Chiefs’ 2023 home and away opponents set

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Democratic-led states look to defend Biden healthcare rule for DACA immigrants
The Democratic attorneys general of 14 U.S. states moved on Wednesday to take over the defense in court of a rule by the outgoing Biden administration providing health insurance to immigrants brought to the country illegally as children. Led by New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin, the officials said in a filing in North Dakota federal court that the administration of Republican President-elect Donald Trump will likely not defend it from a challenge by Republican-led states. Trump criticized the 2024 rule while campaigning.
Reuters
Turkey ready to support Syria in managing Islamic State camps
Turkey is ready to provide support to the new Syrian administration for the management of Islamic State camps in the country, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Wednesday. "As we have always said, we are also ready to provide the necessary assistance to the new administration in the management of DAESH camps and prisons," Fidan said, using the Arabic acronym for Islamic State. Speaking in Ankara following his meeting with his Syrian counterpart Asaad Hassan al-Shibani, Fidan also said that Ankara was pleased with the determination of the new administration in the fight against terror.
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Former Bernie Sanders campaign manager Faiz Shakir jumps into DNC chair race
Faiz Shakir, who managed Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign, is jumping into the race for chair of the Democratic National Committee.
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GoPro firefighting video predates 2025 Los Angeles fires | Fact check
The footage was posted online before the Los Angeles wildfires began in January 2025.
Yahoo Finance
Scott Bessent to face questions about tariffs and Trumponomics 2.0 in Senate grilling
Markets will be monitoring Scott Bessent's Thursday sitdown with the Senate for insights on the early mixed signals about Trumponomics 2.0.
AFP
Rubio vows to confront 'dangerous' China, deter Taiwan invasion
Marco Rubio, Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of state, said Wednesday that a "dangerous" China cheated its way to superpower status as he vowed to ramp up support to deter an invasion of Taiwan."Instead, they have lied, cheated, hacked and stolen their way to global superpower status, at our expense."
Time
Republicans Flying U.S. Flags at Full-Staff on Inauguration
Several Republican Governors have pledged to fly their flags at full-staff. despite President Biden’s former directive.
Time
Democrats Grill Pam Bondi Over Whether She Can Defy Trump
“At issue is your ability to say no.”
Reuters
Three Palestinians killed in West Bank's Jenin, Palestinian officials say
Three Palestinians were killed and scores more injured by an Israeli air strike in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Wednesday, the Palestinian Red Crescent said. The Israeli military said it had conducted a strike in the area of Jenin but did not give further details. The Jenin camp has long been a hotbed of militants with an array of light weapons and a growing arsenal of explosive devices.
AFP
Death toll at illegal S.African mine reaches 78
Rescuers pulled more bodies from a disused gold shaft in South Africa where the death toll climbed to 78 Wednesday as police finished clearing out illegal miners who had been underground for months.- Gold, explosives confiscated - Illegal miners had taken over the shaft that was once part of South Africa's vast mining industry.
AFP
US bans controversial red food dye, decades after scientists raised alarm
Outgoing US President Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday announced a ban on Red Dye No 3, a controversial food and drug coloring long known to cause cancer in animals."FDA is revoking the authorized uses in food and ingested drugs of FD&C Red No 3 in the color additive regulations," said a document from the Department of Health and Human Services, published in the Federal Register on Wednesday.
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Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage release deal agreed, U.S. officials say
Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire and hostage release agreement, U.S. officials say.
AFP
Society centred around women in UK during Iron Age: scientists
Scientists analysing 2,000-year-old DNA have revealed that a Celtic society in the southern UK during the Iron Age was centred around women, backing up accounts from Roman historians, a study said Wednesday.Some had doubted these accounts, suggesting "that the Romans exaggerated the liberties of British women to paint a picture of an untamed society," he told AFP. "But archaeology, and now genetics, implies women were influential in many spheres of Iron Age life," he said.
Time
How Dinosaurs Changed American Identity
The discovery of fossils led 19th century Americans to rethink their place in the world.
CBS News
Scientists discover bigger, more venomous spider species
The deadly 3.54-inch-long spider Atrax christenseni is among the most dangerously venomous spiders for humans.
Politico
Israel and Hamas agree on broad contours of a deal to halt fighting, but issues remain
Israel said "there are still several unresolved clauses in the outline, and we hope that the details will be finalized tonight.”
AFP
UK government bans 'zombie drug' xylazine
The UK government on Wednesday banned the flesh-rotting so-called zombie drug xylazine as it tries to tackle deaths from narcotics and crack down on criminal gangs.The UK government in September announced plans to ban xylazine and 21 other dangerous substances, the legislation for which came into force on Wednesday.
CNN
Biden administration moves to limit nicotine in cigarettes and certain other tobacco products
The US Food and Drug Administration is proposing limits on the level of nicotine in cigarettes and some other types of tobacco products, such as cigars and pipe tobacco, in order to make them less addictive, the agency announced Wednesday.
Reuters
International reaction to Gaza ceasefire deal
"With this deal in place, my National Security team, through the efforts of Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, will continue to work closely with Israel and our Allies to make sure Gaza NEVER again becomes a terrorist safe haven," Trump said in a second post. He told reporters in Ankara the ceasefire deal was an important step for regional stability.
Associated Press
Son of a man who was beaten and died in a New York prison sues guards, officials
The son of an inmate who died after a prolonged beating by New York prison guards said in a federal lawsuit Wednesday that his father’s attackers “systematically and casually beat him to death” in a correctional system that tolerates violence. Robert L. Brooks Sr., 43, died on Dec. 10, a day after the beating at Marcy Correctional Facility in upstate New York. Body camera video shows officers repeatedly punching and kicking Brooks, whose hands were cuffed behind his back.

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