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The Biden administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow Border Patrol agents to cut razor wire that Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border, while a lawsuit over the wire continues. The Justice Department filed an emergency appeal Tuesday, asking the justices to put on hold last month's appellate ruling in favor of Texas, which forced federal agents to stop cutting the concertina wire the state has installed along roughly 30 miles of the Rio Grande near the border city of Eagle Pass. Large... Читать дальше...

Cherelle Parker has been sworn in as Philadelphia's 100th mayor, becoming the first woman in that role. Parker too the oath of office Tuesday at a ceremony in Philadelphia on Tuesday. She succeeds term-limited Democratic Mayor Jim Kenney. Surrounded by family, friends, former mayors and current U.S. and state legislators and officials, Parker echoed her campaign promise: to make Philadelphia “safest, cleanest, greenest big city in the nation that will provide access to economic opportunity for all.” Meanwhile... Читать дальше...

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Wheat for Mar. was down 21.25 cents at $6.0675 a bushel; Mar. corn was off 7.50 cents at $4.6375 a bushel, Mar. oats fell 10 cents at $3.7575 a bushel; while Jan. soybeans fell 19.50 cents at $12.74 a bushel.

Beef was higher and pork was lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Feb. live cattle was up 3.42 cents at $1.7192 a pound; Jan. feeder cattle rose 3.12 cents at $2.2542 a pound; while Feb. lean hogs was off 2.65 cents at $.6532 a pound.

South Africa has launched a case at the United Nations’ top court alleging that Israel’s military campaign in Gaza amounts to genocide. The filing and Israel’s decision to defend itself at the International Court of Justice set up a high-stakes showdown before a panel of judges in the court's Great Hall of Justice. The case will likely drag on for years. At its heart is the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which was drawn up in the aftermath of World War II and the Holocaust. Читать дальше...

She suffered broken bones and chipped teeth and is in a great deal of pain following the crash

Four people from an Arkansas family have been publicly identified as the victims of a fatal house explosion in Michigan over the weekend. Authorities say the explosion Saturday was likely caused by flammable fuel in the air and not a result of foul play. The dead were identified as Hope Bragg, husband Don Bragg and their adult children, Kenneth Bragg and Elizabeth Bragg. They were from Monticello, Arkansas. A teenage son is in stable condition. The explosion happened at the Northfield Township, Michigan... Читать дальше...

The measure is meant to increase public safety by ensuring a continuous flow of pedestrian traffic across the bridges.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley are set to appear at next week’s Republican presidential debate on CNN. In contrast, former President Donald Trump will participate in a Fox News town hall during the same time. Both events will be held at 9 p.m. ET on Jan. 10 in Des Moines, Iowa. That's just five days before the state’s first-in-the-nation GOP voting contest. Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie participated in previous... Читать дальше...

The number of killings rose to a record level in one of Missouri’s two big cities last year, and it dropped substantially in the other. Kansas City police data shows 182 killings in 2023, 12 more than in 2022 and three more than the all-time high of 179 in 2020. The police department data does not include officer-involved killings. Meanwhile, across the state in St. Louis, Missouri’s second-largest city saw 158 killings last year, 42 fewer than the 200 in 2022. The office of Mayor Tishaura Jones said Tuesday that St. Читать дальше...

Israeli military spokesman: Army remains focused on fighting Hamas but is ready for "any scenario."

A three-judge panel concluded Cohen already obtained relief by getting a judge to order his release from imprisonment.

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Some SF Giants fans chose to ring in the new year with angry posts.

Harvard president Claudine Gay resigns amid plagiarism accusations, backlash from antisemitism testimony.

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The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has derided South Korea’s conservative president for being “foolishly brave” but called his liberal predecessor “smart." Kim Yo Jong's statements are likely aimed at trying to stoke a domestic divide in South Korea. She says Yoon’s “foolishly brave” stance has given North Korea a justification to beef up its military program. She praised Yoon's predecessor Moon Jae-in, who espoused greater cooperation between the two Koreas. Her praise lacks sincerity, though. Читать дальше...

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January mortgage rate forecast

Mortgage rates might not change much in January, after going through a tumultuous spell toward the end of 2023.

Forecasters expect mortgage rates to fall in 2024, but the decline won't necessarily start in January. Instead, a significant drop in mortgage rates will probably wait until the Federal Reserve cuts short-term interest rates. Financial markets are guessing that the first Fed rate cut... Читать дальше...

Authorities say a vehicle fleeing a suburban Madison police traffic stop crashed overnight, killing all three people who were riding inside. The Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation says Monona police tried to stop “a suspicious vehicle” about 9 p.m. Monday, but the driver fled. Authorities say that after a Dane County deputy deployed a tire deflation device, the vehicle crashed in the nearby town of Cottage Grove and all three people in the vehicle died at the scene. Читать дальше...

A judge has ruled that a former county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in Kentucky must pay up. Kim Davis must pay a total of $260,104 in fees and expenses to attorneys who represented one couple. That’s in addition to $100,000 in damages a jury says the former Rowan County clerk should pay the couple who sued. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports attorneys for Davis had argued that the fees and costs sought by the attorneys were excessive. But U.S. District Judge David L. Читать дальше...

Somalia’s president has rejected an agreement signed between Ethiopia and the breakaway region of Somaliland to give landlocked Ethiopia access to its coast. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud asserts that the agreement is a violation of international law. The deal would allow Ethiopia to lease a 20-kilometer (12.4-mile) stretch of coastline to establish a marine force base. Somaliland’s president says the agreement includes a clause that Ethiopia would recognize Somaliland as an independent country in the near future. Читать дальше...

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The TV station of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group says top Hamas official Saleh Arouri has been killed in an explosion in a southern Beirut suburb. Arouri, one of the founders of Hamas’ military wing, had headed the group’s presence in the West Bank. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had threated to kill him even before the Hamas-Israel war began on Oct. 7. Israeli officials declined to comment about the Tuesday evening blast. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said the blast killed four people and was carried out by an Israeli drone.