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California faculty at largest US university system …

FILE - Students walk past the Harriet and Charles Luckman Fine Arts Complex at the California State University, Los Angeles campus, April 25, 2019. Faculty at California State University, the largest public university system in the U.S., will hold a series of four one-day strikes starting Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, across four campuses to demand higher pay and more parental leave for thousands of professors, librarians, coaches and other workers. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

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Fossil fuels influence and other takeaways from Monday’s …

Inger Anderson, Executive Director UNEP, speaks to The Associated Press at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

US Navy plane removed from Hawaii bay after it overshot …

Contractors place inflatable bags under a U.S. Navy P-8A in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, so they can float the aircraft over the water and onto land. The Navy plans to use inflatable cylinders to lift the jet off a coral reef and then roll it over to a runway to remove the plane from the ocean where it crashed the week before. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)

Man who posed as agent and offered gifts to Secret Service …

FILE - The affidavit to support the arrest of Arian Taherzadeh and Haider Ali is photographed on April 6, 2022. Taherzadeh, accused of pretending to be a federal agent and offering gifts and free apartments to Secret Service officers, has been sentenced Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, to nearly three years in prison. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

Man suspected of shoplifting stabs 2 security guards at …

People walk past a closed Macy's retail location after reports of an alleged stabbing at the department store, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, in view of City Hall in Philadelphia. Philadelphia police say a man stabbed two security guards, killing one and injuring the other. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Pilots flying tourists over national parks face new rules. …

FILE- This April 16, 2008 file photo shows a plume containing sulfur dioxide gas and ash particles as it rises from the floor of Halemaumau at the summit of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Fewer planes and helicopters will be flying tourists over Mount Rushmore and other national monuments and parks as new regulations take effect that are intended to protect the serenity of some of the nation's most beloved natural areas. (AP Photo/David Jordan, File)

Former career US diplomat charged with secretly spying …

This image provided by the Justice Department and contained in the affidavit in support of a criminal complaint, shows Manuel Rocha during a meeting with a FBI undercover employee. The Justice Department says Rocha, a former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia, has been charged with serving as a covert agent for Cuba's intelligence services since at least 1981. Newly unsealed court papers allege that Manuel Rocha engaged in "clandestine activity" on Cuba's behalf for decades, including by meeting with Cuban intelligence operatives. (Justice Department via AP)

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After racist shooting that killed 3, family sues …

FILE - Law enforcement officials continue their investigation at a Dollar General Store that was the scene of a mass shooting, Aug. 27, 2023, in Jacksonville, Fla. Family members of three Black people who were fatally shot this summer inside the Dollar General store by a shooter who had posted racist writings sued the store's owner, operator and security contractor on Monday, Dec. 4, for negligence, claiming lax security led to their loved ones' deaths. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Heavy snowfall drops tree branches onto power lines, …

A worker prepares a pathway on Parliament Hill following a snow fall, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023., in Ottawa, Ontario. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)

Governor rebukes Philadelphia protesters for chanting …

Demonstrators begin their march up 18th St. during a pro-Palestinians rally in Philadelphia, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. (Elizabeth Robertson/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

Former US ambassador arrested in Florida, accused …

FILE - An FBI seal is seen on a wall on Aug. 10, 2022, in Omaha, Neb. A former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia has been arrested in a long-running FBI counterintelligence investigation, accused of secretly serving as an agent of Cuba’s government, The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Man kills 4 relatives in Queens knife rampage, injures …

This photo provided by New York City Police Dept. shows a knife recovered at a crime scene in the far Rockaway section of the Queens borough of New York on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. A man killed four relatives, including two children, in a knife attack at their New York City home early Sunday, then set the building on fire and stabbed two police officers before one of them fatally shot him, officials said. (NYPD via AP)

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Search for military personnel continues after Osprey …

A Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force minesweeper searches in the waters where a U.S. military Osprey aircraft crashed, off Yakushima, Kagoshima prefecture, southern Japan, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. Japan suspended flights by its Osprey aircraft Thursday, officials said, the day after the U.S. Air Force Osprey based in Japan crashed into the sea during a training mission. (Kyodo News via AP)