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In their first sit-down interview since the murder, McNew’s widow, Elda, and his 19-year-old son, Liam, shared special memories. Liam reflected on how his life has changed in the two months since his father’s death.
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‘I forgive that man’: Slain corrections officer’s wife, son prepare for first Christmas since murder

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As countless people worldwide gear up to celebrate Christmas Day, the wife and son of slain Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Corrections Officer, Brad McNew, prepare to celebrate their first without him.

President-elect Donald Trump speaks at AmericaFest, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
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Trump vows to pursue executions after Biden commutes most of federal death row

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President-elect Donald Trump says he'll “vigorously pursue” capital punishment after President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of most people on federal death row partly to stop Trump from pushing forward their executions.

The wife of a journalist, who was shot during an armed gang attack on the General Hospital, cries as an ambulance arrives with his body, at a different hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
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Haiti gangs fire on journalists covering a planned hospital reopening, leaving casualties

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Suspected gang members have opened fire on journalists in Haiti’s capital as they were covering the attempted reopening of the country’s largest hospital, wounding or killing an unknown number of people.

Media swarm Fabio Ochoa, center, a former member of Cartel of Medellin, upon his arrival at El Dorado airport, after being deported from the United States, in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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Medellin Cartel victims demand truth and justice as cartel boss Fabio Ochoa walks free in Colombia

Read full article: Medellin Cartel victims demand truth and justice as cartel boss Fabio Ochoa walks free in Colombia

The return of the notorious drug trafficker Fabio Ochoa to Colombia, following his deportation from the United States, has reopened old wounds among the victims of the Medellin cartel, with some expressing their dismay at the decision of Colombian authorities to let the former mafia boss walk free.

A Ukrainian serviceman of 117th Separate Heavy Mechanized Brigade carries his dog from a AS-90 self-propelled artillery vehicle after firing towards Russian positions at the frontline on Pokrovsk direction, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
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1 dead after a Russian missile hits a Ukrainian apartment block

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Local authorities say a Russian ballistic missile struck a residential building Tuesday in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih and at least one person was killed.

Rahil Gunawan, 55, of Indonesia, poses on the deck of the chemical tanker on which he works as a deckhand while calling at the port of Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. Gunawan, who has five children and has been working on cargo ships for more than 25 years, spends seven to ten months at sea per year. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Seafarers move global trade — and Christmas gifts. These ministries bring them holiday cheer

Read full article: Seafarers move global trade — and Christmas gifts. These ministries bring them holiday cheer

A network of faith-based organizations minister to seafarers in hundreds of the world’s ports.

Detroit Lions place kicker Jake Bates steps into a 65-yard field goal attempt off the hold of Jack Fox, that missed right during the first half of an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
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NFL players who use platform to share their faith say it's their duty to spread their love of Jesus

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Jake Bates was standing on the turf in his hometown of Houston when asked to reflect on an unlikely journey from learning how to sell bricks to making game-winning kicks for the Detroit Lions.

Palestinian women and girls struggle to reach for food at a distribution center in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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Global monitor says famine is weeks away in north Gaza. A US diplomat calls warning 'irresponsible'

Read full article: Global monitor says famine is weeks away in north Gaza. A US diplomat calls warning 'irresponsible'

A leading global food crisis monitor says deaths from starvation will likely pass famine levels in north Gaza as soon as next month.

Damage to the Santa Cruz Wharf is seen in Santa Cruz, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)
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California residents on edge as high surf and flooding threats persist on Christmas Eve

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Persistent high surf and flooding threats along California's coast have residents on high alert a day after a major storm was blamed for one man's death and the partial collapse of a pier.

Baritone Quinn Kelsey, left, performs with soprano Angel Blue in a rehearsal for a new production of Verdi's "Aida," opening at the Metropolitan Opera on New Year's Eve. (Ken Howard/Met Opera via AP)
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Soprano Angel Blue sings her first Metropolitan Opera 'Aida' in a new production

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Angel Blue, one of the most admired singers of her generation, is headlining the Metropolitan Opera’s first new production of Verdi’s “Aida” in 36 years.

Sebastian Zapeta, accused of setting a woman on fire inside a New York City subway train, appears in court, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Curtis Means via Pool)
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Man arraigned on murder charges in NYC subway death fanned flames with a shirt, prosecutors say

Read full article: Man arraigned on murder charges in NYC subway death fanned flames with a shirt, prosecutors say

Prosecutors say a man accused of burning a woman to death inside a New York City subway train used a shirt to fan the flames, causing her to become engulfed.

