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Japan expresses concern about US Osprey aircraft …

A Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force minesweeper searches in the waters where a U.S. military Osprey aircraft crashed, off Yakushima, Kagoshima prefecture, southern Japan, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. Japan suspended flights by its Osprey aircraft Thursday, officials said, the day after the U.S. Air Force Osprey based in Japan crashed into the sea during a training mission. (Kyodo News via AP)

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Biden lights the National Christmas Tree, taking his turn …

Dionne Warwick performs after President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden lit the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse, near the White House, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Peruvian rainforest defender from embattled Kichwa tribe …

This portrait provided by the Forest Peoples Programme shows Indigenous Kichwa tribal leader Quinto Inuma Alvarado in Tarapoto, Peru, on Oct. 11, 2019. Alvarado was shot and killed on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in an area of the Peruvian rainforest that's seen high tensions between Indigenous people and illegal loggers. (Vicki Brown/Forest Peoples Programme via AP)

Peruvian rainforest defender from embattled Kichwa tribe …

This portrait provided by the Forest Peoples Programme shows Indigenous Kichwa tribal leader Quinto Inuma Alvarado in Tarapoto, Peru, on Oct. 11, 2019. Alvarado was shot and killed on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in an area of the Peruvian rainforest that's seen high tensions between Indigenous people and illegal loggers. (Vicki Brown/Forest Peoples Programme via AP)

Congressmen ask DOJ to investigate water utility hack, …

This photo provided by the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa shows the screen of a Unitronics device that was hacked in Aliquippa, Pa., on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. The hacked device was in a pumping booster station owned by the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa. An electronic calling card left by the hackers suggests they picked their target because it uses components made by an Israeli company. (Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa via AP)

US prosecutors say plots to assassinate Sikh leaders were …

Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun is pictured in his office on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in New York. U.S. authorities said an Indian government official directed a plot to assassinate Pannun in New York City after he advocated for a sovereign state for Sikhs. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

What to know about the Sikh independence movement following …

Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun is pictured in his office on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in New York. U.S. authorities said an Indian government official directed a plot to assassinate Pannun in New York City after he advocated for a sovereign state for Sikhs. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

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Family of Marine killed in Afghanistan fails to win …

FILE - Alec Baldwin speaks at the Ripple of Hope Award Gala at New York Hilton Midtown on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, in New York. A lawsuit against Alec Baldwin filed by relatives of a U.S. Marine killed in Afghanistan has been resolved without the actor paying any of the $25 million sought for his chastising them on social media over the 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Texas judge rips into Biden administration’s handling …

FILE - Concertina wire lines the banks of the Rio Grande on the Pecan farm of Hugo and Magali Urbina, near Eagle Pass, Texas, Monday, July 7, 2023. A dispute over razor wire that Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border to deter migrants continued Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, after a judge allowed Border Patrol agents to continue cutting the barrier but also laid into the Biden administration over immigration enforcement. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Cities must replace harmful lead pipes within 10 …

FILE - Lead water pipes pulled from underneath the street are seen in Newark, N.J., Oct. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Several former correctional officers indicted after …

FILE - The Southern Regional Jail in Beaver, W.Va., is seen in this undated photo. Five former correctional officers in West Virginia were indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, in connection with the 2022 death of an incarcerated person who was beaten while handcuffed and restrained in an interview room and later a prison cell at the jail. (Rick Barbero/The Register-Herald via AP, File)

Oklahoma executes man who claimed self-defense in …

FILE - In this photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Phillip Hancock is pictured on June 29, 2011. Hancock, 59, is scheduled to receive a three-drug lethal injection on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. (Oklahoma Department of Corrections via AP, File)

Police searching for two people accused in FBI agent …

FILE - The seal on the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building is seen June 9, 2023, in Washington. Police say two people carjacked an FBI agent in Washington, a theft that comes amid a sharp increase in the number of carjackings in the nation's capital. Police say the theft was carried out midafternoon on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Penguin parents sleep for just a few seconds at a …

This image provided by Won Young Lee shows wild chinstrap penguins on King George Island, Antarctica. Researchers have discovered that some penguin parents sleep for only seconds at a time around-the-clock to protect their eggs and chicks. Sensors were attached to adult chinstrap penguins in Antarctica for the research. The results published Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023 show that during the breeding season, the penguins nod off thousands of times each day but only for about four seconds at a time. (Won Young Lee via AP)