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Drummers pound in the new year as others mark 2026 with defiance or hope
From Paris to Dubai to Sydney, crowds began ringing in the new year with exuberant celebrations filled with thunderous fireworks or drumming, while others took a more subdued approach.
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Latest deep-sea search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 gets underway
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Kennedy Center changed board rules months before vote to add Trump's name
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US military strikes three more alleged drug boats, killing 3 and possibly leaving survivors
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Pope asks that Rome welcome foreigners as he closes out 2025
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Chief Justice says Constitution remains 'firm and unshaken' with major Supreme Court rulings ahead
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Montana's Supreme Court dismisses misconduct case against the state's attorney general
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Trump says he's dropping push for National Guard in Chicago, LA and Portland, Oregon, for now
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Thailand releases 18 Cambodian prisoners of war as part of ceasefire agreement
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Former US Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, of Colorado, dies at 92
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Trump administration orders a Colorado coal-fired power generator to stay open
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US imposes sanctions on 4 Venezuelan oil firms and 4 more tankers in Maduro crackdown
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Trump administration terminates lease for Washington's 3 public golf courses
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Capitol riot 'does not happen' without Trump, Jack Smith told Congress
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Prominent California farmer pleads not guilty to killing estranged wife in Arizona
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Syrian police officer killed in Aleppo suicide bombing on New Year's Eve
What to know about Trump administration freezing federal child care funds
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Farmers can now learn how much aid they will get from the Trump administration
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Appeals court says Medicaid funding cuts for Planned Parenthood can stand while lawsuit proceeds
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Mississippi man serving an illegal sentence granted clemency, weeks after his brother
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Patriots defensive lineman Christian Barmore accused of throwing girlfriend to the ground
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Nasty weather on tap for New Year fetes at Rose Parade in California and revelers in New York City
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Zohran Mamdani chose a Quran full of symbolism for his mayoral oath
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Department of Justice is reviewing more than 5.2 million documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
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Palestinians watch as Israeli bulldozers claw down their West Bank homes
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SNAP bans on soda, candy and other foods take effect in five states Jan. 1
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Pakistan's premier offers 'complete solidarity' to Saudi Crown Prince after Yemen port strike
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These bipartisan bills were noncontroversial — until Trump vetoed them
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Some Warren Buffett wisdom on his last day leading Berkshire Hathaway
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