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German Christmas market ramming is the latest attack to use vehicles as deadly weapons
Police are treating a car-ramming at a Christmas market in Germany that killed at least five people as an attack
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Senate passes Social Security benefits boost for many public service retirees
The Senate has passed legislation to boost Social Security payments for millions of people
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Sectarian violence in Syria has been less intense than feared since Assad's ouster
The toppling of Bashar Assad has raised tentative hopes that Syrians might live peacefully and as equals after a half century of authoritarian rule
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At least 2 dead and 60 hurt after a car drives into a German Christmas market in a suspected attack
Authorities in the German city of Magdeburg say at least two people were killed and dozens were injured after a car plowed into a busy Christmas market what officials called a deliberate attack
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Indonesians mark 2 decades since the tragic tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands
Two decades after a catastrophic tsunami destroyed her village, Tria Asnani still cries when she recalls how she lost her mother while trying to escape the giant waves and her father to the sea
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Senate approves 235th judge of Biden's term, beating Trump's tally
President Joe Biden has secured the 235th judicial confirmation of his presidency
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A judge says Missouri's abortion ban isn’t enforceable, but there's no start date for abortions
A judge has ruled that Missouri’s near-total abortion ban is unenforceable under a new constitutional amendment
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Amazon and Starbucks workers are on strike. Trump might have something to do with it
Amazon delivery drivers and Starbucks baristas are on strike in a handful of U.S. cities as they seek to exert pressure on the two major companies to recognize them as unionized employees or to meet demands for an inaugural labor contract
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Indiana man sentenced to the maximum of 130 years in prison for 2017 killings of 2 teenage girls
An Indiana man convicted in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls who vanished during a winter hike has been sentenced to the maximum of 130 years in prison
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Gisèle Pelicot's Australian supporters are moved that their French heroine wore an Aboriginal scarf
A group of Gisèle Pelicot’s Australian admirers say they're moved that the victim in France’s notorious drugging-and-rape case has acknowledged her distant supporters Down Under by wearing a scarf adorned with Aboriginal art
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