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FILE - A coal-fired power plant operates near wind turbines Niederaussem, Germany, as the sun rises on Nov. 2, 2022. Climate negotiators gather in Dubai for marathon United Nations talks that include a first-ever assessment of how well the world is doing in its battle against global warming. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

Climate contradictions key at UN talks. Less future warming projected, yet there's more current pain

Experts say the world is heading for considerably less warming than projected a decade ago, but that good news is overwhelmed by much more pain from current climate change than scientists … more

By SETH BORENSTEIN | 11/28/23

From her hospital bed in Wrangell, Alaska, on Nov. 24, 2023, Christina Florschutz demonstrates how she pulled pajama bottoms that she found in the landslide debris over her legs, arms and head to keep warm. Her house was destroyed in the Nov. 20, 2023, landslide. After spending the night in the wreckage, she was rescued the following morning. (Caroleine James/Wrangell Sentinel via AP)

Alaska landslide survivor says force of impact threw her around 'like a piece of weightless popcorn'

A survivor of the deadly landslide in Alaska last week says the force of the impact threw her around like a "piece of weightless popcorn." Christina Florschutz was in the upstairs of her home when … more

11/28/23

Alex Murdaugh shakes hands with his attorney Jim Griffin during his sentencing for stealing from 18 clients, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, at the Beaufort County Courthouse in Beaufort, S.C. (Andrew J. Whitaker/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool)

The victims of Alex Murdaugh's financial fraud angrily confront him in court before his sentencing

Several of the 18 victims of Alex Murdaugh's financial fraud are letting the disgraced South Carolina lawyer know just how much he harmed them. Among those testifying at a sentencing hearing Tuesday … more

By JEFFREY COLLINS | 11/28/23

Mayo Clinic announces $5 billion expansion of Minnesota campus

The Mayo Clinic has announced a $5 billion expansion plan that includes new buildings designed so they can evolve and expand as patient needs change over the coming decades. The project is part of a … more

By STEVE KARNOWSKI | 11/28/23

A customer turns away after looking at big-screen televisions on display in a Best Buy store Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023, in southeast Denver. On Tuesday, the Conference Board reports on U.S. consumer confidence for November. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

American consumers more confident in November as holiday shopping season kicks into high gear

American consumers are feeling slightly more confident this month as the all-important holiday shopping season kicks into high gear. The Conference Board, a business research group, said Tuesday that … more

By MATT OTT | 11/28/23

This still image provided by Terrace Films, shows Saleha Jabeen at an Army Reserve Base, in September 2017, in Fort Sheridan, Ill. Jabeen is featured in "Three Chaplains," a documentary that offers a peek into the worlds of Muslim military chaplains. (Courtesy David Washburn/Terrace Films via AP)

New documentary offers a peek into the triumphs and struggles of Muslim chaplains in US military

The small group of Muslim chaplains in the U.S. military tends to the souls and spirits of troops of all faiths and no faith. At times, they break barriers and celebrate milestones, like the … more

By MARIAM FAM | 11/28/23

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, Ukrainian Emergency workers try to push a car trapped in snow on the Odesa region highway, Ukraine, Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. Heavy snowfalls and storm has hit Ukraine on Monday leaving more than 2,000 towns and villages in war-torn country without power. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP Photo)

Tornadoes forecast in the Black Sea region as storm reportedly impacts Russian military operations

Tornadoes have been forecast for the Black Sea region after a storm left more than 2 million people without electricity in Crimea, Russia and Ukraine. The Institute for the Study of War think tank … more

By The Associated Press | 11/28/23

Released Palestinian prisoner Muhammad Abu Al-Humus, 17, hugs his mother after arriving home in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya, Tuesday Nov. 28, 2023. Eleven Israeli women and children, freed by Hamas, entered Israel Monday night in the fourth swap under the original four-day truce, which began Friday and had been due to run out. Qatar said Israel was to release 33 Palestinians from its prisons, mostly teenagers. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Live updates | Israel and Hamas extend truce, agree to free more hostages and prisoners

Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend their cease-fire for two days, raising the prospect of further exchanges of militant-held hostages for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel and a longer halt … more

By The Associated Press | 11/28/23

A Navy P-8A plane that overshot a runway at Marine Corps Base Hawaii and landed in shallow water offshore sits on a reef and sand in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. The U.S. Navy said Monday that it has removed nearly all of the fuel from the large plane that landed in an environmentally sensitive bay, but it doesn't have a timetable for when it will get the aircraft out of the water. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)

US Navy removes fuel from plane that overshot Hawaii runway and is now resting on a reef and sand

The U.S. Navy says it has removed nearly all of the fuel from a plane that overshot a Hawaii runway and landed in an environmentally sensitive bay. But officials don't have a timetable for when it … more

By AUDREY McAVOY | 11/27/23

FILE - Infowars founder Alex Jones appears in court to testify during the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court, Sept. 22, 2022, in Waterbury, Conn. Sandy Hook families who won nearly $1.5 billion in legal judgments against conspiracy theorist Jones for calling the 2012 Connecticut school shooting a hoax have offered to settle that debt for only pennies on the dollar — at least $85 million over 10 years. (Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool, File)

