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Gaetz withdraws as Trump's pick for attorney general

Gaetz withdraws as Trump's pick for attorney general

WASHINGTON (AP) — Matt Gaetz has withdrawn as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general following scrutiny over a federal sex trafficking investigation. The Florida Republican made the announcement Thursday.
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Wisconsin kayaker who faked his own death is alive in Eastern Europe, police say

Wisconsin kayaker who faked his own death is alive in Eastern Europe, police say

GREEN LAKE, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man who investigators said faked his own drowning this summer so he could abandon his wife and three children is alive somewhere in Eastern Europe, police said Thursday.
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Justice Department finds a pattern of misconduct by police in Trenton, New Jersey

Justice Department finds a pattern of misconduct by police in Trenton, New Jersey

TRENTON, N.J.
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Jussie Smollett’s conviction in 2019 attack on himself is overturned

Jussie Smollett’s conviction in 2019 attack on himself is overturned

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday overturned actor Jussie Smollett’s conviction on allegations that he staged a racist and homophobic attack against himself in downtown Chicago in 2019 and lied to police.
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Death toll in Gaza from Israel-Hamas war passes 44,000, Palestinian officials say

Death toll in Gaza from Israel-Hamas war passes 44,000, Palestinian officials say

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The death toll in the Gaza Strip from the 13-month-old war between Israel and Hamas has surpassed 44,000, local health officials said Thursday.
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Police say gunmen open fire on vehicles in Pakistan's restive northwest, killing at least 8 Shiites

Police say gunmen open fire on vehicles in Pakistan's restive northwest, killing at least 8 Shiites

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen opened fire on passenger vehicles carrying Shiite Muslims in restive northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least eight people and wounding others, police said.
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Ukraine says Russia has launched an ICBM in an attack for the first time in the war

Ukraine says Russia has launched an ICBM in an attack for the first time in the war

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine says Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile overnight targeting Dnipro city in the central-east of the country, the first time Moscow has used such a missile in the war.
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American and Australian tourists die, raising toll to 4 in Laos alcohol poisoning incident

American and Australian tourists die, raising toll to 4 in Laos alcohol poisoning incident

VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — An Australian teenager has died after drinking tainted alcohol in Vang Vieng, Laos, in what Australia's prime minister on Thursday called every parent's nightmare, and the U.S.
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Volcano on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula erupts for the 7th time in a year

Volcano on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula erupts for the 7th time in a year

GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano erupted with lava spewing from a fissure on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland late Wednesday evening. It was its seventh eruption since December.
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Volcano on Iceland's Rekjanes Peninsula erupts for the 7th time in a year

Volcano on Iceland's Rekjanes Peninsula erupts for the 7th time in a year

GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano erupted with lava spewing from the crater on the Rekjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland late Wednesday evening. It was its seventh eruption since December. The Associated Press
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