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• ‘We lost a giant’: public figures pay tribute to Jimmy Carter

  29-12-2024 23:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Democrats and Republicans commemorate former US president after his death at age of 100Jimmy Carter dies aged 100 – latest updatesJimmy Carter – a life in picturesAfter news broke that Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, died on Sunday at 100 years old, many fellow politicians, friends, and family members spoke out in remembrance of the longest-lived president in US history.Chip Carter, the former president’s son, called his father a “hero, not only to
  
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• Dense fog expected to cause flight delays at Gatwick till end of Sunday

  29-12-2024 23:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Temporary air restrictions in place for remainder of day because of low visibility, says air traffic control providerDisruption caused by dense fog was expected to continue at Gatwick airport until the end of Sunday – its busiest day of the holiday period.Nats, the UK’s main air traffic control provider, said temporary air restrictions were in place for the remainder of the day because of low visibility in airfields affected by fog. Continue reading...
  
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• Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu completes prostate surgery after UTI diagnosis

  29-12-2024 22:51 via foxnews.com
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu successfully underwent surgery on Sunday, Fox News has learned.The Israeli leader had his prostate removed after suffering a urinary tract infection, which had reportedly "stemmed from a benign enlargement of his prostate," according to Netanyahu's office.On Sunday, Netanyahu's office announced that the surgery "ended successfully and without complications.""The Prime Minister woke up from the anesthesia; his condition was good, and he was fully consciou
  
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• Air traffic controllers warned of bird strike minutes before Muan airport accident – as it happened

  29-12-2024 22:39 via theguardian.com
  
  This blog is closed. Follow the latest news on the South Korea plane crash in our new blog.South Korea plane crash – latest updatesDozens are feared dead after a plane skidded off the runway while attempting a landing without landing gear at Muan international airport in South Korea on Sunday morningThe exact casualty figures have not yet been tallied, though authorities are provisionally reporting that 28 people are believed to have died, according to news agency Newsis. Fire officials ha
  
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• Jimmy Carter, longest-lived US president, dies aged 100

  29-12-2024 22:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Former president faced series of economic and foreign policy crises, including Iran hostage affair and Soviet invasion of AfghanistanJimmy Carter dies aged 100 – latest updatesJimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, a broker of peace in the Middle East in his time, and a tireless advocate for global health and human rights, has died, it was announced on Sunday. He was 100 years old.“My father was a hero, not only to me but to everyone who believes in peace, human right
  
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• US sends investigators to help establish cause of South Korea plane crash

  29-12-2024 22:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Team from NTSB, FAA and manufacturer Boeing to assist investigation of Jeju Air crash that killed 179South Korea plane crash – latest updatesThe US is sending air accident investigators to South Korea to help determine what went wrong with the Jeju Air plane that crash-landed at Muan airport and skidded in a barrier early on Sunday, killing 179.The team of investigators includes the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Boeing, which man
  
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• Israeli official reveals how 'to truly defeat Hezbollah'

  29-12-2024 21:02 via foxnews.com
  
  An Israeli official said on Sunday that the return of normal civilian life in northern Israel along the border with Lebanon is the way "to truly defeat Hezbollah." "In order to truly defeat Hezbollah—because militarily, we have already won, and our victory is very clear—to truly win, to achieve long-term victory, is to have many residents living here (northern Israel), vast tourism, to reopen the restaurants and cafes that used to be here, to have people coming to cycle, agricul
  
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• Republican congressman says party should drop ‘food fight’ over leadership

  29-12-2024 20:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Mike Lawler says Mike Johnson should remain speaker as cracks appear between Trump’s team and far rightThe US House member Mike Lawler attempted on Sunday to tease out two pressing issues facing the new Congress beginning in 2025, telling an American political talkshow that this was not the moment for his fellow Republicans to have a “food fight” over leadership in Capitol Hill and that the country “needs an immigration system that works”.Both issues have dominated
  
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• Burning car linked to fatal shooting of man in western Sydney

  29-12-2024 20:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Man in 30s dies from gunshot wounds in Canley Heights and car set on fire in neighbouring suburbPolice are hunting for a gunman after a man was shot dead in a suburban street in western Sydney.Emergency services found the man in his 30s in Canley Heights on Sunday night after reports of shots being fired just before 7pm. Continue reading...
  
