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Thousands of revelers descend on NYC for annual Santa-themed …

Revelers take part in the annual SantaCon charity pub crawl on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023 in New York. Thousands of people dressed as jolly Old St. Nick have descended on New York City that kicked off early Saturday morning in bars in midtown Manhattan. (AP Photo/Andrew Meldrum)

Wisconsin university regents reject deal with Republicans …

FILE - University of Wisconsin-Madison students leave the Education Building between classes at the public university, Jan. 27, 2015, in Madison, Wis. The Universities of Wisconsin and Assembly Republican Speaker Robin Vos have reached a sweeping deal released Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, that would freeze hiring for diversity positions across the system in exchange for lawmakers approving employee pay raises and funding for a new engineering building at the flagship campus. Vos blocked pay raises and Republicans refused to release money for the engineering building earlier this year. (M.P. King/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)

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Michigan teen gets life in prison for Oxford High School …

Ethan Crumbly is escorted by sheriff deputies after being sentenced, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Pontiac, Mich. Crumbly sentenced to life in prison for killing four students, wounding more and terrorizing Michigan's Oxford High School in 2021. A judge Friday rejected pleas for a shorter sentence and ensured that Crumbley, 17, will not get an opportunity for parole. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Maine’s congressional delegation calls for Army investigation …

FILE - 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. The four members of Maine's congressional delegation are calling for an Army investigation into the events leading up to a mass shooting in the state in the wake of meeting with families affected by the killings. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Technology built the cashless society. Advances are helping …

A vendor selling Street Sense, a local paper that covers issues related to the homeless and employs unhoused individuals as its vendors, holds up her sign saying she can accept donations from cashless apps like Venmo and CashApp, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Washington. The transition to a cashless society has impacted street-level charitable giving – from individual donations to panhandlers to the Salvation Army donation kettles. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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From urchin crushing to lab-grown kelp, efforts to …

In this image provided by The Nature Conservancy, sunflower sea stars are visible in a tank Friday, July 9, 2021, in Friday Harbor, Wash. The star fish is the main purple urchin predator. (Ralph Pace/The Nature Conservancy via AP)

Recorded 911 calls underscore the real time terror …

A police officer walks under crime scene tape in the aftermath of a shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Police still investigating motive of UNLV shooting; …

How events unfolded at UNLV Wednesday, when a gunman shot four faculty members, killing three. (AP Digital Embed)

Nashville Police investigation into leak of Covenant …

FILE - Two women hug near a memorial at the entrance to The Covenant School, March 29, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Nashville Police have “exhausted all available investigative avenues” in the hunt for the person who leaked pages from a school shooter’s journals to a conservative commentator, the department announced in an email sent to media late on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)

Federal judge prohibits separating migrant families …

FILE - Migrant families wade through shallow waters toward Roma, Texas, March 24, 2021. A federal judge was poised Friday, Dec.8, 2023, to prohibit separation of families at the border for purposes of deterring immigration for eight years. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)

Report: Deputies were justified when they fired at …

FILE -Forensic technicians work on the vehicle authorities say officers fired shots at, that breached security at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. Friday, Jan. 31, 2020, in West Palm Beach, Fla. Two Florida sheriff's deputies were justified when they fired numerous shots at a Connecticut opera singer whose speeding SUV blasted through a checkpoint outside then-President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago almost four years ago, an internal affairs investigation concluded, Nov. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Terry Renna, File)

Wisconsin university system reaches deal with Republicans …

FILE - The commencement address is given during graduation at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis., on May 12, 2018. The Universities of Wisconsin and Assembly Republican Speaker Robin Vos have reached a sweeping deal released Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, that would freeze hiring for diversity positions across the system in exchange for lawmakers approving employee pay raises and funding for a new engineering building at the flagship campus. Vos blocked pay raises and Republicans refused to release money for the engineering building earlier this year. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)