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Khaleda Zia, former Bangladeshi prime minister and archrival of Hasina, dies at 80

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, whose archrivalry with another former premier defined the country’s politics for a generation, has died, her Bangladesh Nationalist Party said in a statement Tuesday. She was 80. Zia was the first woman elected prime minister of Bangladesh. She had faced

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Alicia Johnson to become first Black woman elected to Georgia’s Public Service Commission

ATLANTA (AP) — Alicia Johnson will become the first Black woman elected to a statewide post that isn’t a judgeship in Georgia when she takes office on the state Public Service Commission on Thursday. Johnson held a ceremonial swearing-in Monday in the commission chambers in Atlanta, surrounded by family, friends and supporters. She called her

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Monday’s Transactions

By The Associated Press BASEBALL Major League Baseball American League ATHLETICS — Agreed to terms with LF Tyler Soderstrom on a seven-year contract. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association TORONTO RAPTORS — Signed C Mo Bamba to a rest-of-season contract. FOOTBALL National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS — Promoted WR Chris Blair and OLB Khalid Kareem from the

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Florida congresswoman accused of stealing COVID funds maintains innocence

By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick reiterated her innocence Monday outside a Miami federal courthouse, where she faces charges of conspiring to steal $5 million in federal COVID-19 disaster funds. Cherfilus-McCormick was scheduled to be arraigned, but her attorney requested the proceeding be rescheduled to Jan. 20 so that

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Wyoming nonprofit receives $3.4M of Nebraska’s opioid settlement funds to build Nebraska clinic

By DESTINY HEBERS/Flatwater Free Press Flatwater Free Press When Nebraska’s Department of Health and Human Services announced its plan to divvy up millions in opioid settlement money, one recipient stood out: The Central Wyoming Counseling Center. The Wyoming nonprofit is the only out-of-state organization slated to receive some of Nebraska’s Opioid Treatment Infrastructure Cash Fund,

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College Basketball Scores

Monday, Dec. 29 EAST Binghamton 100, Elmira 60 Eastern Connecticut State 86, Pennsylvania College 57 Emory 104, Bates 66 Franciscan 70, Stevenson 66 Franklin & Marshall 84, City College of New York 47 Goucher 103, Notre Dame (MD) Gators 75 Hartford 82, Connecticut College 81 Hofstra 86, Campbell 72 John Carroll 106, Stockton 81 Juniata

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US SPECIAL ELECTION-IOWA DESCRIPTION: Democrat Renee Hardman faces Republican Lucas Loftin in the Dec. 30 special election

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US SPECIAL ELECTION-IOWA DESCRIPTION: Democrat Renee Hardman faces Republican Lucas Loftin in the Dec. 30 special election

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US SPECIAL ELECTION-IOWA DESCRIPTION: Democrat Renee Hardman faces Republican Lucas Loftin in the Dec. 30 special election

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US SPECIAL ELECTION-IOWA DESCRIPTION: Democrat Renee Hardman faces Republican Lucas Loftin in the Dec. 30 special election

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Great Plains News Digest

To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— IOWA ————-——————— US–Election 2025-Decision Notes-Iowa AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Iowa’s state Senate special election SUMMARY: Voters in a Democratic-leaning West Des Moines-area district

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Great Plains News Digest

To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— IOWA ————-——————— US–Election 2025-Decision Notes-Iowa AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Iowa’s state Senate special election SUMMARY: Voters in a Democratic-leaning West Des Moines-area district

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Great Plains News Digest

To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— IOWA ————-——————— US–Election 2025-Decision Notes-Iowa AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Iowa’s state Senate special election SUMMARY: Voters in a Democratic-leaning West Des Moines-area district

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Russia opens rebuilt Mariupol theater more than 3 years after Moscow airstrike killed hundreds there

By The Associated Press A historic theater in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol has opened its doors more than three years after it was pummeled in a Russian airstrike that killed hundreds of civilians sheltering inside. Moscow-installed authorities marked the rebuilding of the Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theater with a gala concert on the

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