SC High School Football Media Poll: Dutch Fork, Daniel among top teams entering Week 7

Associated Press
Georgia House speaker backtracks on banning senator who was arrested for trying to enter the chamber
Georgia's House speaker said Friday that he's lifting his ban on a state senator entering the House chamber, a day after Sen. Colton Moore was arrested after he tried to enter for Gov. Brian Kemp's state of the state speech. The decision came after state Senate and Republican Party leaders lined up to support Moore, a Republican who has criticized members of his own party for being insufficiently pure or insufficiently supportive of Donald Trump. State troopers arrested Moore after he tried to push his way past House staffers who were blocking him.
CBS News
Fire at huge Northern California lithium battery facility forces evacuations
A fire broke out at one of the world's largest lithium battery storage facilities in Monterey County, California, forcing evacuation orders and closing a portion of coastal Highway 1.
Associated Press
Supreme Court will hear case of Maryland parents who object to LGBTQ books in their kids' classes
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal from parents in suburban Washington who want to pull their children from elementary school classes that use books featuring LGBTQ characters. The justices will review an appeals court decision that went against parents in Montgomery County, Maryland. The parents claim that the policy violates their constitutional religious rights by not allowing them to opt out of lessons that include the storybooks.
Reuters
Tens of thousands join student-led protests in Belgrade
Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters in Belgrade on Friday stood in silence in front of the state television RTS building for 15 minutes to commemorate victims of a railway station roof collapse for which they blame Serbian authorities. The protest was organised and led by students of the Belgrade state university who are demanding that those responsible for the roof collapse that killed more than a dozen people are brought to justice.
AFP
At VW home base, Germany's Scholz vows to revive economy
Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday laid out his vision to revitalise Germany's ailing economy at a campaign event in the historic home base of crisis-hit auto titan Volkswagen. The embattled chancellor, facing a general election next month, spoke in Wolfsburg, home to the historic headquarters of Volkswagen, whose rapidly fading fortunes have come to symbolise the broader crisis pummelling Europe's traditional industrial powerhouse.
NBC News
Pepsi sued by federal regulators for giving Walmart preferential soft-drink pricing
The Federal Trade Commission said Friday that it is suing PepsiCo for illegal price discrimination, alleging the food and beverage giant gave an unnamed retailer more favorable prices than its competition.
Associated Press
Former CIA analyst pleads guilty to leaking info on planned Israeli attack on Iran
A former CIA analyst pleaded guilty Friday to leaking information on a planned Israeli attack on Iran. Asif Rahman, 34, was arrested by the FBI in November weeks after classified documents appeared on the Telegram messaging app. Prosecutors say Rahman, a CIA employee since 2016, abused his access to top-secret information by printing out documents related to Israel so that he could take them home.
NBC News
Trump's inauguration will be held indoors due to frigid weather forecast
President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony is moving indoors to the Capitol rotunda because of a frigid weather forecast in the nation's capital Monday, the president-elect announced on social media Friday.
Associated Press
Bolivian judge orders the arrest of former President Morales in sex abuse case
A Bolivian judge on Friday issued a warrant for the arrest of former President Evo Morales after he failed to appear in court over a case alleging that he sexually abused a minor. Morales, 65, is alleged to have had a child with a teenage girl in 2016 — a sexual relationship that would have constituted statutory rape under Bolivian law. “There has been a warrant ordered for his search and arrest,” said Judge Nelson Rocabado after a hearing in the southern region of Tarija, where the alleged victim lives.
Associated Press
Judges hand down what could be the last punishments for the Jan. 6 riot before pardons from Trump
The federal judge who oversaw Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case denounced efforts to rewrite the history of the U.S. Capitol attack Friday as she handed down what she acknowledged may be one of the final punishments for the Jan. 6 riot before the Republican president-elect's promised pardons. In the courthouse within view of the Capitol days before Trump is set to take office, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan acknowledged the Virginia man she was sentencing may never actually serve his 10-day prison term for his role in the riot. “I only wish the rest of the country could see what I've seen," Chutkan said before sentencing Brian Leo Kelly, who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor offenses.
Yahoo Finance
'It's going to hurt': Real estate expert discusses how Trump's deportation plans could affect housing
In a recent episode of Financial Freestyle, Matt Garland (aka the Mortgage Guy) explained how a mass deportation policy could upend construction and homebuilders.
NBC News
The Trevor Project to undergo layoffs and restructuring in major ‘transformation’
The Trevor Project, a national LGBTQ youth suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization, announced Friday that it will undergo a “transformation” that will include layoffs and restructuring.
AFP
Ex-CIA analyst guilty of leaking docs on Israel plans to strike Iran
A former CIA official pleaded guilty Friday to leaking top secret US intelligence documents about Israeli military plans for a retaliatory strike on Iran.According to The Washington Post, the documents, generated by the US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, described aviation exercises and movements of munitions at an Israeli airfield and the leak led Israeli officials to delay their retaliatory strike.
NBC News
Chinese TikTok alternative RedNote could pose greater security risks, experts say
As uncertainty hovers around the TikTok ban that could go into effect in the U.S. on Sunday, users are flocking to a Chinese app called RedNote.
Yahoo Finance
America's green energy boom will survive — and maybe even thrive — under Trump 2.0
The green energy transition is booming, even if government assistance dries up.
Reuters
Polar vortex set to envelop much of US in freezing temperatures
A blast of Arctic air is set to cover much of the United States with temperatures below freezing starting on Friday and into next week, impacting millions of Americans in nearly all of the contiguous states. Temperatures will reach below 10 degrees Fahrenheit (-12 C) in the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest, into the teens in the central Plains and Midwest and near 30 degrees in parts of the South on Saturday, before the front moves into the East Coast and the Southeast on Monday, the National Weather Service said.
Associated Press
Trump's inauguration will be held inside. What to know if you're traveling to Washington
Bad weather forecasts mean President-elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office from inside the Capitol Rotunda and people visiting Washington from around the country won’t be able to see it in person. Plans are underway to accommodate some visitors in town for Trump's second inauguration at the city's pro basketball and hockey arena. Here's what you need to know if you were planning to come to Washington, with updates to come: Where will Trump now be sworn in?
USA TODAY
JD Vance's Senate seat to be filled by Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, Gov. Mike DeWine announces
Lt. Gov. Jon Husted will fill Vice President-elect JD Vance's Senate seat and join new Sen. Bernie Moreno in Washington.
CNN
Evacuation orders remain in place after fire breaks out at battery storage facility in Central California
People living near a power plant in Central California were ordered to evacuate their homes Thursday night after a fire broke out at the facility, officials said.
NBC News
California wildfires devastate working-class families, destroying homes and livelihoods
Lower-wage workers in some of the homes and businesses ravaged by fires are scrambling to find housing and jobs with little to fall back on.

