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Trump Has a Bonkers New Plan to Avenge Big Tech Banishment  The Daily Beast

Syrian Jews from Brooklyn visit synagogue in Damascus, call trip ‘extremely normal’; expert says Assad welcoming foreigners to boost reconstruction

At least 50 people in the Norwegian capital of Oslo have been infected with the Omicron variant.

LONDON — The Duchess of Sussex won the latest stage in her privacy lawsuit against a British newspaper on Thursday, when three senior judges ruled its publisher breached her privacy by reproducing parts of a letter she wrote to her

A second man has testified that Jussie Smollett plotted a racist and anti-gay attack on himself and paid him and his brother to carry it out.

So far, 13 editions globally have implemented the ban, with 20 more set to do so by January 1. The magazine says the decision reflects changing tastes in fashion. (Image credit: JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images)

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, December 2, 2021  The White House

The producers agreed to continue pumping more crude, sticking to a long-term plan despite new worries over demand raised by the Omicron coronavirus variant.

Starbucks is fighting an expanded effort to unionize its stores. The effort comes even as a union vote proceeds at three of the coffee chain’s locations in Buffalo, New York.

Government Shutdown Still Looms as House Passes Spending Bill  The New York Times Congress on verge of avoiding shutdown after last-minute brinkmanship  CNN UPDATE 7-Bill to avert U.S. gov’t shutdown advances to full House after deal on timing  Yahoo Finance House passes bill