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AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EST

By AP Pope calls for nations to overcome divisions in Christmas address as communities celebrate worldwide VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message on Wednesday urged “all people of all nations” to find courage during this Holy Year “to silence the sounds of arms and overcome divisions” plaguing the world, from

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AP News Summary at 10:31 p.m. EST

By AP Pope calls for nations to overcome divisions in Christmas address as communities celebrate worldwide VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message has urged “all people of all nations” to find courage during this Holy Year “to silence the sounds of arms and overcome divisions” plaguing the world, from the

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Azerbaijani airliner crashes in Kazakhstan, killing 38 with 29 survivors, officials say

By KATIE MARIE DAVIES and DASHA LITVINOVA – Associated Press An Azerbaijani airliner with 67 people onboard crashed Wednesday near the Kazakhstani city of Aktau, killing 38 people and leaving 29 survivors, a Kazakh official said. Deputy Prime Minister Kanat Bozumbaev disclosed the figures while meeting with Azerbaijani officials, the Russian news agency Interfax reported.

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Clashes between Islamists now in power in Syria and Assad’s supporters kill 6 fighters

By SALLY ABOU ALJOUD, OMAR ALBAM and GHAITH ALSAYED – Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Clashes between Islamists who took over Syria and supporters of ousted President Bashar Assad’s government killed six Islamic fighters on Wednesday and wounded others, according to a British-based war monitor. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the fighters

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Undersea power cable linking Finland and Estonia hit by outage, prompting investigation

By AP FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A power cable linking Finland and Estonia under the Baltic Sea suffered an outage, prompting an investigation, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said Wednesday. Writing on X, Orpo said that power transmission through the Estlink-2 cable stopped Wednesday and that authorities were “investigating the matter.” He said the interruption

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AP Trending SummaryBrief at 5:41 p.m. EST

By AP Jackpot for Mega Millions surges past $1B after no numbers match on Christmas Eve drawing Hang onto those stocking-stuffer lottery tickets. The Mega Millions jackpot has surpassed $1 billion after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn on Christmas Eve. That means the estimated jackpot for Friday’s drawing is $1.15 billion, potentially the

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Taliban say Pakistani airstrikes killed 46 people in eastern Afghanistan, mostly women and children

By RIAZ KHAN and MUNIR AHMED – Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s airstrikes on eastern Afghanistan killed 46 people, mostly women and children, a Taliban government official said Wednesday, raising fears of further straining relations between the two neighbors. Hamdullah Fitrat, the deputy spokesman for the Afghan government, said those killed in the

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Fate of Trump’s Cabinet picks unclear as Republicans prepare to take power in Senate

By MARY CLARE JALONICK – Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The fate of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet is still unclear after Republican senators spent much of December carefully dodging questions about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ’s views on vaccines, accusations of sexual misconduct against Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard’s 2017 meeting with then-President Bashar Assad

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JD Vance Fast Facts

By CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Vice President JD Vance. Personal Birth date: August 2, 1984 Birth place: Middletown, Ohio Birth name: James Donald Bowman Father: Donald Bowman Mother: Beverly Aikins, nurse Marriage: Usha (Chilukuri) Vance (2014-present) Children: Ewan, Vivek and Mirabel Education: Ohio State University, B.A.,

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