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This page is an archive of main headlines from the US for 14.12.2024.
It displays 137 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
14.12.2024 ⇢ The Day Drones Split Power
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The mysterious drone situation over New Jersey intensified as local authorities attempted countermeasures, while the Biden administration claimed lack of authority to act. Trump demanded the objects be shot down, creating a political divide over response protocols.
South Korea's parliament impeached President Yoon over his martial law declaration, with K-pop protesters celebrating in the streets. The constitutional court will review the decision while the prime minister assumes interim powers.
The UnitedHealthcare CEO murder investigation revealed new details about Mangione's pre-arrest movements, including his time in Hawaii and his mother's cooperation with the FBI. His hiring of veteran prosecutor Karen Friedman Agnifilo as counsel suggests preparation for a complex defense.
By evening, ABC News agreed to pay Trump $15 million and issue an apology to settle their defamation lawsuit. Trump appeared at the Army-Navy game with allies, including Daniel Penny, while announcing Devin Nunes as his pick to lead the Intelligence Advisory Board.
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New York Post
Police tipped off the feds after they recognized the 26-year-old’s face in surveillance images put out by the NYPD after Thompson, 50, was gunned down last week – but his mother wasn’t quite sure that was actually her son in the images.
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Associated Press
South Korea’s parliament has voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived martial law declaration this month.
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Wall Street Journal
The prime minister is set to assume presidential powers on an interim basis. The constitutional court will now review the vote, which could take months.
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Trump’s inauguration invite to Xi is a big deal
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The New York Times
President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on Dec. 3 and plunged South Korea into turmoil. Some members of his own party helped pass the motion to impeach.
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The New York Times
President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on Dec. 3 and plunged South Korea into turmoil. Some members of his own party helped pass the motion to impeach.
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The Epoch Times
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The Washington Post
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The Washington Post
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Jim Newell
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South Korea’s parliament impeached Presisdent Yoon Suk Yeol for his attempt to impose martial, the first time such a measure had been imposed on the nation in more than four decades.
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South Korea's parliament has impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law decree, ending days of political paralysis.
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The Washington Post
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07:10⇢Seoul Parliament Ousts President
⌨The newspapers report extensively on South Korea's parliamentary impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law declaration (AP, NYTimes, WSJ, CNN, CBS, NPR, Newsweek). The prime minister will assume interim powers while the constitutional court reviews the decision. Meanwhile, US domestic coverage focuses on Biden's efforts to protect his legacy from potential Trump administration changes (Yahoo, USA Today), including possible privatization of the US Postal Service (Washington Post).
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The Daily Beast
Sandy Fonza still mourns her beloved son who died by suicide after being jailed in for-profit jurist scam.
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The Boston Globe
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“Of course I’m shocked but there was a darkness to him that was always there,” one pal told The Post.
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Wall Street Journal
The adolescents are among the estimated 2,200 people the regime said it arrested in July during protests over the country’s disputed presidential election.
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After the Bolivian ultraright launched a coup in 2019, a mass movement restored the country’s socialist government — proof that it isn’t elites that protect democracy but organized workers.
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Los Angeles Times
The 26-year-old former data engineer’s political ideology, steeped in a hodgepodge of online Silicon Valley tech philosophy and heterodox ideas, defies neat left-right categorization.
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The Death and Life of New York Outdoor Dining
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Yahoo! News
AI enters Congress: Sexually explicit deepfakes target women lawmakers
The American Sunlight Project identified the AI deepfakes as an evolving risk for women's participation in politics.
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The Atlantic
There are better solutions than vigilante violence.
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Los Angeles Times
The 26-year-old former data engineer’s political ideology, steeped in a hodgepodge of online Silicon Valley tech philosophy and heterodox ideas, defies neat left-right categorization.
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Breitbart News
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Faulkner Focus,” Belleville, NJ, Mayor Michael Melham stated that the state of New Jersey gave them guidance that day that if a drone is downed “we’re immediately to call the bomb squad of our county, and, second, our fire department has been instructed to make sure they wear HAZMAT suits” like it’s an attack on the homeland.
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New York Post
The Ocean County Sheriff’s office sent its own “industrial grade” drone into the air Thursday.
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Yahoo! News
The dark fandom behind healthcare CEO murder suspect worries authorities
Brian Thompson's murder, and the public's obsession with the suspect, blurs "the lines between celebrity and criminality," says expert.
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10:30⇢Jersey Launches Counter-Drones While Judge's Pardon Sparks Fury
⌨The newspapers report on multiple developments in New Jersey's mystery drone situation, with local authorities taking action by deploying their own drones and being instructed to treat downed objects as potential hazards (NJ Post, Breitbart). Coverage continues of the controversial Biden pardon of "kids-for-cash" judge Michael Conahan, with victims' families expressing outrage (Common Dreams, The Daily Beast). The UnitedHealthcare CEO murder case gains attention for its dark online following (Yahoo).
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The New York Times
Some members of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s own party helped remove him from office. But the political uncertainty is far from over.
