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[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Despite low unemployment and rising wages, Americans have increasingly been relying on safety net programs that could come under further strain in the new year with growing demand and federal funding in jeopardy. Over the course of 2023, funding for a range of Covid-era assistance ran out, including additional food benefits, housing…

[ad_1] One person was killed and two more were seriously injured in a shooting at a mall in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Christmas Eve. Colorado Springs police responded to a call of shots fired at the Citadel Mall at 4:34 p.m. local time, police spokesperson Ira Cronin said at a news conference Sunday. Police found…

[ad_1] BELGRADE, Serbia — Thousands gathered in the center of Belgrade in an anti-government protest on Sunday to demand the annulment of parliamentary and local elections a week ago that international observers said were unfair. The populist ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) won 46.72% of the votes in snap parliamentary elections last weekend, according to…

[ad_1] MANCHESTER, England — More than a year after it was put up for sale, Manchester United said Sunday that British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe had agreed to buy a minority stake in the storied Premier League club. Ratcliffe, who owns petrochemicals giant INEOS and is one of Britain’s richest people, has secured a stake of…

[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Members of Congress have headed home for the holidays — and some will come back having decided they don’t want to re-up for more terms in the nation’s capital, buffeting an already volatile fight for control of the House next year. Retirement announcements often come after the holidays, as lawmakers discuss their…

[ad_1] DORA, Ala. — An Alabama woman with two uteri and two cervixes has given birth to two babies after carrying one of them in each uterus. Kelsey Hatcher of Dora, about 28 miles northwest of Birmingham, gave birth to two girls on Tuesday and Wednesday after a combined 20 hours of labor, NBC affiliate…

[ad_1] A man died and a woman was wounded when a shooter opened fire inside a mall in Ocala, Florida, on Saturday, police said. When officers arrived at Paddock Mall, they found one man killed in a common area, the Ocala Police Department said on Facebook. Police believe the shooter targeted the victim. The woman…

[ad_1] It’s a common complaint this winter: After coming down with a respiratory illness, some people feel like they can’t shake a lingering cough or runny nose despite other symptoms going away. Or they start to recover then see symptoms return a week or two later. Doctors say that course of events isn’t unusual, though…

[ad_1] A Colorado jury on Friday convicted two paramedics in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black pedestrian, who was given a lethal dose of ketamine in 2019 after a confrontation with police. Peter Cichuniec and Jeremy Cooper were found guilty by a jury of criminally negligent homicide. Cichuniec was also found guilty of assault…

[ad_1] The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state’s heavily gerrymandered state legislative maps are unconstitutional and ordered lawmakers to draw new maps ahead of the 2024 elections. The case over the Republican-drawn lines, which emerged as a political flashpoint in the closely watched swing state, was the first major one to be heard…