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• Charles F Dolan, founder of HBO, dies aged 98

  29-12-2024 20:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Media mogul launched Home Box Office in 1972 and started the US’s first 24-hour cable local news channel in New York Charles F Dolan, who founded some of the most prominent US media companies including Home Box Office Inc and Cablevision Systems Corp, has died at age 98, according to a news report.A statement issued on Saturday by his family said Dolan died of natural causes, Newsday reported late on Saturday. Continue reading...
  
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• Israel orders remaining residents of Beit Hanoun to leave

  29-12-2024 20:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Order triggers new wave of displacement and there are reports of damage to two more Gaza hospitalsIsrael has issued new evacuation orders for all remaining civilians to leave Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza as part of a blistering three-month-old campaign that Israel denies is aimed at depopulating a third of the Palestinian territory, amid reports Israeli attacks have damaged two more struggling hospitals in Gaza City.The Israeli army forcibly evacuated Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahia on Friday
  
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• South Korea plane's final moments captured on video before hitting concrete barrier, triggering explosion

  29-12-2024 19:40 via foxnews.com
  
  The moment a Jeju Air flight skidded off a runway before crashing into a concrete barrier and bursting into flames at an airport in South Korea was caught on camera.The crash on Sunday killed 179 people on board. Only two survived, a man and a woman who were both crew members. Footage aired by South Korean television channels showed the plane skidding — and apparently without its landing gear deployed. The jet overran the runway and hit a barrier, triggering a fiery explosion. Footage
  
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• South Korea in mourning after plane crash kills all but two onboard

  29-12-2024 19:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Flight data and cockpit voice recorders recovered from wreckage of Jeju Air flight 2216 at Muan airportSouth Korea plane crash – latest updatesDistraught family members gathered at Muan international airport in South Korea on Sunday after a plane carrying 181 people from Bangkok crashed, killing all but two people onboard, in the country’s worst domestic civil aviation disaster.Officials said all 175 passengers and four of the six crew members were killed when the Boeing 737-800 atte
  
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• Treasury must focus on prevention in UK public spending, says report

  29-12-2024 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Analysts say ‘measurable, lasting outcomes’ require long-term planning after Tory cuts of up to 78% in some casesThe Treasury needs to rethink public spending to focus on prevention of the UK’s health, crime and homelessness problems after cuts of up to 78% under the Tories, a report from Demos and the Health Foundation has found.It said prevention spending should be carved out and protected just like capital spending was from the 1990s onwards so that departments are better ab
  
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• Seven people arrested after fatal stabbing of 18-year-old in Derbyshire

  29-12-2024 18:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Four 17-year-old boys held on suspicion of murder and others detained on suspicion of assisting an offenderSeven people have been arrested after a murder investigation was launched into the fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old man in Derbyshire, police said.East Midlands ambulance service contacted police at 8.20pm on Saturday to report that a man had been stabbed on Rose Avenue in the town of Ilkeston. Continue reading...
  
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• Heavy rain and snow to hit New Year’s Eve festivities, Met Office warns

  29-12-2024 18:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Travel disruption expected as forecaster issues weather warnings for almost all of UK from Monday to ThursdayRevellers could see their New Year’s Eve plans curtailed or cancelled as heavy rain, snow and strong winds are forecast to hit the UK, causing travel disruption for most of this week.The Met Office issued multiple yellow weather warnings for Monday to Thursday, with almost all of the country affected by at least one alert. Continue reading...
  
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• Kentucky police fatally shoot man while serving warrant at wrong home

  29-12-2024 18:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Doug Harless killed by police officers at home at 511 Vanzant Road despite search warrant intended for 489 Vanzant RoadPolice in Kentucky recently shot a man to death in his home while they executed a search warrant that appears to have been intended for a different address.Doug Harless, 63, lived in London, a southern Kentucky town of about 8,000 residents, and was killed by police officers at his home at 511 Vanzant Road on the night of 23 December. However, audio from local Laurel county emer
  
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• Cause of South Korea plane crash unclear as officials focus on bird strikes

  29-12-2024 17:37 via theguardian.com
  Experts say bird strikes are relatively common and should not have been enough to cause landing gear failureSouth Korea plane crash – latest updatesNo one knows for certain what caused Jeju Air flight 2216 to crash, killing all but two of its 181 passengers and crew. As darkness fell at Muan international airport in South Korea and officials fielded questions from distraught relatives of the dead, the most likely explanation was that the plane had been struck by one or more birds, triggeri
  
