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Ukrainian truck drivers wait to cross from Poland back into Ukraine in Korczowa, Poland, on Thursday Dec. 7, 2023. Ukrainian charities and companies supplying the country’s military warn that problems are growing as Polish truck drivers show no sign of ending a monthlong border blockade. (AP Photo/Karl Ritter)

Polish truck drivers blocking the border with Ukraine

Polish protesters argue that their livelihoods are at stake after the EU relaxed some transport rules

Ukrainian truck drivers wait to cross from Poland back into Ukraine in Korczowa, Poland, on Thursday Dec. 7, 2023. Ukrainian charities and companies supplying the country’s military warn that problems are growing as Polish truck drivers show no sign of ending a monthlong border blockade. (AP Photo/Karl Ritter)
A Minneapolis store clerk died after a customer beat him and impaled him with a golf club Dec. 8, 2023, police said.. (Black Press Media file photo)

U.S. grocery store clerk dies after customer impales him with a golf club: Police

Police said the suspect barricaded himself inside an apartment building for 6 hours

A Minneapolis store clerk died after a customer beat him and impaled him with a golf club Dec. 8, 2023, police said.. (Black Press Media file photo)
Chihuahua state police officers man a checkpoint in Janos, Chihuahua state, northern Mexico, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. Fourteen people were killed in a clash Dec. 8, 2023 between gunmen from a criminal gang and residents of a small farming community in central Mexico, authorities said. Four people were left wounded and two more missing. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)

14 dead in clash between criminal gang and villagers in central Mexico

Police said the clash happened about 130 kilometers southwest of the capital

Chihuahua state police officers man a checkpoint in Janos, Chihuahua state, northern Mexico, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. Fourteen people were killed in a clash Dec. 8, 2023 between gunmen from a criminal gang and residents of a small farming community in central Mexico, authorities said. Four people were left wounded and two more missing. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)
FILE - Republican presidential candidates from left, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy arrive on stage before a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NBC News Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in Miami. Republican presidential candidates will cross paths again in Iowa just days after a fractious debate and as the countdown to the caucuses nears the one-month mark. DeSantis, Haley and Ramaswamy will make their case in northwest Iowa, a more rural, conservative corner of the state. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

DeSantis, Haley and Ramaswamy try to make their case in Iowa after GOP debate

Each is getting time onstage at Dordt University in Sioux Center with U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra and his wife

FILE - Republican presidential candidates from left, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy arrive on stage before a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NBC News Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in Miami. Republican presidential candidates will cross paths again in Iowa just days after a fractious debate and as the countdown to the caucuses nears the one-month mark. DeSantis, Haley and Ramaswamy will make their case in northwest Iowa, a more rural, conservative corner of the state. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
Israelis rush to a shelter as a siren sounds a warning of incoming rockets fired from the Gaza strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israel presses ahead with bombarding Gaza

Warplanes hit some of the dwindling bits of land it had told Palestinians to evacuate to

Israelis rush to a shelter as a siren sounds a warning of incoming rockets fired from the Gaza strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Young choir singers practice Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Paris. The restoration of Notre Dame hits a milestone Friday, Dec. 8, 2023: one year until the cathedral reopens its huge doors to the public. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Notre Dame just one year off of arising from ashes of devastating fire

Landmark Paris cathedral has been undergoing repairs since 2019

Young choir singers practice Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Paris. The restoration of Notre Dame hits a milestone Friday, Dec. 8, 2023: one year until the cathedral reopens its huge doors to the public. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
FILE - Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy answers questions from reporters on Nov. 4, 2023, in Kissimmee, Fla. This year’s lists of the most mispronounced words in the U.S. and Britain were released on Thursday, Dec. 7, by the online language learning company Babbel, and the biotech entrepreneur made the list. Ramaswamy’s name is pronounced Vih-VAKE Rah-mah-SWAH-me. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

From SZA to the Stone of Scone, the words that help tell the story of 2023 were often mispronounced

Some of the words tied to this year’s hottest topics were also…

FILE - Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy answers questions from reporters on Nov. 4, 2023, in Kissimmee, Fla. This year’s lists of the most mispronounced words in the U.S. and Britain were released on Thursday, Dec. 7, by the online language learning company Babbel, and the biotech entrepreneur made the list. Ramaswamy’s name is pronounced Vih-VAKE Rah-mah-SWAH-me. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)
FILE - A McDonald’s golden arches is shown at restaurant in Havertown, Pa., Tuesday, April 26, 2022. McDonald’s expects to open nearly 10,000 restaurants over the next four years, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, a pace of growth that would be unprecedented even for the world’s largest burger chain. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

