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Harris campaigns with Liz Cheney at the GOP’s birthplace while Trump rallies in Michigan

Harris campaigns with Liz Cheney at the GOP’s birthplace while Trump rallies in Michigan

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press RIPON, Wis. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris rallied with Republican Liz Cheney in the birthplace of the modern Republican Party on Thursday as the pair…

Soul-searching and regret over unheeded warnings follow Helene’s destruction

Soul-searching and regret over unheeded warnings follow Helene’s destruction

By JIM MUSTIAN, BERNARD CONDON and ERIK VERDUZCO Associated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Before Hurricane Helene’s landfall last week, the National Weather Service began an all-out blitz to alert emergency planners, first responders and residents across…

Dockworkers’ union to suspend strike until Jan. 15 to allow time to negotiate new contract

Dockworkers’ union to suspend strike until Jan. 15 to allow time to negotiate new contract

By TOM KRISHER AP Business Writer DETROIT (AP) — The union representing 45,000 striking U.S. dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports has reached a deal to suspend a three-day strike until Jan. 15 to…

Biden’s student loan cancellation free to move forward as court order expires

Biden’s student loan cancellation free to move forward as court order expires

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Missouri put a temporary hold on President Joe Biden’s latest student loan cancellation plan on Thursday, slamming the door on hope it would move…

Stock market today: Oil prices jump again on worries about the Middle East as Wall Street fades

Stock market today: Oil prices jump again on worries about the Middle East as Wall Street fades

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Crude prices jumped Thursday on worries that worsening tensions in the Middle East could disrupt the global flow of oil, while U.S. stocks pulled back further from…

Israel extends evacuation warnings in Lebanon, signaling a wider offensive

Israel extends evacuation warnings in Lebanon, signaling a wider offensive

By FADI TAWIL and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military on Thursday warned people to evacuate a city and other communities in southern Lebanon that are north of a U.N.-declared buffer…