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Most of the U.S. won’t have snow on the ground on Christmas
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Most of the U.S. won’t have snow on the ground on Christmas

Well, at least the snow globes will have a white Christmas. Most of the United States will not have snow on the ground on Wednesday, the National Weather Service said in a forecast Friday, although the parts of the Rocky Mountains, Minnesota, Wisconsin and other areas close to the Canadian border could be in luck....

House approves stopgap spending bill, hours before shutdown deadline
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House approves stopgap spending bill, hours before shutdown deadline

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Winter weather puts a damper on holiday travel 02:00 Car rams into crowd at German Christmas market, killing at least two, injuring dozens 02:06 A.I. Revolution: How artificial intelligence is helping children with dyslexia 02:28 Good News: In digital age,...

Party City to close all of its stores, report says
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Party City to close all of its stores, report says

Party City on Friday announced it will close all of its stores and has initiated corporate layoffs effective immediately, according to a CNN report. CEO Barry Litwin told corporate employees in a meeting viewed by CNN that Party City has to “commence a winddown process immediately,” and that Friday would be their last day of work...

Richard Allen sentenced to 130 years in prison for Delphi murders
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Richard Allen sentenced to 130 years in prison for Delphi murders

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. UP NEXT Judge reconsiders long term prison sentences 05:50 Watch Luigi Mangione transported to New York to face federal charges in CEO killing 02:04 Oregon teen hopes for return of stolen prosthetic leg 01:37 FBI detains California man with ties...

Richard Allen sentenced to 130 years for killing Indiana teens
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Richard Allen sentenced to 130 years for killing Indiana teens

Richard Allen, the Indiana man convicted of killing two middle school girls in 2017, was sentenced to 130 years in prison on Friday, almost eight years after the children’s bodies were found near a hiking trail. Allen, 52, was convicted of murder in November after a four-week trial in the deaths of Abigail Williams, 13,...

Syria’s new leader tries to reassure the U.S. he is no jihadi
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Syria’s new leader tries to reassure the U.S. he is no jihadi

As U.S. diplomats arrived in Damascus on Friday, Syria’s de facto new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa will likely have greeted them with a clear message: Under his rule, there will be no threat to the West. Sharaa, who has dropped his nom de guerre of Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, has been pushing this line in meetings with Western diplomats and...

What to know about the impact and what happens next
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What to know about the impact and what happens next

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government will shut down this weekend unless Congress comes up with a plan and acts soon. Federal funding expires when the clock strikes 12:01 a.m. Saturday, and congressional Republicans are back to the drawing board after billionaire Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump blew up their original bill and then a backup plan failed...

What happens for consumers when the government shuts down? Here’s what to know.
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What happens for consumers when the government shuts down? Here’s what to know.

If the government shuts down days before Christmas, holiday travel could be hit but holiday shipping spared. By Friday morning, lawmakers were still scrambling to reach a deal that would avoid a U.S. government shutdown at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, after President-elect Donald Trump throttled a bipartisan funding bill Wednesday. There hasn’t been a government shutdown...

Will Robert Roberson testify at Texas lawmakers’ hearing?
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Will Robert Roberson testify at Texas lawmakers’ hearing?

Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson is being called to testify at a state House committee hearing Friday at noon, as ordered by a new subpoena issued this week. But whether the condemned man will be produced in person is unclear, after the state’s attorney general’s office filed a motion late Thursday allowing the prison...