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Atmospheric river soaks Pacific Northwest with record-breaking …

In this photo provided by Kira Mascorella, cars drive through flood waters in Granite Falls, Wash., Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. An atmospheric river has brought heavy rain, flooding and warm winter temperatures to the Pacific Northwest, closing rail links, schools and roads as it shattered daily rainfall and temperature records in Washington state. (Kira Mascorella via AP)

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From Barbie’s unexpected wisdom to dissent among Kennedys, …

FILE —Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson after her formal investiture ceremony at the Supreme Court, in Washington, Sept. 30, 2022. In Quotes of the Year, a Yale Law School librarian's list of the most notable quotes of 2023, she is quoted: "Deeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life," in her dissenting opinion in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, June 29, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Pregnant Texas woman asks a court to let her have an abortion …

FILE - Abortion rights demonstrators attend a rally at the Texas state Capitol in Austin, Texas, May 14, 2022. A pregnant Texas woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis asked a court Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, to let her terminate the pregnancy, bringing what her attorneys say is the first lawsuit of its kind in the U.S. since Roe v. Wade was overturned last year.(AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

FBI chief makes fresh pitch for spy program renewal and …

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., listens during a hearing with FBI Director Christopher Wray at a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Jonathan Majors’ accuser recounts night of assault, actor’s …

Grace Jabbari, the accuser in the assault case against Jonathan Majors, leaves court after giving testimony, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Ex-Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to cut plane’s …

FILE - Joseph Emerson, left, is arraigned in Multnomah County Circuit Court, Oct. 24, 2023, in Portland, Ore. The former Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to cut the engines of a Horizon Air flight has been indicted on 83 charges of recklessly endangering another person and one charge of endangering an aircraft. However, Emerson is no longer charged with attempted murder. The district attorney in Oregon's Multnomah County, home to Portland, announced the grand jury's indictment Tuesday, Dec. 5 Emerson is scheduled to be arraigned on the indictment. (Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP, Pool, File)

Man believed to have fired shots before a Virginia house …

A home is seen exploding from a distance, Monday night, Dec. 4, 2023 in Arlington, Va. Arlington County Police in a Virginia suburb of the nation’s capital are investigating an explosion at a residence where officers were trying to serve a search warrant Monday. The Arlington County Police Department said in a statement that the suspect fired several shots inside the home and that an explosion happened. Arlington is located across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. (AP Photo)

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Illinois scraps plan for building migrant winter …

Yimara Pajaro of Venezuela carries cots into the Chicago City Life Center, Nov. 29, 2023, in Chicago. Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration on Tuesday, Dec. 5 announced it is scrapping construction of the temporary winter camp for migrants, citing the risk of contaminants at the former industrial site. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

North Carolina Rep. McHenry, who led House through …

FILE - Temporary House speaker Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., talks with Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., before Republicans try to elect Johnson to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 25, 2023. McHenry, who presided temporarily over the U.S. House for three intense weeks while Republicans struggled to elect a permanent speaker after Kevin McCarthy's ouster, announced on Tuesday, Dec. 5, that he won't seek reelection to his seat next year. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Texas high school sends Black student back to in-school …

FILE - Darryl George, left, a 17-year-old junior, and his mother Darresha George, right, talks with reporters before walking across the street to go into Barbers Hill High School after Darryl served a 5-day in-school suspension for not cutting his hair Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, in Mont Belvieu. George will spend the remainder of the year in in-school suspension, extending a punishment that was first imposed in August over his hairstyle that district officials maintain violates their dress code policy. A referral given to George Tuesday, Dec. 5, said his hair is “out of compliance” with the dress code at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke, File)

Families of 3 Black victims in fatal Florida Dollar …

FILE - Law enforcement officials continue their investigation at a Dollar General Store that was the scene of a mass shooting, Aug. 27, 2023, in Jacksonville, Fla. Family members of three Black people who were fatally shot this summer inside the Dollar General store by a shooter who had posted racist writings sued the store's owner, operator and security contractor on Monday, Dec. 4, for negligence, claiming lax security led to their loved ones' deaths. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Midwest mystery: Iowa man still missing, 2 weeks …

This undated family photo shows David Schultz with his two sons. Schultz’s semi-truck was found two weeks ago on a rural highway in northwest Iowa, its trailer still filled with baby pigs he was transporting. Schultz’s wallet and phone were inside, and his jacket was on the side of the road. But Schultz was nowhere to be found, and his Nov. 21, 2023 disappearance outside Sac City remains a mystery. (Family photo via AP)

U.S. imposes new round of sanctions over Russia’s …

FILE- The U.S. Treasury Department building is shown at dusk in Washington on June 6, 2019. The U.S. on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, imposed sanctions on a Belgian involved in procuring electronics for the Russian military, his companies and a group of Belarusian firms and people tied to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Memorials to victims of Maine’s deadliest mass shooting …

Snow accumulates outside a restaurant at a makeshift memorial for the victims of last month's mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. With winter approaching, officials began removing memorials to the 18 people killed. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)