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Articles in this issue: Airport With Runway Straddling the Border of the US and Canada Will Close 2024 Newsmakers of the Year: Epoch Times Readers’ Choice Biden’s Death Penalty Commutations Include 2 Convicted in California Ransom Hostage Killing Spree Boat Explosion at South Florida Marina Kills 1 and Injures 5 Others DOGE to Take on Pentagon’s $895.2 Billion Budget California, Federal Government Agree to Water Management Plan FDA Approves First Generic of Daily GLP-1 Diabetes Injection Bald Eagle Formally Recognized as US National Bird HHS Ends Push for Expanded Contraception Access, Keeps Trump-Era Employer Opt-Outs Bird Flu Detected in Pets’ Raw Food, Los Angeles County Public Health Warns Biden Signs Law Stripping Convicted Lawmakers of Taxpayer-Funded Pensions US Discloses Concerns About Pakistan’s Long-Range Missiles Trump Again Suggests US Should Buy Greenland; American Airlines Resumes Flights After Tech Issue Denmark Boosts Greenland’s Military Defense Capacity After Trump’s Remarks Supreme Court to Decide on Jan. 10 If It Will Hear Unusual Redistricting Appeal Man Dies as High Surf Hammers Coastal California In the Holiday Spirit, SoCal Police Give Out Starbucks Gift Cards Instead of Tickets Man Accused of Burning Female Passenger to Death in NYC Subway Arraigned on Murder Charges International Migration Drives Up California Population Amid Exodus Banking Industry Groups File Lawsuit Over Federal Reserve Bank ‘Stress Test’ Policies Hong Kong Government Faces International Criticism After New Bounties for 6 Activists China Replaces General in Charge of Ground Force’s Political Loyalty Hong Kong Issues Bounty for 6 Democracy Activists, Including 2 Canadians Chinese Communist Princelings Anxious About Party’s Future, Says Expert Toronto Man Worried About Brother Held Captive in China for Belief in Falun Gong Australia Signs Deals With Nauru, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands to Counter China Brazil Bridge Collapses, Spilling Sulfuric Acid Into River Olympic Snowboarder Sophie Hediger, 26, Dies in Swiss Avalanche Edmonton Closes Apartment Building After Shooting Death of Security Guard Federal Government Is Ending ‘Flagpoling’ for Permit Applicants — What Is It? Day in Photos: Christmas Eve Around the World, Registration in Syria, and Hot Air Balloons in Nepal Ottawa Has Spent $6.4 Million Developing ‘Optional’ National Digital ID Job Satisfaction Dropping for Canadian Soldiers: Defence Report Court Hits Pause on Global Streamers’ Upcoming Canadian Content Payments Which Major Bills Would Perish if Government Falls Rescue Teams Save Five Skiers Buried in BC Avalanche Here Are the New Air Passenger Protection Measures Ottawa Is Proposing Midnight Mass at the Nativity Church in Bethlehem Britain Needs to Get Back to Focusing on Things That Really Matter: Alan Miller Nearly 3,800 Opioid Deaths in First Half of 2024, 80% Linked to Fentanyl: Health Agency Israel Confirms It Assassinated Hamas Leader Haniyeh CCP’s Cultural Genocide Aimed at Falun Gong, Shen Yun: Part 2 Trump’s Invitation to Xi Raises Stakes for US–China Relations China’s Politburo Offers Too Little of What the Economy Needs How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Dec. 24 Union Threatens Costco With Walkout Unless ‘Record-Breaking’ Agreement Signed How Milei’s Radical Reforms Turned Argentina’s Economy Around Can We Still Expect a Santa Claus Rally? Nippon Steel’s Proposed $15 Billion Acquisition of US Steel Referred to Biden Year-End Financial Checklist for Retirees: A Guide to Financial Peace of Mind US Home Sales Surge as Supply Rises A Year Defined by Interest Rate Cuts, Stock Market Boom, and Inflation Apple Approaches $4 Trillion Valuation Starbucks Strike to Expand to Over 300 US Stores on Christmas Eve, Union Says Dutch Discover Rare 500-Year Old Wooden Shoe Congress Failed to Pass Any Critical Minerals Bill During 2023-24 Sessions 8-Year-Old Author Shares a Heartwarming Tale of Friendship and Forgiveness Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite | Sinfonia Rotterdam Rapper Travis Scott and Family Give Back at His Hometown Holiday Charity Event Ariana Grande Donates Christmas Gifts to Manchester Children’s Hospitals Actor Art Evans, Known for ‘A Soldier’s Story,’ ‘Die Hard 2,’ Dies at 82 The Real St. Nicholas and the Origin of ‘Santa Claus’ Bing Crosby’s Singing ‘White Christmas’ to World War II Troops the Most Difficult Moment of His Career: Nephew Prosecutors Withdraw Appeal of Dismissed Case Against Alec Baldwin in Fatal Movie Set Shooting US general news