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TikTok takeaways: Supreme Court appears likely to uphold impending ban
The Supreme Court appeared to favor the government's national security claims over TikTok's 1st Amendment argument.
CNN
What’s your core? And why does it matter?
Your core is an interconnected group of muscles, not just your abs, that’s important to strengthen to support your body during exercise as well as everyday tasks.
Yahoo Finance
What you need to know to get hired in 2025
New job opportunities are emerging for 2025, even though hiring isn't as robust as a couple years ago. Here's how to land a gig.
NBC News
From smoke to roaring flames: Inside the first hours of the deadly Pacific Palisades fire
The largest wildfire to hit Los Angeles this week rapidly tore through homes and communities, whipped by winds that sent embers skyward.
Associated Press
Black boxes from South Korea plane crash failed to record final 4 minutes, officials say
The black boxes of a Boeing jetliner that crashed in South Korea last month stopped recording about four minutes before the accident, South Korean officials said Saturday, possibly complicating investigations into the cause of the disaster that killed 179 people. After analyzing the devices, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board concluded that both the flight data and cockpit voice recorders stopped working about four minutes before the crash, the South Korean Transportation Ministry said.
Associated Press
New Orleans attack raises familiar debate: Can Bourbon Street be made safe?
The second-guessing began before the bodies had been cleared from the debris of the deadly Bourbon Street truck attack. Politicians parried blame for the latest mass-casualty event in New Orleans’ infamous adult playground. “Once we start to hear what it’s actually going to take to secure the French Quarter and the Mardi Gras parade routes, I don’t know if this city is going to have an appetite for all that,” said Rafael Goyeneche, a former prosecutor who is president of the Metropolitan Crime Commission watchdog group.
CBS News
Company behind incorrect Los Angeles alerts says it added new safeguards
Genasys, the company behind Los Angeles' emergency alert technology, said it has "not been able to replicate" an error that sent inaccurate information to millions.
Reuters
Trump's Mideast envoy to meet Netanyahu on Saturday, Israeli official says
A second Israeli official said some progress had been made in the indirect talks between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas, mediated by Egypt, Qatar and the United States, to reach a deal in Gaza. The mediators are making new efforts to reach a deal to halt the fighting in the enclave and free the remaining Israeli hostages held there before Trump takes office on Jan. 20.
AFP
Germany battles to secure stricken 'Russian shadow fleet' oil tanker
Germany was battling Saturday to secure a heavily loaded tanker stranded off its northern coast, towing the stricken ship that it said was part of Russia's sanctions-busting "shadow fleet" away from shore to avert an oil spill.In addition to direct action against Russia's oil industry, Western countries have moved to sanction individual ships thought to be in the shadow fleet.
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Many Democrats don't think they'll see a woman become president, AP-NORC poll finds
Democrats are harboring strong feelings of stress and gloom as the new year begins. A recent poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that a significant number of Democrats believe that it may be decades before the United States will get its first female president. Specifically, about 4 in 10 Democrats said it’s “not very likely” or “not at all likely” that a woman will be elected to the nation’s highest office in their lifetime, according to a December AP-NORC poll.
CNN
Zelensky says two North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia were captured in Kursk region
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said forces operating in the Kursk region of Russia have captured two North Korean soldiers.
Associated Press
Judge who blocked release of Trump report was 'plainly' wrong, special counsel tells appeals court
The Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to move swiftly in reversing a judge's order that had blocked the agency from releasing any part of special counsel Jack Smith's investigative report on President-elect Donald Trump. The emergency motion late Friday is the latest back and forth in a court dispute over whether any portion of Smith's report can be made public before Trump takes office Jan. 20. The push to release it before Trump’s inauguration reflects concerns that the Justice Department under the Trump administration, which will include members of his personal legal team in key leadership roles, would be in position to prevent the report from coming to light.
Reuters
Somalia's president to visit Ethiopia in boost to strained relations
Somalia's president will visit Ethiopia on Saturday, his office said, the strongest sign yet of improving relations between the two neighbours after a year of tensions over Addis Ababa's plans to build a naval base in a breakaway Somali region. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud will fly to Ethiopia from Uganda where he travelled earlier on Saturday to attend a summit on African agriculture, his office said in a statement posted on the X platform. While in Ethiopia he will hold discussions with Ethiopian leadership "to strengthen bilateral relations and advance shared priorities", the statement said.
Politico
Supreme Court to review decision on student borrower defense case
The Biden administration has forgiven more than $17 billion from student loan borrowers who have been defrauded by their colleges.
CNN
Protests turn violent in China after student falls to his death
Violent protests have erupted in China after the death of a teenage boy sparked accusations of a cover-up by authorities, videos from the northwestern region of Shaanxi have shown.
AFP
Indonesia's Mount Ibu erupts, spews hot lava and smoke
A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted on Saturday, spewing hot lava and releasing a column of smoke and ash four kilometres (3.1 miles) into the air, an official said.Images from the volcano monitoring post showed a bright red column of flame and thick, dark smoke billowing high above the volcano crater.
AFP
Franco-Algerian influencer to stand trial in March
A Franco-Algerian influencer, arrested as part of an investigation into online hate videos, appeared before French prosecutors on Saturday and will stand trial in March, authorities said.Sofia Benlemmane, a Franco-Algerian woman in her fifties, was arrested on Thursday.
Yahoo Finance
Federal regulators just got a new sign that their power is weakening
US regulators in Washington got another warning about the new limits of their power when an Ohio appeals court struck down federal 'net neutrality' rules this month.
NBC News
Experts caution L.A. fire victims to approach insurance claims process as 'business transaction'
Southern California residents facing losses from this week’s Los Angeles-area fires are beginning to confront their next challenge: filing an insurance claim.
Associated Press
Ukraine says it captured 2 North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia
Ukraine’s forces have captured two North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russian troops in Russia’s Kursk border region, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday. Moscow’s counterattack has left Ukrainian forces outstretched and demoralized, killing and wounding thousands and retaking more than 40% of the 984 square kilometers (380 square miles) of Kursk Ukraine had seized.

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