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• Safety checks ordered amid concern over thousands of postwar school buildings in England

  29-12-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Full structural surveys to be carried out on representative sample of about 100 system-built blocksMinisters have ordered intrusive structural surveys of a group of ageing, postwar school buildings in England amid mounting concern about hidden defects that could lead to structural failures.After the reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac) crisis, which closed schools and prompted mass inspections, the government is concerned about thousands of “system-built” school s
  
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• Rundown schools risk ‘irreparable’ harm to pupils, UK children’s laureate says

  29-12-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Frank Cottrell-Boyce says Conservative funding freeze over 14 years has created ‘enormous’ equality gapThe poor state of school buildings is exposing pupils to “irreparable” harm, the UK’s children’s laureate has said, after a Guardian investigation revealed that more than 1.5 million students in England were being taught in dilapidated schools.The award-winning screenwriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce said the Conservative party’s decision to freeze
  
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• Azerbaijan president blames Russia for shooting down plane on Christmas Day

  29-12-2024 16:28 via theguardian.com
  
  President Aliyev says Moscow must ‘admit its guilt’ after downing plane, albeit unintentionally, with loss of 38 livesAzerbaijan’s president Ilham Aliyev said the Azerbaijani airliner that crashed last week was shot down by Russia, albeit unintentionally, and criticised Moscow for trying to “hush up” the issue for days.“We can say with complete clarity that the plane was shot down by Russia … we are not saying that it was done intentionally, but it was
  
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• Azerbaijan president accuses Russia of 'absurd' plane crash cover-up, says flight was 'shot down'

  29-12-2024 15:49 via foxnews.com
  
  Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev accused Russia of executing an "absurd" cover-up after its air defenses allegedly "shot down" a passenger plane last week.Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized for the "tragic incident" this weekend, but the Kremlin has not formally stated that Russian air defenses shot down the plane. At least 38 people were killed in the incident."Our plane was shot down by accident," Aliyev told state television on Sunday. "Unfortunately, in the first three days we hea
  
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• China directs largest military build-up since 1930s Nazi Germany, expert warns, citing Pentagon report

  29-12-2024 15:44 via foxnews.com
  
  China is conducting the largest military build-up seen since that of Nazi Germany during the 1930s, one expert warns, after a new Department of Defense report detailed Beijing's operations including bolstering weapons and psychological warfare.In a piece for The Federalist, Chuck DeVore, chief national initiatives officer at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, referenced the Pentagon's annual report to Congress and warned that the United States has spent $5.4 trillion on its war on terror and fu
  
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• Italian journalist’s arrest in Iran alleged to be reprisal for detention of suspected arms dealer

  29-12-2024 15:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Cecilia Sala, 29, was detained in Tehran three days after US warrant used to hold Swiss-Iranian businessman in MilanThe arrest of a renowned Italian journalist in Iran is reportedly in retaliation for the detention of a Swiss-Iranian businessman and suspected arms dealer in Italy three days earlier, according to media reports quoting the US state department.Cecilia Sala, 29, a war correspondent and reporter who works for the Italian newspaper Il Foglio and the podcast company Chora Media, was de
  
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• North Korea vows 'toughest' US policy in vague announcement

  29-12-2024 14:44 via foxnews.com
  
  North Korea's regime vowed to take up its "toughest" policies against the U.S. at a meeting of the country's ruling party last week.The Dec. 23-27 meeting featured top members of the Workers' Party of Korea, including dictator Kim Jong Un. State media outlet KCNA said leaders condemned ongoing partnerships between the U.S., Japan and South Korea, as a "nuclear military bloc.""This reality clearly shows to which direction we should advance and what we should do and how," the party said in a state
  
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• Born at war, dying in the cold: Gaza’s babies struggle to cope with plummeting temperatures

  29-12-2024 14:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  Seela al-Faseeh was only two weeks old when her father, Mahmoud al-Faseeh, 31, said he took her from their makeshift tent near Khan Younis to the pediatric emergency ward at Nasser Hospital on Wednesday, shortly after her body turned blue and stiff.
  
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• Why was Detective Sgt. Monica Mosley shot execution-style in her bedroom?