World to add 10,000 McDonald’s restaurants in 4 years

Already ubiquitous fast food chain poised for unprecedented growth

FILE - A McDonald’s golden arches is shown at restaurant in Havertown, Pa., Tuesday, April 26, 2022. McDonald’s expects to open nearly 10,000 restaurants over the next four years, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, a pace of growth that would be unprecedented even for the world’s largest burger chain. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
FILE - Bleached coral is visible at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, off the coast of Galveston, Texas, in the Gulf of Mexico, Sept. 16, 2023. The world is in danger of hitting the point of no return for five of Earth’s natural systems because of human-caused climate change, a team of scientists said on Wednesday, Dec. 6, on the sidelines of the United Nations’ climate summit. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Climate at the point of no return for 5 key ecosystems: scientists

Coral reefs, Greenland ice among the systems approaching point where there’s no going back

FILE - Bleached coral is visible at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, off the coast of Galveston, Texas, in the Gulf of Mexico, Sept. 16, 2023. The world is in danger of hitting the point of no return for five of Earth’s natural systems because of human-caused climate change, a team of scientists said on Wednesday, Dec. 6, on the sidelines of the United Nations’ climate summit. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
FILE - Writer Norman Lear, 97, participates in Jane Fonda’s Fire Drill Fridays rally, calling for action to address climate change at Los Angeles City Hall Friday, Feb. 7, 2020. Lear, the writer, director and producer who revolutionized prime time television with such topical hits as “All in the Family” and “Maude” and propelled political and social turmoil into the once-insulated world of sitcoms, has died, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023.. He was 101. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

All in the Family producer Norman Lear dead at 101

TV showrunner and liberal activist responsible for series of groundbreaking TV shows

FILE - Writer Norman Lear, 97, participates in Jane Fonda’s Fire Drill Fridays rally, calling for action to address climate change at Los Angeles City Hall Friday, Feb. 7, 2020. Lear, the writer, director and producer who revolutionized prime time television with such topical hits as “All in the Family” and “Maude” and propelled political and social turmoil into the once-insulated world of sitcoms, has died, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023.. He was 101. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
FILE - Prince Harry, second from right, escorted by security leaves the High Court after giving evidence in London, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Prince Harry is challenging on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, the British government’s decision to strip him of his security detail after he gave up his status as a working member of the royal family and moved to the United States. The Duke of Sussex said he wants protection when he visits home and claimed it’s partly because an aggressive press jeopardizes his safety and that of his family. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

Prince Harry suing to reverse UK decision to strip him of security

Lawyer says authority treated prince unfairly by failing to follow its own policies

FILE - Prince Harry, second from right, escorted by security leaves the High Court after giving evidence in London, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Prince Harry is challenging on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, the British government’s decision to strip him of his security detail after he gave up his status as a working member of the royal family and moved to the United States. The Duke of Sussex said he wants protection when he visits home and claimed it’s partly because an aggressive press jeopardizes his safety and that of his family. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)
The New Democrats are calling for Ottawa to create special immigration measures to help get Canadians’ extended family members out of the Gaza Strip, as it has during other crises in recent years. NDP MP Jenny Kwan speaks to reporters in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Monday, May 29, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Calls grow to get Canadian extended families out of Gaza

B.C. MP Jenny Kwan leading lobby in Ottawa as families begin to lose faith and hope

The New Democrats are calling for Ottawa to create special immigration measures to help get Canadians’ extended family members out of the Gaza Strip, as it has during other crises in recent years. NDP MP Jenny Kwan speaks to reporters in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Monday, May 29, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
In this frame grab from video, flooded streets are seen in the town of Katesh, in Tanzania, Sunday, Dec 3, 2023. The town of Katesh was hit with heavy rain on Saturday, and roads were blocked by mud and water. (AP Photo).