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Yahoo! News
Biden moves to protect legacy ahead of Trump's White House return
The president is challenging GOP lawmakers to help preserve the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act — the centerpiece of his economic agenda.
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South Korea’s parliament votes to impeach president
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His early messaging is setting the stage for one of the first major legal battles of his second term.
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The road to the capital tells the story of a new Syria emerging from 54 years of authoritarian rule by one family, the Assads. Today’s Syria is no longer theirs.
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The Daily Beast
It is hard to explain to people that my eight-year-old son has a terminal illness, especially because they keep saying “that kid’s not sick.”
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President-elect Donald Trump has stated he will seek to get rid of daylight saving time when he takes office.
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Associated Press
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says American officials have been in direct contact with the Syrian rebel group that spearheaded the overthrow of President Bashar Assad’s government but is designated a foreign terrorist organization by the United States and others.
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From Maryland to Asia, murder suspect Luigi Mangione traversed the globe before CEO Brian Thompson was killed. His travels shed light on him.
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Yahoo! News
Jay-Z's rape accuser speaks out on her allegations, addresses 'mistakes'
An Alabama woman accusing Jay-Z and Diddy of raping her when she was 13 spoke with NBC News to recount the alleged incident.
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On Friday, veteran liberal François Bayrou was announced as Emmanuel Macron’s new prime minister. Macron has again formed a government without a majority in parliament — and its planned budget cuts seem likely to face fierce opposition.
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13:17⇢US Talks With Assad's Conquerors
⌨The newspapers report on major developments in Syria, with US officials confirming direct talks with former Al-Qaeda affiliated rebels who toppled Assad (AP, WSJ, NPR). Tech industry leaders are showing renewed alignment with Trump, offering financial support and public endorsements (NYTimes, HuffPost). The UnitedHealthcare CEO murder case continues to generate attention, with focus shifting to suspect Mangione's global travels and reading habits (USA Today, Newsweek).
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A Missouri man has been found in Syria after being imprisoned for months.
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Luigi Mangione will be represented by Karen Friedman Agnifilo, who was a high-ranking deputy in the Manhattan district attorney's office for years before entering private practice.
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The Daily Beast
The couple face a fight to see their lucrative deal renewed after a string of underwhelming projects.
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After the discovery of the Biden administration starting to sell off what appear to be sections of unused border wall materials, Texas looked into buying the sections to donate to the incoming Trump administration. Texas officials determined the materials were mostly junk, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick reported.
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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi underwent a successful hip replacement surgery following an injury she sustained while traveling in Luxemburg.
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Wall Street Journal
The adolescents are among the estimated 2,200 people the regime said it arrested in July during protests over the country’s disputed presidential election.
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Last month, workers at a Whole Foods Market in Philadelphia filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board, the first such filing since Amazon took over the grocery chain in 2017. We spoke with some of the workers about the union drive.
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U.S., allies are pressing for a swift transition in Syria to avert a descent into chaos.
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In the span of six days, subway vigilante Daniel Penny has gone from sweating a future jail cell to hanging out with the president-elect in a luxury suite.
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Antony Blinken is the first U.S. official to confirm contact between the Biden administration and the rebel coalition that ousted Bashar al-Assad from power.
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15:41⇢Blinken Confirms Talks With Assad's Conquerors
⌨The newspapers report on developments in Syria, with US Secretary Blinken confirming direct talks with the rebel coalition that ousted Assad (CBS, WSJ, AP). The UnitedHealthcare CEO murder case continues with new details about Mangione's legal representation and FBI involvement (ABC, Newsweek). Reports emerge of ABC and Stephanopoulos reaching a defamation settlement with Trump (Fox News), while Trump appears at the Army-Navy game with Daniel Penny (NY Post).
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The Atlantic
In 1893, a U.S.-backed coup overthrew the Islands’ sovereign government. What does America owe Hawai‘i now?
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A major donor and surrogate to Trump’s 2024 campaign, White previously backed President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, both Democrats.
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Associated Press
ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million toward Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle a lawsuit over anchor George Stephanopoulos’ inaccurate on-air assertion that the president-elect had been found civilly liable for raping writer E.
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The Epoch Times
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Wall Street Journal
U.S., allies are pressing for a swift transition in Syria to avert a descent into chaos.
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Devin Nunes will also continue leading Trump Media & Technology Group, a public company with a nearly $8 billion market cap.
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ABC News agreed to contribute $15 million to President-elect Donald Trump's presidential foundation and museum to settle the defamation suit filed by Trump.
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Devin Nunes will also continue leading Trump Media & Technology Group, a public company with a nearly $8 billion market cap.
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New York Post
President-elect Donald Trump and George Stephanopoulos have been ordered to sit for depositions as part of Trump’s defamation suit against ABC News and its anchor.
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Daniel Penny, the former Marine who was acquitted in the killing of Jordan Neely, has joined President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance at the annual Army-Navy football game.
