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UConn’s Geno Auriemma sets all-time college basketball wins record
UConn coach Geno Auriemma breaks all-time wins record, getting 1,217th career victory
Australia tables bill to limit under-16s from using social media with tech companies facing huge fines

UConn’s Geno Auriemma sets all-time college basketball wins record
UConn coach Geno Auriemma breaks all-time wins record, getting 1,217th career victory
Australia tables bill to limit under-16s from using social media with tech companies facing huge fines

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UConn’s Geno Auriemma sets all-time college basketball wins record

Geno Auriemma sits alone at the top.The longtime Connecticut Huskies head women’s basketball coach notched career win No. 1,217 after No. 2 UConn’s dominant 85-41 home victory against the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights on Wednesday.Auriemma surpassed the recently retired Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer for most wins as a head coach in women’s or men’s college basketball history.Plans to celebrate Auriemma – as well as his longtime assistant, associate head coach Chris Dailey – had been in the works in preparation for this night.Everyone who played for Auriemma and Dailey were invi

UConn coach Geno Auriemma breaks all-time wins record, getting 1,217th career victory

Australia tables bill to limit under-16s from using social media with tech companies facing huge fines

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Senate rejects effort from Bernie Sanders to block some weapons for Israel over Gaza deaths

The Senate on Wednesday rejected attempts by Sen. Bernie Sanders Wednesday to block sales of offensive weapons to Israel for its war in Gaza over mounting civilian deaths there. The Vermont lawmaker and a small group of Democrats sought to put legislation up for a Senate vote that would block the sale of some tank and mortar rounds and smart-bomb kits to Israel. The first attempt to block the sales was rejected overwhelmingly, and two more efforts also went down to defeat. Sanders, in making the case for stopping the sales, said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Net

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Ukraine fires UK-made Storm Shadow missiles into Russia for first time, say reports

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The Biden administration is trying to throw a Hail Mary to save the Colorado River before Trump takes over

The Biden administration is swimming against the current to get seven Western states to agree to divvy up the Colorado River’s water in a way that would protect the river basin and the West’s largest single water source – and do it before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, according to a source familiar with the negotiations.It’s a Hail Mary to save the lifeblood of the West on President Joe Biden’s watch and create a sustainable plan to provide drinking water for tens of millions of people, irrigate America’s crops and power homes and industry in the years to come.But gett

Johnson tells Tapper why House Ethics Committee report on Gaetz should not be released

Speaker Johnson declares support for banning Sarah McBride's access to women's restrooms

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Comcast to spin off some cable TV networks as streaming dominates

Comcast said on Wednesday that it plans to spin-off the bulk of its fading NBCUniversal cable TV networks, including MSNBC and CNBC, as the company said it is repositioning itself for growth in the streaming era.Shares of the company were off less than 1% after the announcement that Comcast would separate its entertainment and news channels, including USA Network, Oxygen, E!, Syfy and Golf Channel, into a new, publicly traded company.Comcast will retain the core of NBCUniversal's entertainment assets, including its NBC broadcast network, sports and news, its film and television studios, and th

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The FBI arrested a man who's been charged with planning an attack on the New York Stock Exchange

A Florida man was arrested Wednesday and charged with a plot to “reboot” the U.S. government by planting a bomb at the New York Stock Exchange this week and detonating it with a remote-controlled device, according to the FBI. Harun Abdul-Malik Yener, 30, of Coral Springs, Florida, was charged with attempt to use an explosive device to damage or destroy a building used in interstate commerce. The FBI began investigating Yener in February based on a tip that he was storing “bombmaking schematics” in a storage unit. They found bomb-making sketche

Republicans on House Ethics reject for now releasing report on Matt Gaetz

UConn’s Geno Auriemma sets all-time college basketball wins record

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Trump picks former acting AG Matthew Whitaker as nominee for NATO ambassador

President-elect Donald Trump chose lawyer Matthew Whitaker on Wednesday to be U.S. ambassador to NATO, selecting a loyalist with little foreign policy experience for what may be one of the highest-profile ambassadorships during Trump's second administration.U.S. relations with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization were strained during Trump's first term, as the Republican president criticized NATO and accused European members of spending too little on defense.On the campaign trail this year, Trump showed little sign of softening his posture, saying at one event in February that he would

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US vetoes UN Security Council resolution on Gaza ceasefire

