Wednesday, January 15
Gunman shot dead, 3 police injured in shooting near Israeli embassy in Jordan
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Gunman shot dead, 3 police injured in shooting near Israeli embassy in Jordan

Jordan's AMMAN According to official media and a security source, a shooting near the Israeli embassy in neighboring Jordan left one shooter dead and three police officers wounded on Sunday. According to state news agency Petra, which cited public security, police shot a shooter who had opened fire on a police patrol in Amman's Rabiah neighborhood. They also said that investigations were still on. Mohamed Momani, the minister of government communications for Jordan, called the shooting a terror assault that targeted the nation's public security services. Investigations into the attack are underway, he added in a statement. Witnesses reported hearing gunshots, prompting Jordanian police to block off a section close to the tightly guarded embassy. According to two witnesses, police and amb...
Chuck Woolery, game show host of ‘Love Connection’ and ‘Scrabble,’ dies at 83
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Chuck Woolery, game show host of ‘Love Connection’ and ‘Scrabble,’ dies at 83

The friendly, easygoing host of Wheel of Fortune, Love Connection, and Scrabble, Chuck Woolery, who subsequently turned into a right-wing podcaster who attacked liberals and accused the government of lying about COVID-19, has passed away. He was eighty-three. Woolery passed away at home in Texas with his wife, Kristen, by his side, according to an email received early Sunday by Woolery's friend and podcast co-host, Mark Young. According to Young, life would not be the same without Chuck, who was a cherished brother and friend and a strong believer. Woolery received a daytime Emmy nomination in 1978 and was inducted into the American TV Game Show Hall of Fame in 2007 for his matinee idol appearance, coiffed hair, and ease with clever humor. During his 11-year tenure as presenter of TV's Lo...
2 dead and 1 injured in Civil Air Patrol plane crash in Colorado
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2 dead and 1 injured in Civil Air Patrol plane crash in Colorado

A Civil Air Patrol aircraft crashed in Colorado on Saturday while conducting a training flight, leaving two people dead and one injured, according to authorities. The Larimer County Sheriff's Office said in a statement Saturday night that the collision on Storm Mountain, which is approximately 80 miles north of Denver, was reported just after 11 a.m. All three passengers were discovered by responding deputies, two of whom were subsequently pronounced deceased, according to the report. According to the sheriff's office, the aircraft, which belonged to the Thompson Valley Composite Squadron, crashed in Larimer County while conducting aerial photography as part of a regular training operation. The deceased were identified by Governor Jared Polis as aerial photographer Jay Rhoten and pilot Sus...
Orlando Pride bests Washington Spirit 1-0 to win NWSL championship
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Orlando Pride bests Washington Spirit 1-0 to win NWSL championship

Kansas City, Missouri. With a 1-0 victory over the Washington Spirit on Saturday, the Orlando Pride won their first National Women's Soccer League title thanks to a goal from Barbra Banda in the 37th minute. Banda dribbled into the right side of the box, dribbled by a defender, kicked the ball with her left foot on the ground, and kicked it past the goalie. She scored in every round of the playoffs, becoming her the first player in the NWSL to do so. The VAR ruled that the play was fair even though the Pride's Angelina almost received a push call before giving it to Banda. The Spirit (20-7-2) had two more shots on goal, outshot the Pride 25-9, maintained possession 58% of the time, and dominated the game. In the 47th minute, Rosemonde Kouassi headed a ball from a distance of roughly ten ...
New attorney general pick’s past vow: prosecute the ‘bad’ prosecutors who indicted Trump
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New attorney general pick’s past vow: prosecute the ‘bad’ prosecutors who indicted Trump

Pam Bondi, the attorney general of Florida, had to decide in 2013 whether to join other state attorneys general's investigations into Trump University, where students paid up to $35,000 for business programs that detractors said were fraudulent. Bondi and Kamala Harris, the attorney general of California at the time, refused to participate in the inquiry despite student accusations of exploitation. Both claimed that the money affected their office's choice, despite having accepted campaign donations from Donald Trump. The two former state attorneys general have since taken diametrically opposed political trajectories. In the 2020 and 2024 elections, Harris criticized Trump, portraying him as a threat to democracy and a commercial scam.It was earlier this month that Trump was reelected. Ove...
Soggy Thanksgiving possible, with rain and snow in forecast for busy travel week
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Soggy Thanksgiving possible, with rain and snow in forecast for busy travel week