FILE - Jenna Brashear shops at Julep Home & Gift while taking advantage of Shop Small Saturday in Wesleyan Park Plaza, on Nov. 30, 2024, in Owensboro, Ky. (Greg Eans/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP, File)
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Survey: Small businesses are feeling more optimistic about the economy after the election

Read full article: Survey: Small businesses are feeling more optimistic about the economy after the election

A survey shows small business owners are feeling more optimistic about the economy following the election.

Cesar Davila, who works for the American Airlines partner providing wheelchair assistance, wears a Christmas tree hat and festive glasses as he waits for a traveler to help inside the American Airlines terminal at Miami International Airport, on Christmas Eve, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
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Heavy travel day starts with brief grounding of all American Airlines flights

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American Airlines briefly grounded flights nationwide due to a technical problem just as the Christmas travel season kicked into overdrive and winter weather threatened more potential problems for those planning to fly or drive.

FILE - In this image taken from video, police stand guard as Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters light flares at the Dam square, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo InterVision, File)
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Amsterdam court sentences 5 men over violence linked to Ajax-Maccabi soccer game

Read full article: Amsterdam court sentences 5 men over violence linked to Ajax-Maccabi soccer game

An Amsterdam District Court has issued sentences of up to six months in jail against 5 men who were involved in violent disorder after a soccer match between the Dutch club Ajax and Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv in November.

FILE - The American Airlines logo is stands atop the American Airlines Center, Dec. 19, 2017, in Dallas. Black passengers who were briefly ordered off an American Airlines plane in January sued the airline Wednesday, May 29, 2024, alleging that they were victims of racial discrimination. (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth, File)
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American Airlines nationwide ground stop lifted after ‘technical issue’ on Tuesday

Read full article: American Airlines nationwide ground stop lifted after ‘technical issue’ on Tuesday

All flights are now back on schedule, allowing passengers to travel home for the holidays.

FILE - French centrist presidential election candidate Emmanuel Macron, left, waves supporters as French centrist politician Francois Bayrou looks on during a meeting in Pau, southwestern France, Wednesday, April 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Bob Edme, File)
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France has a new government, again. Politics and crushing debt complicate next steps

Read full article: France has a new government, again. Politics and crushing debt complicate next steps

France’s president and prime minister have managed to form a new government just in time for the holidays.

In this photo released by the Mammoth Museum at the Russian North-Eastern Federal University on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, University's Scientists show the remains of a 50,000-year-old baby mammoth uncovered by melting permafrost in Russia's Siberia. (Michil Yakovlev, Mammoth Museum at the Russian North-Eastern Federal University telegram channel via AP)
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Baby mammoth preserved for 50,000 years is unveiled in Russia's Siberia

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The 50,000-year-old remains of a baby mammoth uncovered by melting permafrost have been unveiled to the public by researchers in Russia’s Siberia region.

FILE - A doctor treats a Sudanese child suffering from malnutrition are treated at an MSF clinic in Metche Camp, Chad, near the Sudanese border, on April 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Patricia Simon, File)
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Sudan's war is 'deepening and widening' a famine crisis, hunger monitoring report says

Read full article: Sudan's war is 'deepening and widening' a famine crisis, hunger monitoring report says

Famine is reported to be spreading in Sudan amid relentless war between the military and a notorious paramilitary group that devastated the country and created the world’s largest displacement crisis.

Palestinian scouts carry posters, one reads "Peace for Gaza and its people," while they march during Christmas Eve celebrations at the Church of the Nativity, traditionally recognized by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
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Middle East latest: Israeli raid and airstrikes in West Bank kill at least 8 Palestinians

Read full article: Middle East latest: Israeli raid and airstrikes in West Bank kill at least 8 Palestinians

The Palestinian Health Ministry says at least eight people were killed by Israeli military operations in the northern West Bank.

FILE - Paramilitary soldiers from Frontier Corps stand guard outside their headquarters, where supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan protest against the arrest of their leader, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, May 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad, File)
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US and UK criticize Pakistani military court convictions of civilian supporters of Imran Khan

Read full article: US and UK criticize Pakistani military court convictions of civilian supporters of Imran Khan

The United States and the United Kingdom have expressed deep concern over the recent handing down of convictions by Pakistani military courts to 25 civilian supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan over last year's riots.