The United States on Wednesday vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution for a ceasefire in Gaza, drawing criticism of the Biden administration for once again blocking international action aimed at halting Israel's war with Hamas.The 15-member council voted on a resolution put forward by 10 non-permanent members that called for an "immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire" in the 13-month conflict and separately demanded the release of hostages. Only the U.S. voted against, using its veto as a permanent council member to block the resolution.Robert Wood, deputy U.S. ambassador to

Man convicted of killing Laken Riley sentenced to life in prison without parole

Ford, facing economic headwinds and weak EV sales, to cut 4,000 jobs in Europe

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US reopens Kyiv embassy after Ukraine firing of ATACMS missiles into Russia prompted potential strike threat

The United States said it had reopened its embassy in Kyiv late on Wednesday after it had shut for the day due to what it called the threat of a significant air attack, a day after Ukraine used American missiles to hit a target inside Russia.Russia had described the strike by U.S. missiles as an escalation in the 1,000-day-old war, while Ukraine's military spy agency said Russia was trying to sow panic by circulating fake online messages about a looming missile and drone attack."@USEmbassyKyiv has resumed services following a temporary shelter-in-place suspension earlier today," U.S. Amba

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'Bomb cyclone' kills 2 and knocks out power to over half a million homes across the US Northwest

A major storm battered the U.S. Northwest with strong winds and rain, causing widespread power outages, closing schools and downing trees that killed at least two people. The Weather Prediction Center issued excessive rainfall risks through Friday, and hurricane-force wind warnings were in effect as the strongest atmospheric river — a large plume of moisture — that California and the Pacific Northwest has seen this season overwhelmed the region. The storm system, which hit starting Tuesday, is considered a “ bomb cyclone,” which occurs when a cyclone intensifies rapidly.

Putin, ascendant in Ukraine, eyes contours of a Trump peace deal

Smuggler arrested with 300 tarantulas strapped to his body

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Biden administration approves sending anti-personnel mines to Ukraine in another major policy shift

The Biden administration has approved sending anti-personnel mines to Ukraine for the first time in another major policy shift, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin confirmed on Wednesday.The decision comes just days after the US gave Ukraine permission to fire long-range US missiles at targets in Russia, a shift that only occurred after months of lobbying from Kyiv.The US intends for Kyiv to use the anti-personnel mines in the eastern part of the country, US officials said, where Russian troops have made slow and steady progress against Ukrainian defensive lines. The grinding battle has cost Mo

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Kremlin says Russia-US hotline to deflate crisis not in use

A special hotline in place to deflate crises between the Kremlin and the White House is not currently being used, the Kremlin said on Wednesday, as nuclear risks rise amid the highest tensions between Russia and West in decades.Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday lowered the threshold for a nuclear strike in response to a broader range of conventional attacks, days after reports said Washington had allowed Ukraine to use U.S.-made weapons to strike deep into Russia.Ukraine used U.S. ATACMS missiles to strike Russian territory on Tuesday, taking advantage of the newly granted permi

Biden approves anti-personnel mines for Ukraine, US official says

Every hurricane this season was turbocharged and made more intense than it should have been, study finds

Musk's influence deepens during Trump's transition

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What to know about Linda McMahon, Trump’s pick for Education secretary

Linda McMahon is Donald Trump's choice for Education secretary

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Google prosecutors to propose cure for search monopoly

Alphabet's Google will come one step closer to a potential shakeup of its business on Wednesday, when U.S. prosecutors detail what the tech titan should do to end its online

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Hegseth tells Republicans that ‘this is a battle that is just beginning’

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Sheetz is slashing gas prices by 40 cents a gallon

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Speaker Johnson declares support for banning Sarah McBride's access to women's restrooms

House Speaker Mike Johnson declared that lawmakers and staff will have to use the restroom corresponding with their biological sex

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Mexico warns about Trump tariff impact on U.S. companies

What to know about Dr. Mehmet Oz, Trump's pick to lead Medicare and Medicaid

Mehmet Oz, a celebrity heart surgeon turned talk show host and lifestyle guru, is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the massive federal health care bureaucracy that covers more than a third of Americans

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Trump eyes right-wing personality Dan Bongino among current and former agents for US Secret Service director

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California voters reject measure that would have raised minimum wage to nation-high $18 per hour

California voters have rejected a measure on the November ballot that would have raised the minimum wage for most workers to $18 an hour

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Erin Burnett on what Dr. Oz and Trump’s other cabinet picks have in common

President-elect Donald Trump has picked Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a key federal agency that oversees health insurance coverage for more than 150 million Americans. CNN’s Erin Burnett reports on what Dr. Oz and Trump’s other cabinet picks have in common.

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