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World News - Reports: Mass poisoning in Laos kills 4 tourists, including an America - Nov. 21 (UPI) -- At least four tourists, including an American, have died after consuming suspected methanol-tainted alcohol in Laos, according to officials and reports.

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U.S. News -- Senate rejects Bernie Sanders' effort to block U.S. weapons sales to Israel -- The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday evening against three resolutions, sponsored by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., that would have blocked the sale of certain U.S. weapons to Israel.

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U.S. News -- Homeless man arrested for plotting to bomb New York Stock Exchange -- Federal authorities on Wednesday arrested a homeless man from Florida accused of planning to blow up the New York Stock Exchange this week.

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U.S. News -- Bryan Kohberger can face death penalty if convicted in Idaho college murders, judge rules -- Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger can face the death penalty if convicted in the 2022 stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students, a judge has ruled.

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U.S. News -- Bomb cyclone kills 2, knocks out power to half-a-million in Pacific Northwest -- A bomb cyclone slammed the Pacific Northwest and Canada's British Columbia on Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, killing at least two people and knocking out power to more than half-a-million homes and businesses.

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This week in Washington

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SpaceX launches sixth test flight of Starship rocket

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Donald Trump, Joe Biden meet inside Oval Office

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Christie's previews Marquee Week in NYC

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Veterans Day: President Joe Biden visits Arlington National Cemetery

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Election Day 2024: Americans cast their votes

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U.S. News -- Indian billionaire, others indicted for multi-billion-dollar solar energy scheme -- Gautam Adani, a billionaire from India, and seven others are accused of hiding bribes to Indian officials from U.S. investors in a solar energy scheme worth billions of dollars.

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U.S. News -- Musk, Ramaswamy outline plans for government reform -- The federal government is "anti-democratic and antithetical to the founders' vision," Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy said Wednesday in a joint op-ed on Wednesday.

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U.S. News -- House Ethics Committee will not release its findings for now on Trump's AG pick Matt Gaetz -- The House Ethics Committee on Wednesday opted to not release its report on President-elect Donald Trump's hand-picked choice to be U.S. attorney general after sizable pressure to do so.

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U.S. News -- Filipino labor leaders inducted into Labor Department's Hall of Honor -- The U.S. Labor Department inducted Filipino labor leaders Larry Dulay Itliong, Philip Vera Cruz and Peter Gines Velasco, who led the 1965 Delano Grape Strike, into the department's Hall of Honor on Wednesday.

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U.S. News -- University of Virginia mass shooter pleads guilty -- A man accused of shooting and killing three and wounding two others at the University of Virginia in 2022 pleaded guilty to related charges Wednesday.

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U.S. News -- 5 accused of cyber crimes targeting multiple companies, employees -- Five men face criminal charges for alleged cyber crimes targeting workers at companies throughout the nation in the U.S. District Court for Central California in Los Angeles.

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U.S. News -- U.S. officials mark Transgender Day of Remembrance amid arrival of first trans member of Congress -- Top U.S. government officials took time to honor Transgender Day of Remembrance amid a sizable political shift pending in Washington that include the addition of the first transgender person ever elected to Congress.

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U.S. News -- 2 convicted for illegally smuggling Honduran nationals into U.S. -- The Department of Justice said Wednesday two Honduran men have been convicted for illegally smuggling Honduran nationals into the United States.

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Odd News -- Woman buys 18 identical lottery tickets, wins $180,000 -- A Washington woman who felt especially confident about her lottery numbers bought 18 identical tickets for a single Match 4 drawing and scored a total $180,000.

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U.S. News -- Texas offers 1,402 acres for deportation facilities along the U.S.-Mexico border -- Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham wants the federal government to build deportation facilities on 1,402 acres of state-owned land located along the U.S-Mexico border in Texas.

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U.S. News - Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A South Carolina parole board Wednesday unanimously denied Susan Smith parole. She murdered her toddler children Michael and Alex by rolling her car into a lake with them inside in 1994.

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1 dead, hundreds of thousands without power as bomb cyclone hits Pacific Northwest

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Ukraine's Zelensky says North Korea may send up to 100,000 troops to Russia

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Comcast announces spinoff of NBCUniversal's cable assets

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U.S. closes Kyiv embassy after receiving information on 'potential significant air attack'

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Biden grants permission for anti-personnel mines to be sent to Ukraine

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