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Albanese becomes first Australian leader to marry in office

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has married partner Jodie Haydon, becoming the nation’s first leader to wed while in office.

The couple tied the knot at a small ceremony on Saturday in the presence of family and close friends at the prime minister’s official residence in Canberra, Albanese said in a statement.

“We are ...Read more

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South Africans arrested over alleged military work for Russia

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South African police have arrested four men en route to Russia on suspicion they would contravene the country’s laws against assisting foreign military forces.

The men were arrested at the OR Tambo airport near Johannesburg on Friday and will appear in court on Dec. 1, the Hawks, an elite police unit, said in a statement on Saturday. Their ...Read more

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Anna Kepner's family in 'turmoil' awaiting charges in her Carnival cruise death

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The family of Anna Kepner is baffled that no one has yet to be charged in the high school senior’s murder aboard a Carnival cruise ship, even though her stepbrother is reportedly under investigation.

Kepner’s aunt, Krystal Wright, told Fox 35 Orlando this week that the family is in “turmoil” as they’re “just sitting here waiting” ...Read more

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Japanese singer's show cut short in Shanghai amid China tensions

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A Japanese singer was forced to stop her performance in Shanghai on Friday as the fallout from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks on Taiwan continues to sour ties between Asia’s two largest economies.

Maki Otsuki — known for the theme song to the popular anime "One Piece" — was forced to interrupt her show at an event in the ...Read more

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Bay Area mall reopens after 3 shot on Black Friday

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SAN JOSE, Calif. – Westfield Valley Fair reopened at noon Saturday after a shooting Friday night sent three people to the hospital and hundreds running for their lives on one of the busiest shopping days of the year.

The incident, which police said was potentially gang-related, happened around 5:40 p.m. Friday on the second floor of the ...Read more

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Immigration agents seized a Raleigh business owner. His wife is 8 months pregnant.

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RALEIGH, N.C. — She’s never been the patient kind. But after her husband was taken by the U.S. Border Patrol on Nov. 18, all Esmeralda Escobar can do is wait.

Escobar reads her Bible whenever she thinks of Moises Benitez Diaz, just like he told her to do. To stay patient, she’s clinging to Psalm 25: “Let me not be ashamed. Let not my ...Read more

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NYC man detained by ICE is released, reunited with disabled son in time for Thanksgiving

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NEW YORK — A Manhattan green card holder detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement for more than three months was released to reunite with his disabled son just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday.

When Heury Gomez returned home on Nov. 22, he said is first order of business was eating a decent meal, then seeing his mother and 18-year-...Read more

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Protesters block ICE from leaving garage to conduct Canal Street sweep as NYPD makes arrests

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NEW YORK — Immigrant advocates stopped a large-scale federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency operation near Canal Street Saturday by blocking the entrance to a Chinatown garage where the masked agents had gathered, temporarily preventing them from leaving, officials and advocates said.

ICE agents needed to call in the New York ...Read more

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Florida sets new record for child drownings, lawmakers look to reduce deaths

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ORLANDO, Fla. — With a month to go in 2025, Florida has set a record for childhood drowning deaths this year, a grim statistic in a state that already leads the nation in children losing their lives in water.

Two Orlando lawmakers want to change that with required drowning prevention education information for new parents. State Sen. Carlos ...Read more

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'Most extreme crime': Daughter, mother sentenced in Idaho campground murder

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BOISE, Idaho — A judge ordered lengthy prison terms for a Nevada daughter and mother who pleaded guilty to working together to kill the daughter’s estranged husband at an Idaho campground.

Melissa Calumpit, 36, and Rosalie Morris, 60, admitted to driving from their home in Battle Mountain, Nevada, on July 12, 2024, to Martin Landing, a ...Read more

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Woman, 73, found dead as FDNY puts out 4-alarm fire in Bronx building

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NEW YORK — Cops are investigating the death of a 73-year-old woman whose body was discovered as firefighters evacuated a Bronx apartment building during a massive fire, officials said Saturday.

The woman was found inside a sixth-floor apartment of the Sheridan Ave. building near E. 172nd St. in the Concourse section of the Bronx after the ...Read more

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Trump declares Venezuelan airspace closed amid attack fears

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President Donald Trump said airlines should consider the airspace above and around Venezuela to be closed as his administration continues to threaten more aggressive steps against President Nicolas Maduro’s government.

U.S. forces have been massing in the region as Trump weighs military action that would go beyond U.S. strikes on boats that ...Read more

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Hegseth slams report on boat strike targeting attack survivors, denies war crimes

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has slammed a report alleging he ordered U.S. service members to launch a second strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel after an initial attack left two survivors, denying experts’ claims that he may be guilty of war crimes.

“As usual, the fake news is delivering more fabricated, inflammatory and ...Read more

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More than 1,000 flights canceled at Chicago's airports as up to 10 inches of snow blankets the region

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CHICAGO — As heavy snow blanketed the Chicago area Saturday afternoon, the National Weather Service warned of up to 10 inches of accumulation by the morning. More than 1,000 flights were canceled at the city’s airports, while road conditions also grew hazardous.

The weather service expected total snow accumulations between 6 and 10 inches ...Read more

New study says SNAP work requirements aren't effective

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WASHINGTON ― A new study suggests that the expanded work requirements for federal food assistance that passed as part of President Donald Trump’s domestic policy bill over the summer will not have their intended effect of boosting employment.

An analysis published this month in the journal Nature Food says that introducing or increasing ...Read more

Kyiv hammered by Russian strikes as negotiators head to US

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Russia unleashed an air barrage on Ukraine’s capital overnight, killing at least three people and causing widespread power outages, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s negotiating team heads to the U.S. for talks aimed at bringing an end to the war.

National Security and Defense Council Secretary Rustem Umerov and his negotiating team are ...Read more

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France's Macron to meet Zelenskyy for talks on US peace plan

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President Emmanuel Macron will meet his counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Paris on Monday for discussions about the conditions for a “fair and lasting peace” in Ukraine, the French presidency said.

France and other allies of Ukraine have been stepping up their support of Zelenskyy, who is under pressure to agree on a U.S.-led peace deal ...Read more

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Trump declares Venezuela airspace 'closed in its entirety' as tensions with US escalate

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President Donald Trump jolted an already-tense standoff with Venezuela on Saturday morning, declaring on his Truth Social account that all airspace “above and surrounding Venezuela” should be considered “closed in its entirety.”

Addressing “Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers,” he offered no operational details but...Read more

Chicago scraps flights as major storm brings snow to Midwest

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Hundreds of flights have been canceled in and around Chicago and roads are becoming treacherous as one of the busiest travel weekends of the year collides with a major storm bringing wintery conditions throughout the U.S. Midwest Saturday.

Winter storm warnings and weather advisories stretch from Montana to western Ohio as a large swath of the ...Read more

Hong Kong mourns victims of deadliest fire in decades

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Hong Kong declared three days of mourning on Saturday for victims of the city’s deadliest fire in nearly eight decades.

Chief Executive John Lee led a ceremony at the government headquarters, where officials held three minutes of silence for victims of the blaze that has so far claimed 128 lives and injured 83 people.

The city’s anti-graft...Read more