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Underage prostitution, rules violations and more: Key takeaways from the Matt Gaetz report
The House Ethics Committee’s report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., includes evidence he paid women for sex, including one who was underage.
Reuters
Exclusive-Microsoft works to add non-OpenAI models into 365 Copilot products, sources say
Microsoft has been working on adding internal and third-party artificial intelligence models to power its flagship AI product Microsoft 365 Copilot, in a bid to diversify from the current underlying technology from OpenAI and reduce costs, sources familiar with the effort told Reuters. It is the latest effort by Microsoft, which is a major backer of OpenAI, to lessen its dependence on the AI startup - a departure from recent years when Microsoft touted its early access to OpenAI's models. When Microsoft announced 365 Copilot in March 2023, a major selling point was that it used OpenAI's GPT-4 model.
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Key warning signs about bird flu are all going in the wrong direction
The bird flu outbreak has taken concerning turns, with more than 60 human cases confirmed. Experts outlined four signs that the virus is going in the wrong direction.
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Justin Trudeau under major pressure as leaders from his own party urge him to step down
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose party looks set to lose power early next year, is under increasing pressure from his own legislators to step down.
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Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to state murder, terrorism charges
Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty Monday to state charges in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
AFP
Guatemalan authorities recover minors taken by sect members
Guatemalan authorities on Monday recovered several minors taken from a care center by members of an ultra-orthodox Jewish sect under investigation for alleged child sexual abuse.Some of the children were found the same day, and others were recovered by police and officials early Monday amid scuffles with adult sect members on a street in the capital, according to an AFP photographer.
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Victims and families react as Biden spares the lives of 37 federal death row inmates
Victims' families and others affected by crimes that resulted in federal death row convictions shared a range of emotions on Monday, from relief to anger, after President Joe Biden commuted dozens of the sentences. Biden converted the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The inmates include people who were convicted in the slayings of police, military officers and federal prisoners and guards.
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One of the world's most active volcanoes — Hawaii's Kilauea — is erupting again
Lava began bubbling Monday through the crust of one of the world's most active volcanoes — Kilauea, on Hawaii's Big Island. The eruption was confined to the volcano's summit caldera, in a remote, closed area of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, the Hawaii Volcano Observatory reported.
AFP
Acid complicates search after deadly Brazil bridge collapse
A search operation for up to 16 people missing after a deadly bridge collapse in Brazil was being complicated by the possible presence of acid in the water, authorities said Monday.Rescue officials were working on the "hypothesis" that 16 people were missing from the collapse, police said.
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Video shows gondola rescue after ski lift malfunctions at Colorado resort
The Gondola at Winter Park Resort in Colorado experienced a malfunction and stopped around noon Saturday, leaving visitors suspended mid-air.
USA TODAY
Is Christmas Eve a federal holiday? Here’s what to know after Biden's executive order
Here is what to know after President Joe Biden signed an executive order making Christmas Eve a federal holiday in 2024.
Politico
DC police officer convicted of leaking info to Proud Boys head
Former D.C. police Lt. Shane Lamond covered up his communications with Enrique Tarrio, a federal judge found.
AFP
Germany's far-right AfD holds march after Christmas market attack
Germany's far-right AfD party on Monday held what it called a "memorial" rally for victims of a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market that has newly inflamed debate on migrant and security policy.German Christmas markets -- among the country's most iconic and beloved festive events -- have been specially secured since a jihadist attacker rammed a truck through one in Berlin in 2016, killing 13 people.
Yahoo Finance
The man behind the effort to create a DOGE 'safe harbor' for Capitol Hill Democrats
Elon Musk wants Democrats involved in his nascent Department of Government Efficiency. Aaron Bean is charged with making that happen.
NBC News
Biden has appointed more Black federal judges than any other president
As Biden confirms his final judicial nominees before his single term in office ends, he is on track to have appointed the most federal judges of color of any president.
CNN
Suspect arrested in the killing of a woman who was set on fire on a NYC subway car
New York police have arrested a suspect accused of killing a female subway passenger by setting her on fire Sunday morning, according to police.
Associated Press
Albania opposition activists rally on streets of Tirana to demand government steps aside
Members of Albania’s main opposition party on Monday blocked the capital Tirana’s main intersections in an anti-government protest calling for a technocratic caretaker cabinet ahead of next year's parliamentary elections. In the first rally after their leader was released from the house arrest, activists linked to the main center-right Democratic Party defied the cold and rain to block traffic at five main intersections.
CNN
Boy in hospital after drones fall from sky at Orlando holiday show
What was intended to be a dazzling festive spectacle ended in injury to a 7-year-old boy after several drones unexpectedly fell from the sky during a show in Florida on Saturday night, according to CNN affiliate reports.
Reuters
Businessman to plead guilty in NY Mayor Adams' corruption case
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A construction executive accused of making illegal contributions to indicted New York City Mayor Eric Adams' campaign plans to plead guilty, court records showed on Monday, as the Democrat braces for an April trial during his re-election campaign. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan said in a court filing that businessman Erden Arkan has indicated he wishes to admit to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud for his role in funneling "straw" donations, or contributions made in the name of someone other than the true donor, to Adams' successful 2021 mayoral campaign. Alex Spiro, a lawyer for Adams, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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What does it mean to commute an execution? Here's what to know after Biden's death row move
President Joe Biden announced he would commute the sentences of 37 individuals on federal death row. Here's what that means.

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