Mequon-Thiensville School District employee resigns after being charged with felony retail theft

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Russia's top diplomat praises Trump's views on Ukraine conflict
Russia’s top diplomat said Tuesday that Moscow is open for talks with President-elect Donald Trump and praised him for pointing to NATO's plan to embrace Ukraine as a root cause of the nearly 3-year-old conflict. Any prospective peace talks should involve broader arrangements for security in Europe, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at his annual news conference, while adding that Moscow is open to discussing security guarantees for Kyiv.
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Biden health officials say they built up US pandemic defenses. Trump promises changes
The Biden administration on Tuesday released a “roadmap” for maintaining government defenses against infectious diseases, just as President-elect Donald Trump pledges to dismantle some of them. It's a public version of a roughly 300-page pandemic-prevention playbook that Biden officials say they are providing to the incoming administration. Biden officials touted the steps they took to halt or prevent disease threats, but some public heath researchers offer a more mixed assessment of the administration's efforts.
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Woman, 21, becomes youngest person to reach South Pole on skis
Karen Kylleso accomplished the feat 114 years after polar explorer Roald Amundsen became the first person to reach the South Pole.
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Chinese app RedNote tops charts ahead of TikTok ban as users seek alternatives to the ByteDance-owned app
TikTok users are pushing back against the looming TikTok ban Sunday by downloading a Chinese app called RedNote, or Xiaohongshu.
AFP
Lebanon's new PM says reaching out to all sides to save country
Lebanon's new Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Tuesday that he was reaching out to all political persuasions to help "rescue" his crisis-hit country ahead of talks aimed at forming a government.Consultations between Salam and political parties ahead of the appointment of new ministers were to start on Wednesday and run for two days, the parliament said in a statement.
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Biden is packing up to leave the White House. But what about any classified documents?
The last time Joe Biden packed up and left office, he took with him thousands of papers from his decades in public service — including some classified documents that should have gone to the National Archives for safekeeping. The discovery also watered down the significance of the criminal case against President-elect Donald Trump, who had been accused of purposefully hoarding top secret documents at his Florida estate — and it helped fuel Trump's claims of unfair political persecution.
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Southwest pausing some hirings, internships as the airline looks to reduce costs
“We are limiting discretionary costs, including holding on the Southwest Rallies for this year, as we focus on reducing costs,” the company said in a prepared statement on Tuesday. Back in September Southwest announced that it would revamp its board and that its chairman would retire in 2025, in a partial concession to hedge fund Elliott Investment Management, which has been pushing for changes at the airline. Elliott, the fund led by billionaire investor Paul Singer, has built a minority stake in Southwest and advocated for changes it says will improve the company’s financial performance and stock price.
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Judge says the New Orleans Police Department can begin the process of ending federal oversight
The New Orleans Police Department can begin ending its longstanding federal oversight, a judge ruled Tuesday in response to a request from the city and the Justice Department to wind down the monitoring program. U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan said the police department has transformed itself into a more transparent and accountable agency, even though work remains to be done over the next two years while the program is ended. “The court is tremendously proud of the achievements the NOPD has made,” Morgan said during a hearing.
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Trump to make online address to global elite's Davos meeting
Donald Trump will make an online appearance at the annual meeting of global political and business elites in Davos next week, days after he takes office as US president, the World Economic Forum said on Tuesday.Trump has promised to bring a swift end to the fighting when he enters office next week, raising fears in Ukraine that it will be forced to make major territorial concessions in exchange for peace.
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Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF wants to extend president's term by two years
Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party wants to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's term in office by two years until 2030, a party spokesman said on Tuesday. He gave no details of how this could be achieved or whether constitutional changes would be sought to enable the 82-year-old Zanu-PF leader to stay on. Zimbabwe's constitution limits the presidential office to two five-year terms, and Mnangagwa's second and final term as president expires in 2028.
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Wisconsin's governor creates new violence-prevention office in wake of school shooting
Wisconsin's Democratic governor on Tuesday created a new office dedicated to preventing gun violence, a month after a school shooting not far from the state Capitol. Gov. Tony Evers also called on the Republican-controlled Legislature to pass a series of gun control and public safety measures, saying reducing violence should be a “shared priority that transcends politics.” The Legislature has already rejected numerous gun control measures put forward by Evers, including universal background checks for gun purchases.
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The Czech Republic ends its energy dependence on Russian oil imports
The Czech Republic has boosted its energy security by completing a project to finish the country’s dependence on oil delivery from Russia, the government said on Tuesday. The Czech Republic previously received about half of its oil, or 4 million metric tons, through the Druhzba pipeline from Russia. Prime Minister Petr Fiala said the Russian imports were no longer necessary because the country is "able to get all its oil supplies from the West.”
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JPMorgan reshuffling creates new questions about who succeeds Jamie Dimon
JPMorgan elevated Jennifer Piepszak to chief operating officer as part of a new management reshuffling announced Tuesday, but the nation’s largest bank said that Piepszak doesn’t want to succeed Jamie Dimon as CEO.
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California officials deny false claims Oregon fire trucks turned away
Crews from neighboring states are helping California fight the Los Angeles area fires, and officials say regulations are not holding them up.
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What would happen to TikTok on my phone if the app is banned?
A law that could ban TikTok in the U.S. is set to take effect on Jan. 19. Here's what that would mean for users of the social media platform.
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9 Sydney beaches closed after mysterious ball-shaped debris washes up ashore
The discovery of the marble-sized balls comes after a similar incident in October closed Sydney's Bondi Beach, among other tourist hotspots.
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Georgia's governor details spending plans but not his top priority of lawsuit reform
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has prioritized limiting lawsuit verdicts but the plans he outlined before business leaders Tuesday were all about investing in infrastructure and education. The Republican governor told the Georgia Chamber of Commerce his reform plans aren’t quite ready yet, and a spokesperson said details would be released before the end of the month. “We’re just dotting the I’s and crossing the t’s,” spokesperson Garrison Douglas said Tuesday.
AFP
US to ban smart cars containing Chinese tech
The United States finalized a rule Tuesday effectively barring Chinese technology from cars in the American market, taking aim at software and hardware from the world's second biggest economy over national security risks.Under the latest rule Tuesday, even if a passenger car were US-made, manufacturers with "a sufficient nexus" to China or Russia are not allowed to sell such new vehicles incorporating hardware and software for external connectivity and autonomous driving.
AFP
Lindt chocolate to raise prices again this year
Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Spruengli announced Tuesday that it would raise prices again in 2025 after strong sales last year showed that increases had not cut the appetite of consumers.The company posted organic sales growth -- which excludes currency fluctuations and acquisitions -- of 7.8 percent in 2024 to 5.47 billion Swiss francs ($6 billion).
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FAA is investigating a midair near-collision between two planes near the Phoenix airport
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a narrowly missed midair collision between a United flight and a Delta flight at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on Saturday, the agency said.

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