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Study says the US is ill-prepared to ensure housing …

FILE - Kevin Hendershot pours ice into a bucket outside his tent in "The Zone," homeless encampment, July 14, 2023, in downtown Phoenix. The United States is ill-prepared to ensure housing and care for the swelling ranks of America's older people. That's the conclusion of a new report being released Thursday by Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

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Biden administration proposes biggest changes to lead …

FILE - Lead water pipes pulled from underneath the street are seen in Newark, N.J., Oct. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Henry Kissinger was a trusted confidant to President Nixon …

FILE - Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, left, gestures to the audience in the East Room of the White House, Sept. 22, 1973, as President Richard Nixon watches, in Washington. Kissinger had just been sworn in as the 56th secretary of state. Kissinger, the diplomat with the thick glasses and gravelly voice who dominated foreign policy as the United States extricated itself from Vietnam and broke down barriers with China, died Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. He was 100. (AP Photo, File)

A US Navy plane went into a Hawaii bay. Underwater video …

In this image taken from video provided by the U.S. Navy, Navy divers assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit One (MDSU-1) conduct an underwater survey of the U.S. Navy's P-8A Poseidon in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. The U.S. Navy said the underwater footage shows two points where the large plane is touching coral in the Hawaii bay. It's been more than a week since the Navy plane overshot a runway and landed in shallow water just offshore of Marine Corps Base Hawaii at Kaneohe Bay. (U.S. Navy via AP)

Leaked document says US is willing to build replacement …

FILE - Water moves through a spillway of the Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River near Almota, Wash., on April 11, 2018. In the clearest sign yet that the U.S. will consider breaching four controversial dams on the Snake River to help salmon, a leaked administration document says the government is prepared to help build clean energy projects that would replace the power currently generated by the dams. (AP Photo/Nicholas K. Geranios, File)

Congress members, activists decry assaults against anti-China …

Kaiyu Zhang speaks with reporters about being assulated by a group of young men wearing red headbands or red bands on their arms, during a news conference in San Francisco, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. A man protesting the Chinese government during the recent Asia-Pacific economic summit in San Francisco shared details about an attack by China supporters that he says left him unconscious, and he urged local police to take action against the perpetrators. Zhang, who moved from Shanghai to Los Angeles in March, was assaulted on Nov. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Man charged with shooting 3 Palestinian college students …

In this Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023 photo provided by family attorney Abed Ayoub, three college students, from the left, Tahseen Ali Ahmad, Kinnan Abdalhamid, and Hisham Awartani, stand together for a photograph. The three young men were shot and seriously injured Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023, while walking near the University of Vermont campus in Burlington. Jason Eaton, 48, was arrested Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023, and has pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempted murder. (Rich Price via AP)

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US moves to protect wolverines as climate change …

A male wolverine is seen on a hill in the Helena-Lewis and Clark of western Montana in this 2021 photo. Scientists say climate change could harm populations of the elusive animals that live in alpine areas with deep snow. (Kalon Baughan via AP)

FBI agent carjacked in Washington, latest in string …

FILE - The FBI's J. Edgar Hoover headquarters building in Washington on Nov. 2, 2016. The Biden administration has chosen a location for a new FBI headquarters in Maryland, people familiar with the selection said Wednesday, choosing the site over one in Virginia following a sharp competition between the two states. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Senate Majority Leader Schumer warns that antisemitism …

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., answers questions from reporters outside the Senate chamber, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. President Joe Biden's nearly $106 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other needs is sitting idle in Congress as Republicans are insisting on U.S.-Mexico border policy provisions in exchange for any new U.S. dollars for Ukraine in its fight against Russia. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

FBI: Man wearing Captain America backpack stole items …

This image from Senate Television video shows Ryan Joseph Orlando, top right, looking at papers on a lectern on the Senate floor on Jan. 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Orlando, 28 of Arlington, Va., was arrested Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, on charges that he stormed the U.S. Capitol while wearing a Captain America backpack and stole items from senators' desks on the Senate floor during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, court records show.(Senate Television via AP)

Frances Sternhagen, Tony Award-winning actor who …

FILE - Actress Frances Sternhagen holds her award for best featured actress in a play for her performance in "The Heiress" during the Tony Awards in New York on June 4, 1995. Sternhagen, the veteran character actor who won two Tony Awards and became a familiar maternal face to TV viewers later in life in such shows as “Cheers,” “ER,” “Sex and the City” and “The Closer,” has died. She was 93. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Prosecutors say paramedics ignored Elijah McClain’s …

Consumer Reports: Electric vehicles less reliable, …

File - The Hyundai 2024 IONIQ 5 Disney100 Platinum Edition is shown at the AutoMobility LA Auto Show, Nov. 16, 2023, in Los Angeles. Electric vehicles are far less reliable than gasoline-powered cars, trucks and SUVs, mainly because most automakers are still learning how to build a completely new power system, according to this year's auto reliability survey by Consumer Reports.(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)