As winter-pattern storms continue to move across the continental landscape from west to east, forecasters are increasingly predicting a cold and rainy Thanksgiving week. According to the Transportation Security Administration, the potentially rainy, snowy, and chilly weather might coincide with what is expected to be the busiest Thanksgiving travel week to date. According to NBC News meteorologists on Saturday, a lot of the country will continue to experience active weather over the holiday week. According to them, Wednesday and Thursday might see a storm system that produces both rain and snow, but there was little confidence in the specifics. According to the government Weather Prediction Center, a diagonal low-pressure front with rain, snow, and plunging temperatures was likely to affec...
2 dead and 1 injured in Civil Air Patrol plane crash in Colorado
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2 dead and 1 injured in Civil Air Patrol plane crash in Colorado

Governor Jared Polis stated in a statement that a Civil Air Patrol jet crashed in Colorado on Saturday, killing two people and injuring one. The deceased were identified by Polis as aerial photographer Jay Rhoten and pilot Susan Wolber. The co-pilot was identified as the injured party. According to Polis, the aircraft, which belonged to the Thompson Valley Composite Squadron, crashed in Larimer County. In an XSaturday afternoon post, the Larimer County Sheriff's Office stated that it was responding to a plane crash at Storm Mountain, approximately 48 miles north of Boulder, in conjunction with Larimer County Emergency Services and local partners. The aircraft was identified as a Cessna 182 by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The Civil Air Patrol said that it was participati...
Remains found in 1973 identified as Pennsylvania teen girl who left for school and never returned
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Remains found in 1973 identified as Pennsylvania teen girl who left for school and never returned

Authorities in Pennsylvania said this week that they had definitively identified the remains of a child whose corpse was discovered in 1973, concealed in undergrowth underneath a plastic sheet. At a press conference on Wednesday, Pennsylvania State Police Sgt. Josh Lacey informed reporters that the remains belonged to 14-year-old Ruth Elizabeth Brenneman. On October 10, 1973, some 47 miles from Brenneman's York County home, two game wardens discovered the decomposing body of a little girl in a forested area in Lebanon County, according to Lacey. The cause of her death was unknown. According to Lacey, authorities have been trying to identify the girl for the past 50 years. In May 2016, authorities exhumed the girl's body from Mount Lebanon Cemetery in an additional attempt to identify her, ...
Trump picks Brooke Rollins to be agriculture secretary
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Trump picks Brooke Rollins to be agriculture secretary

The president-electBrooke Rollins, head of the America First Policy Institute, has been appointed agriculture secretary by Donald Trump. According to a statement released by Trump, Brooke will lead the charge to defend American farmers, who are genuinely the foundation of our nation, as our new Secretary of Agriculture. Rollins would oversee a 100,000-person organization with offices in every county in the US if the Senate confirmed him. The agency's duties would include commerce, agricultural research, forestry, home and farm lending, food safety, rural development, farm and nutrition programs, and more. In 2024, its budget was $437.2 billion. Both urban and rural Americans' diets and finances would be impacted by the nominee's plan. Among other things, Department of Agriculture employees...
Rich nations raise COP29 climate finance offer in bid to break deadlock
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Rich nations raise COP29 climate finance offer in bid to break deadlock

BAKU — In a hard-won agreement reached at the COP29 meeting in Baku, countries agreed on Sunday to an annual financing target of $300 billion to help poorer countries deal with the repercussions of climate change, with affluent countries leading the payments. The new objective is meant to take the place of the developed countries' prior pledge to give poorer countries $100 billion annually in climate finance by 2020. That objective ends in 2025 and was achieved two years later, in 2022. The United Nations climate director Simon Steill praised the pact as an insurance policy for humanity, but underdeveloped countries denounced it as inadequate. After the agreement was approved, Steill remarked, "It has been a challenging journey, but we have delivered a deal." This agreement will save billi...