Protesters hold a banner showing images of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, right, and acting President Han Duck-soo during a rally demanding the arrest of Yoon in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. The banner reads "Denounce Han Duck-soo's veto." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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South Korea's opposition party vows to impeach acting president

Read full article: South Korea's opposition party vows to impeach acting president

South Korea’s main opposition party said Tuesday it will seek to impeach acting leader Han Duck-soo after he missed an opposition-set deadline to approve independent investigations into impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife.

FILE - The United States Steel logo is pictured outside the headquarters building in downtown Pittsburgh, April 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
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Biden will decide on US Steel acquisition after influential panel fails to reach consensus

Read full article: Biden will decide on US Steel acquisition after influential panel fails to reach consensus

A powerful government panel has failed to reach consensus on the possible national security risks of a nearly $15 billion proposed deal for Nippon Steel of Japan to purchase U.S. Steel.

President Joe Biden speaks during a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
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Biden signs defense bill despite objections to ban on transgender health care for military children

Read full article: Biden signs defense bill despite objections to ban on transgender health care for military children

President Joe Biden has signed the annual defense authorization bill into law despite his objections to language banning transgender health care for military children.

FILE - Actor Alec Baldwin attends his trial for involuntary manslaughter for the 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during filming of the Western movie "Rust," July 12, 2024, at Santa Fe County District Court in Santa Fe, N.M. (Ramsay de Give/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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Prosecutors withdraw appeal of dismissed case against Alec Baldwin in fatal movie set shooting

Read full article: Prosecutors withdraw appeal of dismissed case against Alec Baldwin in fatal movie set shooting

New Mexico prosecutors won’t pursue an appeal of a court’s decision to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin.

Shoes hanging in front of portraits of ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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UN investigative team says Syria's new authorities 'very receptive' to probe of Assad war crimes

Read full article: UN investigative team says Syria's new authorities 'very receptive' to probe of Assad war crimes

The U.N. organization assisting in investigating the most serious crimes in Syria says the country’s new authorities were “very receptive” to its request for cooperation during a just-concluded visit to Damascus — and it is preparing to deploy.

Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Criminal court for his arraignment on state murder and terror charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, in New York. (Curtis Means/Pool Photo via AP)
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Inside the state and federal charges against the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO

Read full article: Inside the state and federal charges against the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO

A triptych of criminal charges paints a searing, sometimes disparate portrait of the man accused of ambushing and killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO Brian Thompson.

FILE - Nate Coulter, executive director of the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS), looks at a book in the main branch of the public library in downtown Little Rock, Ark., May 23, 2023. An increasing number of conservative states are pushing for measures making it easier to ban or restrict access to books. (AP Photo/Katie Adkins, File)
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Judge rules Arkansas law allowing criminal charges against librarians is unconstitutional

Read full article: Judge rules Arkansas law allowing criminal charges against librarians is unconstitutional

A federal judge has struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing so-called “harmful” materials to minors.

FILE - Adnan Syed and his mother, Shamim Rahman, talk with reporters as they arrive at Maryland's Supreme Court in Annapolis, Md., Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, to hear arguments in an appeal by Syed, whose conviction for killing his ex-girlfriend more than 20 years ago was chronicled in the hit podcast "Serial." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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Adnan Syed's lawyers seek to reduce his prison sentence

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Attorneys for Adnan Syed, whose legal case was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial,” are seeking to have his prison sentence reduced.

High surf rolls past the Capitola Wharf, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, in Capitola, Calif. (AP Photo/Pamela Hassell)
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Major storm pounds California's central coast, blamed for man's death and partially collapsing pier

Read full article: Major storm pounds California's central coast, blamed for man's death and partially collapsing pier

A major storm has pounded California’s central coast bringing flooding and high surf that was blamed for fatally trapping a man beneath debris on a beach and later partially collapsing a pier, tossing three people into the Pacific Ocean.

FILE - Actor Paul Hogan stands on the set of "Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles" on the Gold Coast, Australia Tuesday Aug. 29, 2000. (AP Photo/Steve Holland, File)
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Burt, the huge Australian crocodile who had a cameo in ‘Crocodile Dundee,’ dies at 90

Read full article: Burt, the huge Australian crocodile who had a cameo in ‘Crocodile Dundee,’ dies at 90

The Crocosaurus Cove reptile aquarium in Darwin, Australia, says the huge crocodile that rose to fame with a cameo in the movie “Crocodile Dundee” has died.