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Business
NFL 'Sunday Ticket' is headed to YouTube beginning next season
The deal with Google lets YouTube distribute out-of-market Sunday afternoon games, which had been on DirecTV since 1994. It's the league's second major commitment to streaming in recent years.
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Technology
North Korea has hacked $1.2 billion in crypto and other assets for its economy
North Korean hackers have stolen an estimated $1.2 billion in cryptocurrency and other virtual assets in the past five years, more than half of it this year alone, South Korea's spy agency says.
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Business
After the Fukushima disaster, Japan swore to phase out nuclear power. But not anymore
Japan adopted a plan to extend the lifespan of nuclear reactors, replace the old and even build new ones, a major shift in a country scarred by the Fukushima disaster.
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National
Temperatures fall far and fast as a winter storm threatens the U.S.
Temperatures across the High Plains plummeted 50 degrees Fahrenheit in just a few hours. The storm is so large that around 190 million people are under some type of winter weather advisory.
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Sports
Overflow crowds in Buenos Aires forced the end of a World Cup celebration parade
So many jubilant Argentine fans swarmed the streets of Buenos Aires that the soccer team had to abandon the open-air bus transporting them to the city and board helicopters for a capital flyover.
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Environment
The Postal Service pledges to move to an all-electric delivery fleet
USPS says it will sharply increase the number of electric-powered delivery trucks — and will go all-electric for new purchases starting in 2026.
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Politics
Lawmakers unveil a $1.7 trillion U.S. spending bill as shutdown deadline looms
Leaders are racing to complete passage before a midnight Friday deadline or face the prospect of a partial government shutdown going into the Christmas holiday.
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Environment
Negotiators at a U.N. biodiversity conference reach a historic deal to protect nature
The most significant part of the U.N. pact is a commitment to protect 30% of land and water considered important for biodiversity by 2030, up from 17% of terrestrial and 10% of marine areas.
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National
Arctic air will blast much of the U.S. just before Christmas, forecasters say
Forecasters are warning of treacherous holiday travel and life-threatening cold for much of the nation as an arctic air mass blows into the already-frigid southern United States.
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National
11 people are seriously injured amid turbulence on Hawaii flight
Hawaiian Airlines' chief operating officer said the airline had not experienced "an incident of this nature in recent history," calling it an isolated and unusual event.