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Wall Street climbs, sending Nasdaq to a record

NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street got back to climbing after the latest update on inflation appeared to clear the way for more help for the economy from the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 gained 0.8%. The Nasdaq composite was up 1.8% to top the 20,000 level for the first time.

What did you Google in 2024?

NEW YORK (AP) - Remember what you searched for in 2024? Google does. Google released its annual "Year in Search" on Tuesday, rounding up the top trending queries entered into its namesake search engine in 2024. The results show terms that saw the highest spike in traffic compared to last year.

Syrians flock to morgues looking for loved ones

DAMASCUS (AP) - Mohammad Chaeeb spoke softly into his phone, telling a relative the grim news: He found his brother at the morgue. "I saw him and said my goodbyes," he said. His gaze lingered on the blackened body of Sami Chaeeb, whose teeth were bared and whose eye sockets were empty.

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Supreme Court allows investors' class action against Nvidia

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is allowing a class-action lawsuit that accuses Nvidia of misleading investors about its past dependence on selling computer chips for the mining of volatile cryptocurrency to proceed.

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OpenAI releases AI video generator Sora

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - OpenAI has publicly released its new artificial intelligence video generator Sora but the company won’t let most users depict people as it monitors for patterns of misuse.

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EU targets Russia's ghost shipping fleet

BRUSSELS (AP) - European Union envoys have agreed a new raft of sanctions against Russia over its war on Ukraine, targeting in particular a vast shadow fleet of ships that Moscow is exploiting to skirt restrictions on transporting oil and fuel, the EU's Hungarian presidency said on Wednesday.

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Russia strikes Ukraine medical clinic

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Rescue crews working through the night pulled two women from rubble more than seven hours after a Russian missile struck a private medical clinic in a southern Ukraine city, killing six people and wounding 22 others, authorities said Wednesday.

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Palestinians urge support for UN ceasefire

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The Palestinians urged U.N. member nations to support resolutions demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and backing the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees that Israel has moved to ban.

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Biden approves national security memo to help Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden has approved a new national security memorandum that is meant to serve as a roadmap for the incoming Trump administration as it looks to counter growing cooperation among China, Iran, North Korea and Russia, the White House said Wednesday.

NEW YORK (AP) - He’s making threats, traveling abroad and negotiating with world leaders. Donald Trump has more than a month and a half to go before he’s sworn in for a second term. But the Republican president-elect is already moving aggressively not just to fill his Cabinet and outline policy goals, but to achieve those priorities.