Deadly floods and landslides rip through Tanzania

Authorities say heavy rains kill at least 47 and hurt or strand many more

In this frame grab from video, flooded streets are seen in the town of Katesh, in Tanzania, Sunday, Dec 3, 2023. The town of Katesh was hit with heavy rain on Saturday, and roads were blocked by mud and water. (AP Photo).
FILE - The U.S. Supreme Court is seen before sunrise on Capitol Hill in Washington, March. 21, 2022. On Dec. 4, 2023, the Supreme Court will hear arguments over a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids.(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Drug giant’s settlement hearing determing accountability in opioid crisis

OxyContin maker’s bankruptcy deal goes before the Supreme Court, with billions of dollars at stake

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FILE - The U.S. Supreme Court is seen before sunrise on Capitol Hill in Washington, March. 21, 2022. On Dec. 4, 2023, the Supreme Court will hear arguments over a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids.(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
FILE - A man uses plastic to cover a broken window in his apartment following a Russian drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. On Monday, Dec. 4, the Biden Administration sent Congress an urgent warning about the need to approve tens of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Ukraine, saying that Kyiv’s war effort to defend itself from Russia’s invasion may grind to a halt without it. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

Biden worries dwindling U.S. cash flow could ‘kneecap’ Ukraine war effort

U. S. running out of money for Ukraine, which could hinder fight against Russia, White House warns

FILE - A man uses plastic to cover a broken window in his apartment following a Russian drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. On Monday, Dec. 4, the Biden Administration sent Congress an urgent warning about the need to approve tens of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Ukraine, saying that Kyiv’s war effort to defend itself from Russia’s invasion may grind to a halt without it. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
FILE - U.S. President Joe Biden, left, and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi talk during the G20 leaders summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Nov. 15, 2022. The warm ties India and the United States have built are being tested after US prosecutors on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, accused an Indian official of orchestrating an alleged assassination plot in New York City. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, Pool, File)

India-U.S. ties could face test after a foiled assassination attempt on a Sikh

The plot, which was foiled a U.S. sting, emerged just days after the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar

FILE - U.S. President Joe Biden, left, and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi talk during the G20 leaders summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Nov. 15, 2022. The warm ties India and the United States have built are being tested after US prosecutors on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, accused an Indian official of orchestrating an alleged assassination plot in New York City. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, Pool, File)
The Garisenda, left, and Asinelli towers are pictured in Bologna, Italy, March 20, 2020. Bologna’s Garisenda tower has been locked down for fear it could collapse. Authorities have provided a security cordon in case of collapse.The Garisenda tower along with the Asinelli(97meters)tower is one of the beauties and attractions for tourists visiting Bologna, and a landmark for citizens. (Massimo Paolone, Lapresse Via AP)

Italian officials secure 12th-century leaning tower to prevent collapse

The Garisenda tower has leaned since it was built ‘and has been a concern ever since’

The Garisenda, left, and Asinelli towers are pictured in Bologna, Italy, March 20, 2020. Bologna’s Garisenda tower has been locked down for fear it could collapse. Authorities have provided a security cordon in case of collapse.The Garisenda tower along with the Asinelli(97meters)tower is one of the beauties and attractions for tourists visiting Bologna, and a landmark for citizens. (Massimo Paolone, Lapresse Via AP)
Palestinians wounded in Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip are brought to a hospital in Khan Younis, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Israel intensifies its assault on southern Gaza, renews concern about civilian deaths

At least 200 Palestinians have been killed since the fighting resumed Friday morning

Palestinians wounded in Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip are brought to a hospital in Khan Younis, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
Seven suspected illegal miners were confirmed dead and more than 20 others were missing and presumed dead after heavy rains caused landslides that buried them inside tunnels they had been digging at a copper mine in Zambia, police and local authorities said Saturday. (File photo)

7 suspected illegal miners dead, 20 others missing in Zambia landslide

The southern African nation is among the 10 biggest copper producers in the world

Seven suspected illegal miners were confirmed dead and more than 20 others were missing and presumed dead after heavy rains caused landslides that buried them inside tunnels they had been digging at a copper mine in Zambia, police and local authorities said Saturday. (File photo)
A man takes pictures of snow covered cars after heavy snow fall in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

A snowstorm brings Munich airport to standstill leading to travel chaos

The airport has announced flights will be cancelled until 6 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 3

A man takes pictures of snow covered cars after heavy snow fall in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)