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Here’s what Sinema’s switch means for the Senate

by MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press December 9, 2022December 9, 2022

The Arizona senator is expected to continue casting most of her votes with Democrats while separating herself on certain issues.

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Colorado Springs club shooter’s 2021 bomb case was dropped

by COLLEEN SLEVIN, JIM MUSTIAN, MIKE BALSAMO, BERNARD CONDON and JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press December 9, 2022December 9, 2022

The charges were dismissed despite authorities a finding a tub with more than 100 pounds of explosive materials and later receiving warnings from other relatives that suspect Anderson Lee Aldrich was sure to hurt or murder a set of grandparents.

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Wholesale inflation in U.S. slowed in November to 7.4%

by CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer December 9, 2022December 9, 2022

It is the fifth straight slowdown and a hopeful sign that inflation pressures across the economy are continuing to cool.

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Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema registers as an independent

by JONATHAN J. COOPER and LISA MASCARO Associated Press December 9, 2022December 9, 2022

She does not plan to caucus with Republicans, ensuring Democrats will retain their narrow majority in the Senate.

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Brittney Griner back home in U.S. after Russian prisoner swap

by LEKAN OYEKANMI and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press December 9, 2022December 9, 2022

Grine returned to the United States nearly 10 months after the basketball star’s detention in Russia made her the most high-profile American jailed abroad.

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Oil spill in rural Kansas creek shuts down Keystone pipeline

by JOHN HANNA, HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, and JOSH FUNK Associated Press December 8, 2022December 9, 2022

Oil prices briefly surged midday Thursday amid news of the spill.

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Stocks rise on Wall Street, but remain lower for the week

by DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA Associated Press December 8, 2022

Major indexes are all in the red for the week and have been swinging between big monthly gains and losses throughout the year.

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Philly’s slain ‘Boy in Box’: 66 years later we know his name

by MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press December 8, 2022

Nearly 66 years after the battered body of a young boy was found stuffed inside a cardboard box, Philadelphia police have revealed the identity of the victim in the city’s most notorious cold case.