Category: Nation
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Former CNN anchor Aaron Brown, who helped viewers through the Sept. 11 attacks, has died
CNN, citing a statement from Brown’s family, reported that he died Sunday. A cause of death was not given.
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Stock market today: Wall Street slumps in final days of a banner year for US stocks
Big Tech companies were among the heaviest weights on the market, worsening the slump.
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Biden announces nearly $2.5B more in military aid for Ukraine
The package includes $1.25 billion in presidential drawdown authority, which allows the military to pull existing stock from its shelves and gets weapons to the battlefield faster.
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The world population will be 8.09 billion on New Year’s Day after a 71 million increase in 2024
The United States grew by 2.6 million people in 2024, and the U.S. population on New Year’s Day will be 341 million people.
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Trump has pressed for voting changes. GOP majorities in Congress will try to make that happen
Republicans are likely to face opposition from Democrats and have little wiggle room with their narrow majorities in both the House and Senate.
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In 2024, artificial intelligence was all about putting AI tools to work
If 2023 was a year of wonder about artificial intelligence, 2024 was the year to try to get that wonder to do something useful without breaking the bank. There was a “shift from putting out models to actually building products,” said Arvind Narayanan, a Princeton University computer science professor and co-author of the new book…
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The year in review: Influential people who died in 2024
O.J. Simpson was just one of many influential and noteworthy people who died in 2024.
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Most Americans blame insurance profits and denials alongside the killer in UHC CEO death, poll finds
In the survey from NORC at the University of Chicago, about 8 in 10 U.S. adults said the person who committed the killing has “a great deal” or “a moderate amount” of responsibility.
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See how Friday’s $1.15 billion Mega Millions drawing compares with previous top jackpots
Friday’s Mega Millions jackpot will potentially be the fifth largest in the game’s history.
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Amazon workers are striking at multiple delivery hubs. Here’s what you should know
The workers, who voted to authorize strikes in recent days, joined picket lines on Thursday after Amazon ignored a Sunday deadline the union had set for contract negotiations.