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Tennessee residents clean up after severe weekend …

A street sign lies on the grass on Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023, Clarksville, Tenn. Central Tennessee residents and emergency workers are continuing the cleanup from severe weekend storms. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)

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Major changes to US immigration policy are under discussion. …

FILE - Families evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan walk through the terminal to board a bus after they arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., Sept. 1, 2021. Under President Joe Biden, the U.S. has relied heavily on humanitarian parole. The U.S. airlifted nearly 80,000 Afghans from Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, and brought them to the U.S. after the Taliban takeover. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)

Elon Musk restores X account of conspiracy theorist Alex …

FILE - Alex Jones, left, attends a rally in support of President Donald Trump called the "Save America Rally," on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Elon Musk has restored the X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones following a poll posted on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter on Saturday Dec. 9, 2023 that came out in favor of the Infowars host who repeatedly called the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

At DC roast, Joe Manchin jokes he could be the slightly …

FILE - Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks during the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on the West Front of the Capitol, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, in Washington. Speaking Saturday night, Dec. 9, during the Gridiron Club’s winter dinner, Manchin teased a potential third-party run for the White House, joking that the nation could use someone slightly younger than the leading contenders. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

6 dead, nearly 2 dozen injured after severe storms tear …

Thousands of revelers descend on NYC for annual Santa-themed …

Revelers take part in the annual SantaCon charity pub crawl on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023 in New York. Thousands of people dressed as jolly Old St. Nick have descended on New York City that kicked off early Saturday morning in bars in midtown Manhattan. (AP Photo/Andrew Meldrum)

Wisconsin university regents reject deal with Republicans …

FILE - University of Wisconsin-Madison students leave the Education Building between classes at the public university, Jan. 27, 2015, in Madison, Wis. The Universities of Wisconsin and Assembly Republican Speaker Robin Vos have reached a sweeping deal released Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, that would freeze hiring for diversity positions across the system in exchange for lawmakers approving employee pay raises and funding for a new engineering building at the flagship campus. Vos blocked pay raises and Republicans refused to release money for the engineering building earlier this year. (M.P. King/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)

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Michigan teen gets life in prison for Oxford High …

Ethan Crumbly is escorted by sheriff deputies after being sentenced, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Pontiac, Mich. Crumbly sentenced to life in prison for killing four students, wounding more and terrorizing Michigan's Oxford High School in 2021. A judge Friday rejected pleas for a shorter sentence and ensured that Crumbley, 17, will not get an opportunity for parole. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Maine’s congressional delegation calls for Army investigation …

FILE - Snow accumulates outside a restaurant at a makeshift memorial for the victims of last month's mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. The four members of Maine's congressional delegation are calling for an Army investigation into the events leading up to a mass shooting in the state in the wake of meeting with families affected by the killings. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

From urchin crushing to lab-grown kelp, efforts to …

In this image provided by The Nature Conservancy, sunflower sea stars are visible in a tank Friday, July 9, 2021, in Friday Harbor, Wash. The star fish is the main purple urchin predator. (Ralph Pace/The Nature Conservancy via AP)

Recorded 911 calls underscore the real time terror …

A police officer walks under crime scene tape in the aftermath of a shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Police still investigating motive of UNLV shooting; …

How events unfolded at UNLV Wednesday, when a gunman shot four faculty members, killing three. (AP Digital Embed)

Nashville Police investigation into leak of Covenant …

FILE - Two women hug near a memorial at the entrance to The Covenant School, March 29, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Nashville Police have “exhausted all available investigative avenues” in the hunt for the person who leaked pages from a school shooter’s journals to a conservative commentator, the department announced in an email sent to media late on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)