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ASSISTED, LAWMAKERS, DYING, BILL

Lawmakers in Britain voted on Friday in favor of a proposal to legalize assisted dying for some terminally ill patients in England and Wales. The 330 to 275 vote in the House of Commons was not the final say on the matter; the legislation will be scrutinized

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THREATS, BOMB, LAWMAKERS, THANKSGIVING

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries condemned several threats, mostly focused on lawmakers from Connecticut, targeting members of his caucus, just days after numerous threats were made against President-elect Trump's cabinet selections. Jeffries, D-N.Y.,

NOTRE, DAME, CATHEDRAL, RESTORED

A restored Notre Dame cathedral is unveiled days before its official reopening toggle caption Christophe Petit Tesson/AFP via Getty Images The famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is set to reopen next month for the first time since a devastating fire crippled

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TRANS, SJSU, BOISE, STATE

A quiet revolt is stirring in women’s sports: Female athletes are saying “enough” and refusing to play unfair match-ups against biologically male opponents. This season, woman volleyballers at the University of Wyoming, Utah State, the University of Nevada,

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FIRE, LEBANON, CEASE, ISRAEL

The Israeli military issued new warnings to the residents of towns on both sides of the Israel-Lebanon border on Friday, telling them not to return to their homes, as the fragile U.S.-brokered cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah appeared to hold despite

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ALEPPO, OFFENSIVE, SURPRISE, SYRIA

A surprise offensive by a coalition of anti-Assad groups has captured the key city of Aleppo and sent Assad's troops and their Russian auxiliaries into a retreat to find more defensible lines. The offensive is led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a faction that until

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TRUMP, DEMOCRATS, PARODY, CHRISTMAS

President-elect Donald Trump, hours after he wished even "Radical Left Lunatics" a happy Thanksgiving, reposted a "Christmas Vacation" parody video with the heads of key Democrats superimposed on the classic comedy's dinner scene. The video, posted on Trump's

CANADIAN, OPENAI, NEWS, SUE

Major Canadian news outlets sue OpenAI OpenAI says its models are "trained on publicly available data". “Journalism is in the public interest. OpenAI using other companies’ journalism for their own commercial gain is not. It’s illegal,” the media organisations

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BORDER, DEMOCRATS, LAMENT, POLITICAL

Several Democrat senators privately agreed that their party committed "political malpractice" with the mistakes made on border security, saying it was the main factor leading to President-elect Donald Trump's win and the loss of four of their party's senate

TRUMP, ROGAN, DEM, SMARTER

As we noted, the Harris campaign team went on "Pod Save America" and seemed to be singularly clueless about why they lost. They kept coming up with wild excuses, like somehow the media was mean and faulting them for not doing interviews, and they didn't have

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CHRISTIAN, ED, BIDEN, WEAPONIZED

The Department of Education's Office of Enforcement – created by the Obama administration and resurrected by the Biden administration – has repeatedly attempted to shut down colleges and universities that don't align with the administration's "woke agenda,"

NUCLEAR, UKRAINE, NEW, TARGET

With Russian President Vladimir Putin threatening the use of nuclear weapons in his country's war against Ukraine, and with Middle East conflicts involving terrorist groups, the U.S. and its European allies are informing citizens how to respond should a nuclear

NATO, WEEK, UKRAINE, PHASE

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has urged his NATO counterparts to issue an invitation to Kyiv to join the Western military alliance at a meeting in Brussels next week, according to the text of a letter seen by Reuters on Friday. "I urge you to endorse

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PUG, SHOW, NATIONAL, DOG

As dozens of people applauded and cheered for him, Vito, a young pug, looked around, his four paws on the blue carpet. Did he know he had just won best in show at the National Dog Show? “He’s very smug — I do think he knows,” Michael Scott, Vito’s handler,

BORDER, TEXAS, FOUND, LARGE

Border Significant Events: 11/29: A large group of 289 illegal immigrants crossed into Maverick County at around 3:30 am. Included were 7 Special Interest Aliens (SIAs) from Iran. The group was apprehended by the US Border Patrol. pic.twitter.com/PACDxMjBJ3 Border

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SNOW, EFFECT, LAKE, FEET

Nine states in the south are also under freeze alerts. A blast of Arctic air taking over much of the U.S. this weekend is bringing powerful lake-effect snow to several states, including Pennsylvania and New York, and shivering temperatures to parts of the

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BURGLAR, PASTOR, MMA, SUSPECTED

A California pastor with a martial arts background tells Fox News Digital that "God was very gracious and protected me" as he fended off a suspected burglar at his church on Thanksgiving Day. Pastor Nick Neves of the First Family Church in Antioch said Friday

TRUMP, NOMINEES, CHECKS, CRITICAL

Republican and Democratic former Senate counsels say FBI checks are necessary on Trump nominees. “Without nominees being scrutinized by the F.B.I., the danger is that neither lawmakers nor the public would know whether they are trustworthy or have issues that

JOINS, CONSERVATIVE, JENNINGS, TIMES

Scott Jennings, a conservative political analyst on left-heavy CNN panels, announced Friday that he has joined the editorial board of the Los Angeles Times. Times owner Dr. Pat Soon-Shiong first announced the move on Tuesday, thanking Jennings for accepting

SALE, BLACK, FRIDAY, MEMBERSHIP

With an unprecedented presidential election cycle finally over, there’s much to be thankful for. President-elect Donald Trump is alive and in good health following two assassination attempts on his life. The American people elected him to be the 47th president

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ARKANSAS, MALL, BLACK, SHOOTING

The incident occurred Friday afternoon at the Park Plaza Mall in Little Rock. Shots rang out at the Park Plaza Mall in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Black Friday, leaving three people injured, police said. The shooting occurred at 1:44 p.m., according to the

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NEWS, GIVE, POLITICS, GIVING

Several liberal figures called on conservatives and President-elect Donald Trump supporters to give thanks to illegal immigrants on Thanksgiving, suggesting they acknowledge a large portion of migrants were the ones who harvested and packed their entrées enjoyed

TEAM, GIANTS, ELBOW, DEXTER

The New York Giants became the first NFL team to be eliminated from playoff contention this season on Thanksgiving, and that had insult added to injury — or vice versa. Star defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence suffered a season-ending dislocated elbow in the