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FILE - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a visit to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) in Vienna, Va., on Jan. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Politics & Policy

Janet Yellen tells Congress U.S. could hit debt limit in mid-January

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says her agency will need to start taking “extraordinary measures,” or special accounting maneuvers.

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The TikTok Inc. building in Culver City, Ca.
Courts & Law

Trump asks Supreme Court to delay TikTok ban so he can weigh in after he takes office

Trump's request Friday came as TikTok and the Biden administration filed opposing briefs to the court.

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FILE - Greg Gumbel, left, watches as Connecticut head coach Jim Calhoun talks to Butler head coach Brad Stevens, right, prior to taping a television interview for the men's NCAA Final Four college basketball championship game Sunday, April 3, 2011, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
Arts & Entertainment

Sportscaster Greg Gumbel dies from cancer at age 78

Gumbel was the studio host for CBS since returning to the network from NBC in 1998.

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FILE - A man walks past a homeless encampment in downtown Los Angeles, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Money

U.S. homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many people

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said that tallies taken across the country in January found that more than 770,000 people were counted as homeless.

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Director of Photography Jac Cheairs and his son
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New 2025 laws hit hot topics from AI in movies to rapid-fire guns

New laws taking effect with the new year will affect Hollywood actors, social media stars and chatty motorists.

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One good thing: This is what made us happy in 2024

Take a look at some of the stories that made us smile.

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This colorized electron microscope image released by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on March 26, 2024, shows avian influenza A H5N1 virus particles (yellow), grown in Madin-Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) epithelial cells (blue).
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Cats can get sick with bird flu. Here’s how to protect them

Cats seem more susceptible than dogs to the bird flu virus.

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Courts & Law

Inside the state and federal charges against the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO

Luigi Mangione faces 20 total counts in federal court, Pennsylvania state court and New York state court. On Monday, he pleaded not guilty in the latter to 11 counts.

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The strike began Friday in Los Angeles, Seattle and Chicago and has since expanded to Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and other cities.

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Former Rep. Matt Gaetz
Politics & Policy

House Ethics Committee accuses Gaetz of ‘regularly’ paying for sex, including with 17-year-old girl

The report brings to a close a nearly five-year investigation into Matt Gaetz, who spent the majority of his time in Washington enmeshed in scandals.

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Money

1M taxpayers will soon receive up to $1,400 from the IRS. Who are they and why now?

The IRS said it's distributing about $2.4 billion to taxpayers who failed to claim a Recovery Rebate Credit on their 2021 tax returns.

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Federal regulators have cracked down on mushroom edibles containing Amanita muscaria — also known as fly agaric — after mounting safety concerns. (Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/DPA/AFP via Getty Images)
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NPR

The FDA restricts a psychoactive mushroom used in some edibles

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1 week ago

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters after passing the funding bill to avert the government shutdown at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Politics & Policy

Government shutdown is averted just after deadline as Congress rejects Trump’s debt limit demands

The bill would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, but drops President-elect Donald Trump's demands for a debt limit increase into the new year.

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Science

Top climate stories of 2024: N. J. wildfires, fracking fact checks and an uncertain future for ‘green’ hydrogen energy

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