As the year comes to a close, the arc of power for House Republicans is at an inflection point.
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Israeli offensive shifts to crowded southern Gaza, driving up death toll despite evacuation orders
The overall death toll in Gaza since the Oct. 7 start of the Israel-Hamas war surpassed 15,200.
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Flu is on the rise while RSV infections may be peaking, U.S. health officials say
But COVID-19 continues to cause the most hospitalizations and deaths among respiratory illnesses – about 15,000 hospitalizations and about 1,000 deaths every week, the U.S. CDC says.
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Report: Belief death penalty is applied unfairly shows capital punishment’s growing isolation in U.S.
In 2023, there were 24 executions in the U.S., with the final one for the year taking place Thursday in Oklahoma, and another 21 inmates were sentenced to death.
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For a male sexual assault survivor, justice won in court does not equal healing
It took 8 years and the #MeToo movement to spur Sam Schultz to tell police they were sexually assaulted by an opera star and his husband.
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Inmate who stabbed Derek Chauvin 22 times charged with attempted murder
John Turscak is accused of attacking Chauvin with an improvised knife in the prison’s law library.
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Wall Street, after closing its best month in over a year, pushes even higher to end week
The benchmark S&P 500 index has reached its highest level in more than a year.
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Trump attorney says trial during campaign would be ‘election interference’
Prosecutors have previously estimated it would take them four months to present their case. That would mean the trial would be underway during the final months of the election campaign.
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Walmart pulls advertising spending from X amid concerns about hate speech
Walmart is joining the Walt Disney Co., IBM, NBCUniversal and its parent company Comcast, and other companies who have decided to stop spending on X.
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Fed’s Powell notes inflation is easing but downplays discussion of interest rate cuts
Powell’s remarks Friday follow comments from a raft of Fed officials this week, with most of them signaling that the Fed can afford to keep its key rate steady in the coming months.