Amada Cardenas, a Mexican American woman who lived in the tiny border town of Mirando City in South Texas, played an important role in the history of the peyote trade. She and her husband were the …
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By DEEPA BHARATH and JESSIE WARDARSKI
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12/26/24
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What a wonderful year 2024 has been for investors. U.S. stocks ripped higher and carried the S&P 500 to records as the economy kept growing and the Federal Reserve began cutting interest rates. The …
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The Associated Press
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12/26/24
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The crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan has killed 38 of 67 people on board. Azerbaijan Airlines’ Embraer 190 was en route from Azerbaijani capital Baku to the Russian city of Grozny in …
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By The Associated Press
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12/26/24
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Azerbaijan is observing a nationwide day of mourning for the victims of the air crash that killed 38 people and left all 29 survivors injured as speculation mounted about a possible cause of the …
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By The Associated Press
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12/26/24
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Gaza's Health Ministry says an Israeli strike killed five Palestinian journalists outside a hospital overnight. The Israeli military said it targeted a group of militants. The strike overnight into …
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12/26/24
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Israel's plan to double the number of settlers in the Golan Heights is met with conflicting emotions
Earlier this month, Syrian leader Bashar Assad was ousted after nearly 25 years in power. Within hours, Israeli tanks rolled into the Golan Heights' demilitarized buffer zone in Syria created as part …
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By ELENA BECATOROS
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12/26/24
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Blake Lively's claims that “It Ends With Us” director and co-star Justin Baldoni unleashed a smear campaign against her have gained support from a new lawsuit that Baldoni's former publicist …
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12/25/24
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A great gray owl and a snowy owl are being treated by experts after being rescued by a northern Minnesota woman. Annabell Whelan says she found the first owl on Monday morning and brought him to a …
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By HANNAH FINGERHUT
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12/25/24
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A man accused of attempting to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump in South Florida won’t be tried until September 2025. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon said in an order released on Monday …
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER
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12/25/24
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Hang onto those stocking-stuffer lottery tickets. The Mega Millions jackpot has surpassed $1 billion after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn on Christmas Eve. That means the estimated jackpot …
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By The Associated Press
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12/25/24
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Officials say an Azerbaijani airliner with 67 people onboard crashed Wednesday in the Kazakhstani city of Aktau, leaving at least 32 survivors. More than 30 people are likely dead. 4 bodies have been …
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By KATIE MARIE DAVIES and DASHA LITVINOVA
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12/25/24
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Palestinian Authority forces are clashing with armed groups in the occupied West Bank in a rare crackdown aimed at restoring order in a militant stronghold. The deadly violence is some of the worst …
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By MAJDI MOHAMMED and TIA GOLDENBERG
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12/25/24
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The U.S. Census Bureau currently is getting public feedback about how it should tally responses from people into new race and ethnicity groups. Under the revisions, questions about race and ethnicity …
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER
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12/25/24
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Honolulu's medical examiner says a Hawaii crime boss who died in federal detention this month was killed by an opioid overdose. Michael Miske died of “toxicity of fentanyl and …
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By AUDREY McAVOY
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12/24/24
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Lava is erupting from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano for the second straight day. The eruption has stayed within Kilauea’s summit caldera inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and no homes are …
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12/24/24
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President-elect Donald Trump says he'll “vigorously pursue” capital punishment after President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of most people on federal death row partly to stop Trump from …
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By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON
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12/24/24
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The Palestinian Health Ministry says at least eight people were killed by Israeli military operations in the northern West Bank. The ministry said three of the dead were killed by Israeli airstrikes. …
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By The Associated Press
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12/24/24
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California has been hit hard by extreme weather over the past several weeks. Atmospheric rivers, which are long stretches of wet air that can produce heavy rains, brought a record-setting rainfall …
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By DORANY PINEDA and MICHAEL PHILLIS
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12/24/24
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Persistent high surf and flooding threats along California's coast have residents on high alert a day after a major storm was blamed for one man's death and the partial collapse of a pier. The …
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By MARTHA MENDOZA and STEFANIE DAZIO
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12/24/24
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This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.
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12/24/24
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