  29-12-2024 14:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Detective Sgt. Monica Mosley was shot and killed in her New Jersey home. The motive remains a mystery, leaving her loved ones grasping for answers.
  
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• Three people die and 48 rescued near Calais attempting to cross Channel

  29-12-2024 13:52 via theguardian.com
  
  The deaths make 2024 the deadliest year on record for small boat Channel crossingsThree people have died after falling from an overcrowded small boat trying to cross from France to the UK, as 2024 became the deadliest year on record for perilous sea crossings.The boat ran into trouble at about 6am on Sunday near Blériot-Plage, a public beach in Sangatte close to the French Channel port of Calais, emergency services said. Several people fell into the water trying to board the overcrowded v
  
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• Georgia’s pro-west president says she remains ‘only legitimate president’ as new leader sworn in

  29-12-2024 13:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Salome Zourabichvili tells protesters she will leavepresidential palace as far-right successor Mikheil Kavelashvili takes powerGeorgia’s pro-western president, Salome Zourabichvili, has said she will leave the palace but remain the country’s legitimate officeholder, after refusing to hand over the keys to her successor in the wake of a controversial general election.Zourabichvili spoke as thousands of protesters gathered in the capital, Tblisi, to demonstrate against the inauguration
  
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• Netanyahu to undergo major surgery after UTI diagnosis

  29-12-2024 13:37 via foxnews.com
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will undergo prostate removal surgery on Sunday after being diagnosed with a urinary tract infection last week.Netanyahu's office announced the surgery on Saturday, describing the infection as "stemming from a benign enlargement of his prostate." The surgery comes as Netanyahu, 75, leads Israel in multiple conflicts across the Middle East against Iran and its proxy terrorist groups.Just this week, the IDF launched a series of airstrikes against the Houth
  
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• 179 killed, two survive in plane crash at South Korean airport

  29-12-2024 13:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  At least 124 people died when a commercial airplane crashed Sunday at South Korea's Muan International Airport, officials said.
  
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• New Georgian president sworn in; predecessor says he is not legitimate leader

  29-12-2024 13:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  Mikheil Kavelashvili, a hardline critic of the West, was sworn in as president of Georgia on Sunday amid a political crisis after the government froze European Union application talks in a move that sparked major protests.
  
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• Is the era of body positivity over? Experts worry about a return of ‘thinness’ as the norm

  29-12-2024 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Many body positivity advocates worry 2024 marked a return to “thinness” as the norm.
  
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• DEI programs weathered a myriad of attacks this year, with more to come in 2025

  29-12-2024 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Diversity, equity and inclusion programs at some of the country’s biggest companies fell apart in 2024. Anti-DEI efforts will most likely only ramp up in 2025.
  
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• 'The first to sue': Opposing Trump's desire to end birthright citizenship is personal for this AG

  29-12-2024 12:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  WASHINGTON — For Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to end birthright citizenship is more than just a provocative anti-immigrant policy likely to be blocked by courts.
  
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• Jeju Air crash: all but two presumed dead in South Korea’s worst domestic civil aviation disaster

  29-12-2024 11:59 via theguardian.com
  Footage appears to show Boeing 737-800 skidding along runway at Muan airport before hitting wall and catching fireSouth Korea plane crash – latest updatesAll but two of 181 people onboard a plane that crashed while landing at an airport in South Korea are presumed to have died, in the country’s worst domestic civil aviation disaster.Officials said they had confirmed that 177 people died in the crash on Sunday at Muan international airport in the country’s south-west, while two
  
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• Eyewitnesses to South Korea plane crash recount sparks in engine, bird strike before collision

  29-12-2024 11:38 via foxnews.com
  
  Witnesses to a deadly plane crash in South Korea on Sunday said they observed flames in the engine of the aircraft and heard explosions, according to a report.A Jeju Air flight skidded off a runway at Muan International Airport in the town of Muan, roughly 190 miles south of Seoul, and collided with a concrete fence, killing at least 176 people, the Associated Press reported, citing the country's National Fire Agency (NFA).Authorities are investigating a potential landing gear failure stemming f
  
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• Death toll rises to 179 after plane crashes at South Korean airport

  29-12-2024 09:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  At least 127 killed in plane crash at South Korean airport
  
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• American teacher jailed in Russia is wrongfully detained, State Department formally says

