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Michigan school shooting victims speak as teen described …

Ethan Crumbley is escorted out of court, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Pontiac, Mich. Parents of students killed at Michigan's Oxford High School described the anguish of losing their children Friday as a judge considered whether a teenager will serve a life sentence for a mass shooting in 2021. Crumbley, 17, could be locked up with no chance for parole for killing four fellow students and wounding others. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, Pool)

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Hunter Biden indicted on tax charges

FILE - Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, walks from Marine One upon arrival at Fort McNair, June 25, 2023, in Washington. Hunter Biden has been indicted on nine tax charges in California as a special counsel investigation into the business dealings of the president's son intensifies against the backdrop of the looming 2024 election.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Jonathan Majors begged accuser to avoid hospital, warning …

Grace Jabbari, the accuser in the assault case against Jonathan Majors, leaves court after giving testimony, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

New York can enforce laws banning guns from ‘sensitive …

California faces record $68 billion budget deficit, nonpartisan …

FILE -- Legislative Analyst Gabriel Petek, left, discusses Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposed 2020-21 revised state budget during a hearing the state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., May 26, 2020. On Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, Petek said California is facing a $68 billion budget deficit. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool, File)

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Massachusetts attorney general files civil rights lawsuit …

FILE - Andrea Campbell, Attorney General of Massachusetts, answers a question during an interview at the State Attorneys General Association meetings, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, in Boston. Campbell has filed a lawsuit on Thursday, Dec. 7, accusing a white nationalist group of civil rights violations, saying it repeatedly subjected LGBTQ+ events and facilities sheltering migrant families to intimidation and harassment. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

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UNLV gunman was unemployed professor who had 150 …

This Dec. 4, 2012 photo provided by UNLV shows Cha Jan "Jerry" Chang, an associate professor in the business school's Management, Entrepreneurship & Technology department. Chang was one of three people shot and killed in Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023 shooting on the University of Nevada Las Vegas campus. (R. Marsh Starks/UNLV via AP)

Pregnant woman in Kentucky sues for the right to …

FILE - Abortion-rights supporters chant their objections at the Kentucky Capitol, April 13, 2022, in Frankfort, Ky. A pregnant woman in Kentucky filed a lawsuit Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, challenging the state's sweeping abortion ban, saying the right to terminate a pregnancy is crucial for people to "control their lives.” The suit, filed in state court in Louisville, says Kentucky's near-total prohibition against abortion violates the plaintiff's rights to privacy and self-determination under the state constitution. (AP Photo/Bruce Schreiner, File)

Houston has a population that’s young. Its next mayor, …

FILE - In this photo combination, U.S. Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee, D-Texas, left, speaks during a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 13, 2019, and at right, Democratic state Sen. John Whitmire answers a question during a televised candidates debate at Houston Public Media studios, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, in Houston. A mayoral runoff Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023 between state Sen. John Whitmire, 74, and U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, 73, has the fourth-largest city in the U.S. on the verge of picking a new leader who cuts against Houston's demographic trends. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Michael Wyke, File)

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Man who fired shotgun outside New York synagogue …

A menorah stands outside the entrance to Temple Israel, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, in Albany, N.Y. A 28-year-old suspect was in police custody for allegedly firing two rounds from a shotgun outside the Jewish temple on Friday, just hours before the start of Hanukkah. Officials said no one was injured and police they did not know the man's motive.(AP Photo/Maysoon Khan)

U.S. sanctions officials from Afghanistan to China …

FILE- The U.S. Treasury Department building is shown at dusk in Washington on June 6, 2019. The U.S. on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, imposed sanctions on a Belgian involved in procuring electronics for the Russian military, his companies and a group of Belarusian firms and people tied to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Lawmakers seek action against Elf Bar and other fruity …

FILE - An Elf Bar disposable vaping pod device and a health warning on its packaging is displayed, Monday, June 26, 2023, in Washington. U.S. lawmakers are demanding information on federal efforts to stop the recent influx of kid-appealing electronic cigarettes from China. A letter sent Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, by a congressional committee investigating Chinese policies called attention to “the extreme proliferation of illicit vaping products.” (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

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NC’s Manning joins list of reps departing DC

FILE - U.S. Rep. Kathy Manning, D-N.C., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol, July 19, 2022, in Washington. Manning was injured in a car accident on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, in her district and was treated at a hospital, her office said. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

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Live updates | Palestinians live in dire conditions …

Mourners attend the funeral of Israeli soldier Master Sgt. Gal Meir Eizenkot, 25, who was killed in fighting in Gaza, at the military cemetery in Herzliya, Israel, on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. The death of Eizenkot, the son of Gadi Eizenkot, Israel's former army chief who is also currently a member of Israel's war cabinet, has resonated across the country and drawn condolences from Israel's top leaders (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Putin will seek another term as Russian president, …

FILE - President Clinton greets Russia's new Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the Stamford Plaza Hotel in Auckland, New Zealand on Sept. 12, 1999. Putin on Friday Dec. 8, 2023 moved to prolong his repressive and unyielding grip on Russia for another six years, announcing his candidacy in the 2024 presidential election that he is all but certain to win. (AP Photo/Greg Gibson, File)

A rocket attack targets the US Embassy in Baghdad, …

This is a locator map for Iraq with its capital, Baghdad. (AP Photo)

Scottish court upholds UK decision to block Scotland’s …

FILE - The flags of Britain, Scotland and European Union wave outside the Scottish parliament in Edinburgh, Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. Scotland’s highest civil court on Friday upheld the British government’s move to block a landmark gender-recognition law passed by the Scottish parliament, underscoring the growing divide over local control of legislation in the nations of the United Kingdom. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell, File)

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Six Palestinians are killed in the Israeli military’s …

Medics evacuate a wounded Palestinian following an Israeli military raid in Faraa refugee camp, West Bank, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. The Palestinian Health Ministry says that five Palestinians were killed when Israeli forces raided the camp prompting fighting with local militants. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

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Extremely rare white alligator is born at a Florida …

This photo provided by Gatorland shows a white-skinned, leucistic alligator. There are only seven leucistic alligators in the world with three of them located at Gatorland Orlando, according to officials with the reptile park located in central Florida, who announced the birth on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. (Ken Guzzetti/Gatorland via AP)

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A deer broke into a New Jersey elementary school. …

In this. image taken from police body camera video released by the Toms River, N.J., Police Department, officers pursue a deer down a hallway at Cedar Grove Elementary School, Nov. 25, 2023, in Toms River, N.J. (Toms River Police Department via AP)

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