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The Santa Cruz Wharf needed repairs. A court battle followed instead

The partial collapse of the Santa Cruz Wharf followed years of legal battle and delayed…
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Santa Cruz wharf to remain closed while officials assess damage

Powerful seas fueled by recent storms, a wharf more than a century old battered by hundreds of storms and a construction zone made for a “perfect situation” Monday for the partial collapse of the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf on Monday, according to a city official.
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Biden signs a bill officially making the bald eagle the national bird of the US

WASHINGTON (AP) — The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and strength of the United States for more than 240 years, earned an overdue honor on Tuesday: It officially became the country’s national bird. President Joe Biden signed into law legislation sent to him by Congress that amends the United States Code to correct what had long gone unnoticed an…
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Stunning photos show lava erupting from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano

HONOLULU (AP) — One of the world’s most active volcanoes spewed lava into the air for a second straight day on Tuesday. The eruption of Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island has stayed within the mountain’s summit caldera inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. No homes were threatened. Molten rock began shooting from the volcano before dawn on Mon…
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Satellite images reveal aftermath of strike on Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in Russia

Drones attacked the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in the Rostov region, Russia, on December 19. At least one fuel tank burned down, Radio Liberty reports. “New satellite images reveal that at least one fuel storage tank at the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in Russia’s Rostov region was destroyed by fire following a drone strike five days ago,” the repo…
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Bill Clinton released from hospital after being treated for flu

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NYC Subway Fire: What We Know About the Fatal Burning of a Woman

The woman, who has not been identified, died after a man set her on fire on an F train on Sunday morning. The police have charged a man from Guatemala with murder and arson.
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Trump criticises Biden’s death row decisions – saying he backs capital punishment for ‘rapists, murderers, and monsters’

Mr Trump was responding to President Joe Biden’s decision to reduce the sentences of almost all federal inmates on death row to life imprisonment – whom Mr Trump called “37 of the worst killers in our country”.
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Fire damages United Russia party office in Arkhangelsk, official claims

The office was storing “humanitarian aid” for Russia’s front-line military personnel, according to United Russia representative Vladimir Zhgilyov.
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Trump vows to pursue executions after Biden commutes most of federal death row

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.