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White House briefs Trump administration on nuclear threats  NewsNation Now

Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message urged “all people of all nations” to find courage “to silence the sounds of arms and overcome divisions” plaguing the world, from the Middle East to Ukraine, Africa to Asia. (Image credit: Andrew

Lottery officials say the odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350.

How to have a Trumpy Christmas, and make the president-elect richer, too  The Washington Post

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has clashed with her own party over how to tackle the nexus of addiction, mental illness and violence in New Mexico.

The deaths underscore the squalid conditions in Gaza’s sprawling camps, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are crammed into often ramshackle tents after fleeing Israel’s bombardment and offensives.

The deaths underscore the squalid conditions in Gaza’s sprawling camps, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are crammed into often ramshackle tents after fleeing Israel’s bombardment and offensives.

On Wednesday, the Pakistani military said security forces killed 13 insurgents in an overnight operation in an intelligence-based operation in South Waziristan.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that it was too soon to speculate on the reasons behind the crash, but said that the weather had forced the plane to change from its planned course.

Dozens dead as passenger plane crashes in Kazakhstan  ABC News Azerbaijan Airlines plane headed to Russia crashes hundreds of miles off course, dozens dead  Fox News Azerbaijan Airlines crash sparks speculation plane ‘accidentally shot down by Russia’  Yahoo! Voices Azerbaijan Airlines Jet Crashes