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Nunes is CEO of Truth Social and will continue leading Trump Media & Technology Group, a public company with a nearly $8 billion market cap.
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The food colorant has been linked to behavioral problems in children, including inattention and hyperactivity. California passed a law to ban it last year.
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On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby stated that shooting down one of the mysterious drones over the ocean can’t be done because “we have to develop the policy
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The suit was filed in response to George Stephanopoulos saying on air 10 times that a jury found Trump had ‘raped’ E. Jean Carroll
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18:13⇢ABC Pays Trump $15M Over Carroll Comments
⌨The newspapers report extensively on ABC News and George Stephanopoulos settling Trump's defamation lawsuit for $15 million (ABC, CBS, CNN, NY Post, AP, Epoch Times). Coverage continues of mystery drones, with White House citing safety concerns for not shooting them down, while officials suggest many are misidentified aircraft (Breitbart, Newsweek, HuffPost). Trump appears at Army-Navy game, receiving vocal support from attendees (Fox News, Daily Wire, OAN).
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The Daily Beast
The $15 million settlement is a victory following Trump’s several unsuccessful attempts to sue media outlets.
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Trump's game-day entourage reflects what his inner circle will likely look like when he returns to the White House next month.
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Breitbart News
ABC News and anchor George Stephanopoulos agreed to settle a defamation lawsuit that President-elect Donald Trump had filed and will pay Trump $15 million, attorneys fees, and issue a public apology.
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The Washington Post
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The Blaze
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Breitbart News
ABC News and anchor George Stephanopoulos agreed to settle a defamation lawsuit that President-elect Donald Trump had filed and will pay Trump $15 million, attorneys fees, and issue a public apology.
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Breitbart News
ABC News and anchor George Stephanopoulos agreed to settle a defamation lawsuit that President-elect Donald Trump had filed and will pay Trump $15 million, attorneys fees, and issue a public apology.
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One America News
ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos has reached a settlement with President-elect Donald Trump and agreed to pay him $15 million in a defamation lawsuit.
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The New York Times
It was a week of frenzied activity as Silicon Valley billionaires and their companies brandished checks and compliments for President-elect Trump.
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Taiwan is buckling up for what could be a far more volatile relationship with Washington
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The New York Times
The outcome of the lawsuit marks an unusual victory for President-elect Trump in his ongoing legal campaign against national news organizations.
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Speculation swirled for weeks as Grenell was seemingly snubbed for the role of secretary of State.
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Yahoo! News
WNBA owner pushes back on honor for Caitlin Clark: 'It creates hard feelings'
Sheila Johnson, the owner of the Washington Mystics, believes Caitlin Clark was singled out for the Time award because she's white.
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Before giving way to Donald Trump, President Biden is daring the GOP to eliminate his biggest wins and trying to take actions to preserve his agenda.
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Los Angeles Times
Recent wildfires in Malibu and the Santa Monica Mountains have made way for non-native plant growth, setting the stage for increasingly frequent blazes.
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New York Post
New Jersey Sen. Andy Kim went out on drone patrol with local police on Thursday night and believes some lights in the sky he came across were possibly drones, but most others — after “deeper analysis” — appear to have just been planes.
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21:09⇢ABC's $15M Bow to Trump
⌨The newspapers report extensively on ABC News and George Stephanopoulos agreeing to pay Trump $15 million and issue a public apology in a defamation lawsuit settlement (ABC, CBS, NYT, Breitbart, Daily Beast, OAN). Government officials continue addressing drone sightings, with Sen. Andy Kim's investigation suggesting many reported drones are actually planes (NY Post, Newsweek). Biden's attempts to secure his legacy against potential Trump administration changes receive attention (USA Today, Washington Post).
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Los Angeles Times
Recent wildfires in Malibu and the Santa Monica Mountains have made way for non-native plant growth, setting the stage for increasingly frequent blazes.
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Associated Press
Donald Trump got something this year that no other person designated Time magazine’s Person of the Year had ever received.
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Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter took home the 2024 Heisman Trophy on Saturday night.
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Yahoo! News
Some fans are frustrated with the 'sexy characters' in Taylor Sheridan's shows
Bella Hadid's character in "Yellowstone" is only the latest female role in the Sheridan TV universe to come under scrutiny.
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Wall Street Journal
The family stashed away its wealth over half a century of despotic rule. Human-rights lawyers are leading efforts to find the assets—and recover them for the Syrian people.
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Yahoo! News
Drone sighting shuts down runways at New York airport
Gov. Kathy Hochul urged Congress to strengthen the FAA's oversight of drones after latest in a series of incidents across the U.S.
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Yahoo! News
Colorado 2-way star Travis Hunter takes Heisman in closest race since 2009
Hunter's historic season has ended with the Heisman, as he becomes the fifth non-QB to win the award this century.
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Yahoo! News
Fans react after WNBA owner criticizes Time for Athlete of the Year award
Sheila Johnson, the owner of the Washington Mystics, believes Caitlin Clark was singled out for the Time award because she's white.
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