  29-12-2024 09:27 via foxnews.com
  
  The State Department announced that an American teacher arrested at a Russian airport on drug charges more than three years ago has been designated as wrongfully detained by the U.S. government.Marc Fogel, a history teacher from Pennsylvania, is serving a 14-year prison sentence after his arrest in August 2021 at a Russian airport for being in possession of drugs, which his family and supporters said were medically prescribed marijuana.Fogel was left out of a massive prisoner swap in August that
  
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• Three drownings over weekend add to Australia’s growing toll as lifesavers plead for caution

  29-12-2024 08:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Drowning deaths in 2024 were overwhelmingly male, accounting for 22 of the 29 lives lostGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnother three people have drowned in Australian waters as the summer death toll continues to climb during the festive period.Police said on Sunday that two tourists were unable to be revived after a group of swimmers were pulled from a rip at a beach on Western Australia’s south-west coast. Continue reading...
  
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• Renewed bushfire warnings for NSW, Victoria and WA as heat forecast to return for new year

  29-12-2024 07:36 via theguardian.com
  
  BoM says light winds are expected to temper the fire danger despite high temperatures, especially inlandGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastScorching temperatures and elevated fire dangers are forecast for the coming week as Australia rings in the new year – but light winds could protect towns from blazes becoming too severe.Perth was the first hit by the heatwave, with a high of 34C recorded on Sunday, and maximums above 32C forecast for every day until Friday.Sign
  
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• Pilot dies but passenger survives light plane crash in northern NSW

  29-12-2024 05:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Sixty-year-old pilot dies but surviving passenger stable in hospitalGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man has died and another has been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after their light plane crashed.Emergency crews, including several ambulances and a rescue helicopter, were called to Palmers Island, about 8km west of Yamba, in the NSW northern rivers on Sunday following reports of a crash.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue
  
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• Charles Shyer, 'Father of the Bride' director and Oscar-nominated co-writer of 'Private Benjamin', dies at 83

  29-12-2024 04:55 via foxnews.com
  
  Charles Shyer, who earned an Oscar nomination for co-writing "Private Benjamin" and directed hit movies including "Father of the Bride" and "Baby Boom," has died. He was 83.On Saturday, a representative for Shyer confirmed the filmmaker's death to Fox News Digital. His daughter Hallie Meyers-Shyer, whom he shared with his former frequent collaborator and ex-wife Nancy Meyers, told the Hollywood Reporter that her father passed away Friday at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center following a br
  
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• 2 dead, others injured as storms roll through South

  29-12-2024 04:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  Millions of people from across the South are under threat of damaging winds, strong tornadoes and hail Saturday as the region braces for more potential destructive storms.
  
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• Several injured after multi-vehicle crash in California city involving police vehicles

  29-12-2024 04:35 via foxnews.com
  
  A multi-vehicle crash involving two police vehicles left several people injured in Oakland, California, on Saturday, according to law enforcement officials.The Oakland Police Department (OPD) told Fox News Digital that the crash occurred in the 700 block of Mandela Parkway, near the West Oakland train station. Photos of the scene showed wrecked police vehicles with broken windows and open doors, along with debris in the street.Authorities were alerted to the situation at around 2:45 p.m. local t
  
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• Utah authorities seek those responsible for damaging panel of ancient outdoor engravings

  29-12-2024 04:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  Authorities this week said they want to find anyone involved in the installation of climbing bolts at the site of an ancient outdoor engraving in northeastern Utah.
  
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• At least 47 killed in plane crash at South Korea airport

  29-12-2024 03:57 via bbc.com
  
  The aircraft came off the runway and crashed into a wall at Muan Airport in the south west of the country.
  
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• Quiz of the Year, Part 4: Why did 100 couples all say 'I do' together?

  29-12-2024 03:54 via bbc.com
  
  Test your memory of 2024 in the last part of our quiz. What happened from October to December?
  
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• How AI revolution could help benefits appeals and landlord disputes

  29-12-2024 03:40 via bbc.com
  
  Using AI to summarise long documents and help with other tasks could cut legal costs for those struggling financially, experts say.
  
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• UK and EU look to 2025 for reset, but with little room for trade-offs

  29-12-2024 03:14 via bbc.com
  
  Sir Keir Starmer is invited to an EU summit in February - the first of its type since the Brexit negotiations.
  
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