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New prosecutor won't pursue charges against Trump and others in Georgia election interference case
ATLANTA (AP) — A judge on Wednesday dismissed the Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump and others after the prosecutor who took over the case said he would not pursue the charges, ending the last effort to punish the president in the courts for his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss.Pete Skandalakis, the executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, took over the case last month from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who was removed over an “appearance of impropriety” created by a romantic relationship... Read More
Nigerian parents say they are kept in the dark over abducted schoolchildren
PAPIRI, Nigeria (AP) — Several parents of the over 300 schoolchildren seized by armed men in the latest mass abduction in Nigeria tell The Associated Press the government has told them nothing about rescue efforts — and the stress has been so high that one parent has died of a heart attack.“Nobody from the government has briefed us about the abduction,” said Emmanuel Ejeh, whose 12-year-old son was taken from the Catholic school in Niger state.
No armed group has claimed responsibility for Friday's abduction of 303 children from the remote community of Papiri,... Read More
Fewer Americans sought unemployment benefits last week as job cuts stay low
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits declined last week in a sign that overall layoffs remain low, even as several high-profile companies have announced job cuts.U.S. applications for unemployment benefits in the week ending Nov. 22 dropped 6,000 from the previous week to 216,000, the Labor Department reported Wednesday. The figure is below the 230,000 forecast by economists, according to a survey by data provider FactSet.
Applications for unemployment aid are seen as a proxy for layoffs and are close to a real-time indicator... Read More
At least 13 dead after fire engulfs Hong Kong high-rise residential buildings
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in years blazed late into the night on Wednesday as authorities confirmed at least 13 people, including a firefighter, had died and others remained trapped.Hundreds of residents were evacuated as the blaze spread across seven high-rise apartment buildings in a Hong Kong housing complex.
Fire chiefs said the temperatures at the scene made it difficult for crews to mount rescue operations. It was not immediately known how the fire started.
Nine people were declared dead at the scene and four others were later... Read More
Landslides and flash floods on Indonesiaâs Sumatra island leave at least 23 dead and dozens missing
MEDAN, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers recovered more bodies in the search for dozens of people buried under landslides or swept away after torrential rains unleashed flash floods and triggered landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, increasing the death toll to 23 and leaving more than two dozen people missing, officials said Wednesday.Rescue teams were struggling to reach affected areas in 11 cities and districts of North Sumatra province after the monsoon rains over the past week caused rivers to burst their banks, tearing through hilly villages as mud, rocks and trees tumbled... Read More
Top Stories
- New prosecutor won't pursue charges against Trump and others in Georgia election interference case
- At least 13 dead after fire engulfs Hong Kong high-rise residential buildings
- Pushing an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, Trump looks to his Gaza ceasefire playbook
- Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau appear on state television saying they have seized power in the country
- Scientists capture the crackling sounds of what they believe is lightning on Mars
- Under glare of world's media, Pope Leo XIV to visit Turkey and Lebanon on first foreign trip
- Kremlin confirms US envoy will visit as talks on ending war in Ukraine gain momentum
- Wisconsin seeks to block Morgan Geyser's conditional release after escape from group home
- The Latest: US aide coached Putinâs aide on pitching Trump, according to a Bloomberg report
- Israel returns 15 more Palestinian bodies to Gaza as first phase of ceasefire nears end
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