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Georgia House speaker backtracks on banning senator who was arrested for trying to enter the chamber

Fire at huge Northern California lithium battery facility forces evacuations

Supreme Court will hear case of Maryland parents who object to LGBTQ books in their kids' classes

Tens of thousands join student-led protests in Belgrade

At VW home base, Germany's Scholz vows to revive economy

Pepsi sued by federal regulators for giving Walmart preferential soft-drink pricing

Former CIA analyst pleads guilty to leaking info on planned Israeli attack on Iran

Trump's inauguration will be held indoors due to frigid weather forecast

Bolivian judge orders the arrest of former President Morales in sex abuse case

Judges hand down what could be the last punishments for the Jan. 6 riot before pardons from Trump

'It's going to hurt': Real estate expert discusses how Trump's deportation plans could affect housing

The Trevor Project to undergo layoffs and restructuring in major ‘transformation’

Ex-CIA analyst guilty of leaking docs on Israel plans to strike Iran

Chinese TikTok alternative RedNote could pose greater security risks, experts say

America's green energy boom will survive — and maybe even thrive — under Trump 2.0

Polar vortex set to envelop much of US in freezing temperatures

Trump's inauguration will be held inside. What to know if you're traveling to Washington

JD Vance's Senate seat to be filled by Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, Gov. Mike DeWine announces

Evacuation orders remain in place after fire breaks out at battery storage facility in Central California

California wildfires devastate working-class families, destroying homes and livelihoods