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November 27, 2024

The U.S. milit will cut 7 out of 8 bases in Syria, Trump administration envoy says
The United States will scale down its milit presence in Syria to one base from eight and U.S. policies will shift in the country “because none of them worked” over the last century, the new U.S. special envoy has said. Thomas Barrack, who President Donald Trump named special envoy last month shortly after he unexpectedly…
North Korea pulls capsized warship upright after botched launch, report says
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea appears to have returned to an upright position its stricken Choe Hyun Class destroyer that partially capsized during a botched launching ceremony, U.S. researchers said Wednesday. Leader Kim Jong Un, who witnessed the failed launch of the 5,000-ton warship, said the accident damaged the country’s dignity and vowed to…
Elon Musk calls Trump agenda bill ‘disgusting abomination’ days after White House send-off
Elon Musk issued a blistering criticism of the massive Republican bill for President Donald Trump’s agenda Tuesday, posting on X that it is a “disgusting abomination.” “I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore,” Musk wrote. “This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it:…
A French police officer will face trial over the killing of a teen that set off nationwide riots
PARIS — A French police officer will face trial next year on charges of volunt homicide over the killing of a 17-year-old of North African descent, a death that set off nationwide riots. The prosecutor’s office in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, where victim Nahel Merzouk grew up and was killed in 2023, said in…
Russia’s Ukraine war troop casualties near 1 million, study says
Russia will likely surpass 1 million casualties in its war on Ukraine this summer, according to one of the world’s leading think tanks, reflecting the staggering human toll of President Vladimir Putin’s assault on his neighbor. Around 250,000 of these Russian soldiers have died, the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies said in a…
How a remote West Texas city battled a deadly measles outbreak
A child’s death brings anti-vaccine activists to town Kayley Fehr was 6 years old. She had two brothers and two sisters and, according to her obitu, she loved to sing and make people laugh. She was unvaccinated. Kayley got measles around the same time as her four siblings. As her fever rose, she struggled to…
Planet Nine? Not quite, but some astronomers think they’ve spotted a new dwarf planet
A possible new dwarf planet has been discovered at the edge of our solar system, so far-flung that it takes around 25,000 years to complete one orbit around the sun. The object, known as 2017 OF201, was found by researchers at the Institute for Advanced Study and Princeton University who were searching for “Planet Nine,”…
A sweeping new ICE operation shows how Trump’s focus on immigration is reshaping federal law enforcement
WASHINGTON — In mid-May, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, frustrated over what he saw as numbers of arrests and deportations of unauthorized immigrants that were too low, berated and threatened to fire senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials if they did not begin detaining 3,000 migrants a day, according to two sources…
New Jersey prim sets up the first major fight for the Democratic Party’s future
CRANFORD, N.J. — Steve Fulop was almost done answering questions about his campaign for governor Saturday afternoon when he decided to pose a question of his own. “How many of you think about electability?” Fulop, the mayor of Jersey City, asked the few dozen voters gathered at the Cranford Community Center. Almost every hand went…