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News crew guard dies after being shot in attempted robbery

  • DAISY NGUYEN Associated Press
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A security guard has died after he was shot while he protected a San Francisco Bay Area television news crew covering a smash-and-grab theft, part of a rash of organized retail crime in the region.

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Russia jails 5 people over coal mine disaster that killed 51

  • By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press
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MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court on Saturday ordered five people to remain in pre-trial detention for two months pending an investigation into a devastating blast in a coal mine in Siberia that resulted in dozens of deaths.

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South African scientists brace for wave propelled by omicron

  • By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Worried scientists in South Africa are scrambling to combat the lightning spread across the country of the new and highly transmissible omicron COVID-19 variant as the world grapples with its emergence.

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Shippers prepare for another pandemic crush of holiday gifts

  • By DAVID SHARP Associated Press
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The last holiday season was far from the most wonderful time of the year for the U.S. Postal Service: Sick and quarantined workers, a flood of packages from shoppers loath to set foot in stores and a last-minute dump of packages from overwhelmed private shippers.

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Stocks sink on new COVID variant; Dow loses 905 points

  • By KEN SWEET and PAUL WISEMAN
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks sank Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly falling more than 1,000 points, as a new coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa appeared to be spreading across the globe. Investors were uncertain whether the variant could potentially reverse mont…

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Biden sets out oil, gas leasing reform, stops short of ban

  • By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Friday recommended an overhaul of the nation's oil and gas leasing program to limit areas available for energy development and raise costs for oil and gas companies to drill on public land and water.

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Activists block Amazon warehouses in Europe on Black Friday

  • by KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer
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Climate activists blockaded Amazon warehouses in three European countries on Friday, part of a global effort to pressure the ecommerce giant on one of its busiest days of the year to improve working conditions and end business practices that hurt the environment.