California woman Destiny Abdrazack dead in house fire sparked by Christmas tree
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California woman Destiny Abdrazack dead in house fire sparked by Christmas tree

ByNews Polite

A woman in California died early Christmas morning in a heartbreaking house fire sparked by an artificial Christmas tree. Destiny Abdrazack, 22, was celebrating Christmas Eve with her fiancé’s family in their North Highlands home when an electrical short from the tree ignited a roaring fire around 2 a.m. Sunday,…

Biden admin pushed to ban Twitter users for COVID ‘disinformation’
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Biden admin pushed to ban Twitter users for COVID ‘disinformation’

ByNews Polite

The Biden White House pressured Twitter to both “elevate” and “suppress” purported COVID-19 “misinformation” — but ended up “censoring info that was true but inconvenient” to policy makers, according to the latest edition of the “Twitter files” revealed Monday. The coercion campaign during the pandemic began with the Trump administration,…

South Korea scrambles jets as North Korean drones intrude
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South Korea scrambles jets as North Korean drones intrude

ByNews Polite

South Korea scrambled warplanes and attack helicopters and fired warning shots on Monday after North Korean drones violated its airspace, the South Korean military said. South Korea tracked the drones crossing from North Korea over what is known as the Military Demarcation Line between the two countries after detecting them…

Russian missiles rain down on Ukraine towns on Christmas day
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Russian missiles rain down on Ukraine towns on Christmas day

ByNews Polite

Russian forces bombarded scores of towns in Ukraine on Christmas Day as Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was open to negotiations, a stance Washington has dismissed as posturing because of continued Russian attacks. Russia on Sunday launched more than 10 rocket attacks on the Kupiansk district in the Kharkiv…

Undercover Texas agents pose as migrants to catch smugglers
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Undercover Texas agents pose as migrants to catch smugglers

ByNews Polite

El Paso, Texas — Wearing baggy blue jeans and hoodies and looking scruffy and unkempt, the state’s elite undercover squad could easily be mistaken for the bedraggled smugglers they are trying to apprehend, or the migrants pouring over the southern border from Mexico. These specially trained members of the Criminal…

‘The Serpent’ serial killer Charles Sobhraj returns to France
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‘The Serpent’ serial killer Charles Sobhraj returns to France

ByNews Polite

Charles Sobhraj, a convicted killer who police believe killed more than 20 western backpackers on the “hippie trail” through Asia in the 1970s and 1980s, returned to France on Saturday after nearly two decades behind bars in Nepal. Nepal’s Supreme Court ordered the release of Sobhraj, known as the “bikini…

Viral Kansas zoo chimpanzee Kucheza found dead in mother’s arms
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Viral Kansas zoo chimpanzee Kucheza found dead in mother’s arms

ByNews Polite

A Kansas chimpanzee who showed the world what a mother’s love looks like is now mourning with millions after the unexpected death of her 5-week-old son. An animal care team at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita said the chimpanzee infant was found dead and cradled in his mother’s arms when they arrived at…