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LaGuardia Airport bomb scare temporarily shuts down Terminal B, suspends flights

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NEW YORK — A bomb scare at LaGuardia Airport in Queens led to the temporary evacuation of Terminal B and the suspension of flights early Saturday, officials said.

A suspicious duffel bag found at the terminal’s TSA screening area at 5:35 a.m. sparked an evacuation of the terminal where all Jet Blue, American Airlines and United Airlines ...Read more

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Gas prices could rise after vote by California regulators

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LOS ANGELES — California air quality regulators late Friday approved tougher rules to encourage use of lower-carbon fuels, overriding objections that the action would lead to higher gasoline prices for motorists.

On an 12-to-2 vote, the California Air Resources Board approved amendments to the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard, or LCFS, ...Read more

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Biden, Trump to meet at White House for handover discussion

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President Joe Biden will host President-elect Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday for their first post-election meeting, setting in motion the U.S. transition of power that will be completed in January.

They’ll convene in the Oval Office at 11 a.m. at Biden’s invitation, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Saturday...Read more

Voters in Arab-American strongholds likely tipped Michigan in Trump’s favor

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President-elect Donald Trump won Michigan in the 2024 election, an important prize in his decisive victory.

The state has earned its title as a swing state. After narrowly defeating Hillary Clinton in Michigan in 2016, Trump lost the state to President Joe Biden in 2020, and now Trump has narrowly won it again.

Michigan has ...Read more

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Qatar calls mediation efforts between Israel and Hamas 'stalled'

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Qatar said it’s stepping back from efforts to mediate between Israel and Hamas in pursuit of a cease-fire in Gaza.

The Gulf state told the parties 10 days ago that it would “stall” mediation efforts if an agreement wasn’t reached in the latest round. But Qatar said it would resume talks “when the parties show their willingness and ...Read more

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Lina Khan's replacement at FTC to be vetted by an aide to Vance

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An Oxford-educated antitrust lawyer who advised the first Trump White House on technology policy is helping the president-elect pick Lina Khan’s replacement.

Gail Slater, who is an aide to Vice President-elect JD Vance, is advising Trump’s transition team on antitrust policy, including crafting a shortlist of candidates to serve as Federal ...Read more

Rafael downgrades to tropical storm, NHC still tracking system in Caribbean

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ORLANDO, Fla. — What was Hurricane Rafael downgraded to a tropical storm as the system still heads west into the Gulf of Mexico and continues to be no threat to land for now, the National Hurricane Center kept track of another system with low odds to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC 10 a.m. tropical...Read more

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Dutch premier cancels Baku COP29 trip after antisemitic attacks

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Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof canceled his trip to the United Nations climate summit in Azerbaijan after attacks against Israeli football fans in the Netherlands.

Supporters of Maccabi Tel Aviv, which played Dutch team Ajax, were assaulted in several areas of Amsterdam on Thursday night. Schoof said the Cabinet will discuss the violent ...Read more

Permits for cutting Christmas trees in national forests are now on sale

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DENVER — Permits for cutting down Christmas trees in national forests, a Thanksgiving weekend tradition for many Colorado families, are now on sale.

Permits are most easily purchased through the website recreation.gov. They also can be purchased through select vendors in the mountains that have partnered with the forests.

Information and ...Read more

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Biden, Trump to meet Wednesday for presidential transition talk

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President Joe Biden will host President-elect Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday for their first post-election meeting, setting in motion the U.S. transition of power that will be completed in January.

They’ll convene in the Oval Office at 11 a.m. at Biden’s invitation, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a ...Read more

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Qatar is stepping back from Israel-Hamas mediation role

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Qatar is stepping back from its efforts to mediate between Israel and Hamas in pursuit of a cease-fire in Gaza, according to a person briefed on the matter.

The move comes after both sides repeatedly refused to participate in talks in good faith, and didn’t show a willingness to engage constructively, said the person, who asked not to be ...Read more

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Ukraine says plans underway for a Zelenskyy-Trump meeting

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Preliminary planning is underway for a meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President-elect Donald Trump amid concerns over future U.S. support, Kyiv’s top diplomat said on Saturday.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha spoke at a press briefing in Kyiv with Josep Borrell, the EU’s top foreign policy official.

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Stoicism and spirituality: A philosopher explains how more Americans’ search for meaning is turning them toward the classics

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Stoicism may be having a renaissance. For centuries, the ancient philosophy that originated in Greece and spread across the Roman Empire was more or less treated as extinct – with the word “stoic” hanging on as shorthand for someone unemotional. But today, with the help of the internet, it’s gaining ground: One of the biggest online ...Read more

Pennsylvania will keep its divided legislature thanks to split-ticket voters

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Pennsylvania’s red shift in the 2024 election wasn’t isolated to the presidential race.

Statewide races for attorney general, auditor general and state treasurer all went to the Republican candidates, and the AP declared Republican David McCormick the winner against Democratic incumbent Bob Casey in the state’s U.S. Senate race ...Read more

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Will America ever elect a woman president? Experts weigh in after Kamala Harris loss

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DURHAM, N.C. — For millions of women who believed America was on the precipice of electing its first female president, the 2024 election is another disappointment.

Republican Donald Trump beat Democrat Kamala Harris more decisively than his 2016 victory over Hillary Clinton, who is the only other woman in U.S. history to secure a major party�...Read more

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Legal questions surround Trump's talk of political prosecutions

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WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s return to the White House will put him in a position to push for criminal charges against his political opponents, such as former Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other members of Congress.

The soon-to-be president expressed support for that tactic on the campaign trail, but former Justice Department officials and legal ...Read more

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How RFK Jr.'s health proposals would stack up in practice

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​WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is lined up to advise the incoming Trump administration on its health policy agenda, has floated broad plans to “make America healthy again.” But how he will accomplish his wide-ranging agenda is still a question mark.

Kennedy’s suggestions have ranged from gutting parts of the Food and Drug ...Read more

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Neighbor pushback thwarted Kansas City homeless shelter plans, but some near encampments want action

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Elected leaders in Kansas City have backed down from several proposals for a low-barrier shelter in the past few years after hearing discontent from residents about the plans.

But several people living in the Lykins neighborhood in the Historic Northeast say a shelter would be better than what is happening in their ...Read more

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'Criminal investigation' delays clerk's ethics hearing on Murdaugh trial allegations

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — A long-scheduled South Carolina Ethics Commission hearing into 76 alleged state ethics violations by Becky Hill — the clerk of court during Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial — has been canceled.

The hearing, scheduled for Dec. 19, has been indefinitely postponed “due to a pending criminal investigation undertaken by the ...Read more

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2 Illinois men charged in Jan. 6 Capitol riot

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Two Chicago-area men, one a retired professional boxer and another a convicted burglar, have been hit with federal charges alleging they stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and scuffled with police while chanting “Whose House? Our House!”

The charges against Michael Mollo Jr., 44, and Emil Kozeluh, 41, are the first Chicago-area cases...Read more