 15:46
  ABC News' Ines De La Cuertara presents unique and special celebrations of Christmas traditions from around the globe.
  
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• China's top health body stops publishing daily Covid case figures as infections soar

  25-12-2022 15:44 via cnn.com
  
  China's top health authority has announced that it has stopped publishing daily Covid-19 case numbers, as reports claimed that the true toll of the country's ongoing outbreak is much worse than the official figures published by authorities.
  
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• US flight cancellations top 1,400 on Christmas morning

  25-12-2022 15:40 via cnn.com
  
  With much of the United States still reeling from a nearly weeklong winter storm, flight cancellations and delays and other transportation challenges continued to pile up on Christmas Day.
  
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• WATCH: Monster storm causes chaotic holiday travel

  25-12-2022 15:31
  A major storm battering much of the U.S. is causing headaches at airports and on roadways.
  
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• Pope says the world was suffering from 'a famine of peace' in Christmas message

  25-12-2022 15:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  Pope Francis called for an end to the war in Ukraine and other conflicts in his Christmas message on Sunday.
  
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• US flight cancellations top 1,300 on Christmas morning

  25-12-2022 14:43 via cnn.com
  
  With much of the United States still reeling from a nearly weeklong winter storm, flight cancellations and delays and other transportation challenges continued to pile up on Christmas Day.
  
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• When my husband brought home a fake Christmas tree, I considered divorce

  25-12-2022 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  My origin story begins on Christmas Eve. My parents met on Dec. 24 on a southbound train.
  
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• A Kentucky woman won $175,000 after getting a lottery ticket at an office holiday party

  25-12-2022 12:31 via cnn.com
  
  A Kentucky woman brought home the best present at her office gift exchange.
  
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• Ukrainians 'know what we are fighting for,' Zelenskyy says in defiant Christmas message after Russian strikes

  25-12-2022 12:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  Ukrainian’s “know what we are fighting for,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a Christmas message, after officials said 10 people were killed in Kherson.
  
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• Head of major Russian shipyard dies suddenly, no cause given

  25-12-2022 12:27 via cnn.com
  
  A major Russian shipyard that specializes in building non-nuclear submarines said its general director had died suddenly on Saturday after 11 years in the job, but gave no details.
  
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• Zelensky rallies Ukrainians with defiant Christmas message after deadly Russian barrage in Kherson

  25-12-2022 12:08 via cnn.com
  
  President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Ukrainians to have "patience and faith" in a defiant Christmas address after a deadly wave of Russian strikes pounded the southern city of Kherson.
  
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• Zelensky issues defiant Christmas message after deadly Russian barrage in Kherson

  25-12-2022 12:08 via cnn.com
  
  President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Ukrainians to have "patience and faith" in a defiant Christmas address after a deadly wave of Russian strikes pounded the southern city of Kherson.
  
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• Tom Brady is finally going to lose. What a relief.

  25-12-2022 12:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Tampa Bay Bucs vs. Arizona Cardinals: Tom Brady's Super Bowl 57 dreams seem dead, just like his Gisele Bündchen divorce and 2022 NFL golden boy status.
  
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• ‘A threat to unity’: anger over push to make Hindi national language of India

  25-12-2022 12:00 via theguardian.com
  Ruling BJP accused of agenda of ‘Hindi imposition’ in a country with more than 700 languagesTensions are rising in India over prime minister Narendra Modi’s push to make Hindi the country’s dominant language.Modi’s Bharatiya Janaya party (BJP) government has been accused of an agenda of “Hindi imposition” and “Hindi imperialism” and non-Hindi speaking states in south and east India have been fighting back. Continue reading...
  
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• Britons buckle under cost-of-living crisis, forcing many to use 'warm banks'

  25-12-2022 10:09 via cnn.com
  
  In a community center in central London, a young child plays in a makeshift area as her caregiver rocks her stroller and chats to a friend.
  
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• Over 50 hospitalized after Christmas Eve bus crash in British Columbia

  25-12-2022 09:26 via nbcnews.com
  Dozens of people were taken to hospitals late Christmas Eve after a bus accident on a British Columbia highway, Canadian officials said.
  
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• A prolonged winter storm delivers power outages, snarled travel and frigid temperatures on Christmas Day

  25-12-2022 08:52 via cnn.com
  
  A nearly weeklong winter storm blasting much of the US has plunged temperatures to life-threatening lows, brought blizzards and floods, and left more than a quarter million people without power on Christmas Day.
  
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• Taliban use water cannon on women protesting education order in Afghanistan

  25-12-2022 07:11 via cnn.com
  
  A group of women took to the streets in the city of Herat in Afghanistan on Saturday, protesting against a Taliban order this week suspending all female students from attending university in the country.
  
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• 'Life or death.' As Britons buckle under the cost of living crisis, many resort to 'warm banks' for heat this winter

  25-12-2022 06:04 via cnn.com
  
  In a community center in central London, a young child plays in a makeshift area as her caregiver rocks her stroller and chats to a friend.
  
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• Why isn't the medical profession paying more attention to this debilitating disease?

  25-12-2022 05:37 via cnn.com
  • Hear stories from people with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
  
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