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People around the world are demonstrating in solidarity with Chinese protesters, soaring prices have triggered an economic crisis in Ghana, an Iranian general says possibly over 300 people have died in the country’s protests, six of Arizona’s 15 counties had to decide yesterday whether to certify the 2022 election results, the 19-year-old suspect in a racially motivated mass shooting has pleaded guilty, more than 2 million people in Houston spent the day buying or boiling water to use for cooking, drinking, and bathing, President Joe Biden is calling on Congress to intervene to stop a railroad strike
Chinese citizens are protesting ongoing COVID-19 lockdowns, Iran’s oppressive regime remains under fire from protesters, weather forecasts in the U.S. call for heavy snow in the Northwest and Upper Plains, Americans officially kicked off the holiday shopping season this weekend, a deadly landslide in Italy buried families in mud after heavy rains, eighties pop icon Irene Cara has died
Western allies are clashing with Russia after a deadly missile strike in a Polish border town, lawmakers are set to repeal the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, a federal appeals court won’t reconsider its ruling temporarily blocking Arkansas from enforcing its ban on “gender-affirming” procedures on children, Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell will remain the Senate’s top Republican, Border Patrol officials say lifting Title 42 restrictions could make the border crisis worse, Texas Governor Greg Abbott sent a charter bus of migrants to Philadelphia
A jury refused to sentence Nikolas Cruz to death, Social Security benefits are going up by nearly 9 percent, families in Connecticut are mourning the loss of two police officers in a shootout, the House Select Committee on January 6th will subpoena former President Donald Trump to testify, the Labor Department’s inflation report showed overall consumer prices rose by 8.2 percent in September year over year, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe designated Russia as a terrorist state
Children 5-12 are eligible for the latest COVID-19 booster, Alex Jones will pay $965 million to the families of Sandy Hook victims, a jury has to decide whether Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz should get the death penalty or life without parole, Honda announced plans to build a battery factory in Ohio, Western nations say they will give Ukraine more air defense systems, the UN General Assembly voted on a resolution to demand that Russia reverse its annexation of four regions of Ukraine
A gunman in Thailand killed at least 37 people, North Korea sent 12 warplanes within kilometers of the border with South Korea, protesters around the world are expressing solidarity with Iranians, President Joe Biden says he will pardon thousands of people convicted of possessing marijuana, a family kidnapped in California earlier this week has been found dead, two Russian missile strikes hit the city of Zaporizhzhya
President Biden visited Florida to view damage from Hurricane Ian, South Korea botched a ballistic missile test, three scientists received the Nobel Prize for their work on “click” chemistry, Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to intervene in his legal battle with the Justice Department, the White House is disappointed by OPEC-plus cutting production targets, protests have sprung up in at least 80 cities in Iran
About 375,000 customers in Florida are still without power, protesters in Burkina Faso gathered while diplomats met with the leaders of the country’s latest coup, the trial continues for five members of the Oath Keepers, Elon Musk’s bid to buy Twitter seems to be on again, Herschel Walker denies a report accusing him of paying for an abortion, country music legend Loretta Lynn has died
Mikhail Gorbachev has died at age 91, Ukraine is going on the offensive against Russian invaders, flooding in Mississippi has impacted the city’s water supply, Pakistan is experiencing its worst monsoon season in years, Shiite Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers to stop shooting and leave Iraq’s government buildings, stocks are still down on Wall Street
NASA said technical problems and bad weather pushed back the launch of the Artemis I rocket, the Justice Department said a specialized team went through documents seized from Trump’s Florida estate, the death toll for protests in Iraq has risen to 15, one year has passed since the U.S. military moved out of Afghanistan, a UN team is going to visit the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine, stocks fell again on Monday