Sandy Hook families offer to settle Alex Jones' $1.5 billion legal debt for a minimum of $85 million

Families of children and educators killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have made an offer to conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay only a fraction of the $1.5 billion in legal … more

By DAVE COLLINS | 11/27/23

FILE - Retired schoolteacher Tom Wingo, of Samaritans Without Borders, walks on the Roosevelt Easement picking up trash along the border fence as a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent patrols the area, Aug. 29, 2023, in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument near Lukeville, Ariz. On Monday, Nov. 27, Customs and Border Protection said it was closing one of two bridges to vehicles in Eagle Pass, Texas, a town of about 30,000 people that, for a while last year, was the busiest corridor for illegal crossings. It is also reducing vehicle entries in Lukeville, a remote desert crossing that has become a major migration route in recent months. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

US closes border crossing to vehicles and limits traffic at another in response to illegal entries

U.S. authorities say they are closing a Texas border crossing to vehicles and limiting traffic at an Arizona crossing to shift more resources to illegal entries. The decision is the latest sign of … more

11/27/23

Trump says he will renew efforts to replace 'Obamacare' if he wins a second term

Former President Donald Trump says he wants to reopen the contentious fight over the Affordable Care Act. He posted on his social media site Saturday that he is “seriously looking at … more

By JILL COLVIN | 11/27/23

The Evpatoria - Saki highway is covered with water after a storm in Crimea, Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. A storm in the Black Sea took down power grids and left almost half a million people without power after it flooded roads, ripped up trees and damaged buildings in Crimea, Russian state news agency Tass said. (AP Photo)

More than half a million people left without power in Crimea, Russia and Ukraine after huge storm

A storm in the Black Sea damaged buildings and knocked down power lines, leaving more than half a million people without power in Crimea, Russia and Ukraine, Russian state media and Ukraine's energy … more

By The Associated Press | 11/27/23

Immigrants who have been in the U.S. for years, rally asking for work permits for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and Temporary Protected Status (TPS), programs at Franklin Park in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Tensions simmer as newcomers and immigrants with deeper US roots strive for work permits

Mayors, governors and others have been forceful advocates for newly arrived migrants seeking shelter and work permits. However, their efforts and existing laws have exposed tensions among immigrants … more

By GISELA SALOMON and SOPHIA TAREEN | 11/27/23

Omar Atshan, 17, is hugged by his mother after being released from an Israeli prison in the West Bank town of Ramallah, Sunday Nov. 26, 2023. Israel released 39 Palestinian prisoners in a third exchange of hostages for prisoners with Hamas Sunday. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Live updates | Israel and Hamas prepare for fourth swap as mediators seek to extend cease-fire

Israel and Hamas are preparing for a fourth exchange of militant-held hostages for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel, as mediators seek to extend a cease-fire in Gaza. On Sunday, Hamas freed 17 more … more

By The Associated Press | 11/27/23

How did humans get to the brink of crashing climate? A long push for progress and energy to fuel it

Earth's climate is in trouble, and the signs could be seen around the world this summer. Record-breaking heat, deadly flooding, withering droughts, wildfires that choked air for thousands of miles … more

By DANA BELTAJI | 11/27/23

FILE - This photo provided by the Alaska Department of Public Safety shows the landslide that occurred the previous evening near Wrangell, Alaska, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. Authorities recovered the body of Kara Heller, 11, Saturday evening, Nov. 25, from the debris of a landslide in southeast Alaska that tore down a wooded mountainside, smashing into the homes in a remote fishing village Monday night, Nov. 20. The girl is the fourth confirmed killed by the landslide from the Heller family. (Alaska Department of Public Safety via AP, File)

Girl, 11, confirmed as fourth victim of Alaska landslide, two people still missing

Authorities have recovered the body of an 11-year-old girl from a landslide that smashed into homes in an Alaska fishing village days ago. The girl was identified as Kara Heller and she was the … more

11/26/23

Producer Marty Krofft arrives at the premiere of "Land of the Lost," at Gramuan's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, May 30, 2009. Krofft, one of the producing pair that put 'H.R. Pufnstuf' and the Osmonds on TV, has died at 86, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Marty Krofft, of producing pair that put 'H.R. Pufnstuf' and the Osmonds on TV, dies at 86

Longtime TV producer Marty Krofft has died at age 86. He was known for imaginative children’s shows such as “H.R. Pufnstuf” and primetime hits including “Donny & Marie” in the 1970s. … more

By JENNIFER PELTZ | 11/26/23

President Joe Biden speaks to reporters in Nantucket, Mass., Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023, about hostages freed by Hamas in a third set of releases under a four-day cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Biden says 4-year-old Abigail Edan was released by Hamas. He hopes more U.S. hostages will be freed

President Joe Biden has confirmed that Abigail Edan, a 4-year-old American girl held hostage by Hamas after her parents were killed, has been released as part of the cease-fire deal in the … more

By SEUNG MIN KIM and COLLEEN LONG | 11/26/23

Russia puts spokesman for tech giant and Facebook owner Meta on wanted list

Russia's interior ministry has added the spokesman of U.S. tech giant Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, to a wanted list, according to its online database. Russian state and independent media … more

By The Associated Press | 11/26/23