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Hunter Biden offers to testify publicly before Congress, …

FILE - President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden, arrives for a court appearance, July 26, 2023, in Wilmington, Del. House Republicans have issued a subpoena to a senior federal prosecutor involved in the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden. House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan is calling on the assistant U.S. attorney for Delaware, Lesley Wolf, to appear before the committee by Dec. 7 to respond to allegations that she interfered in the yearslong case into the president's son. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Jimmy Carter set to lead presidents, first ladies in mourning …

Students watch as family members participate in a wreath laying ceremony to honor former first lady Rosalynn Carter at the Rosalynn Carter Health & Human Services complex on the campus of Georgia Southwestern State University, Monday, Nov. 27, 2023, in Americus, Ga. The former first lady died on Nov. 19. She was 96. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, Pool)

Cities crack down on homeless encampments. Advocates say …

A woman gathers possessions to take before a homeless encampment was cleaned up in San Francisco, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023. Cities across the U.S. are struggling with and cracking down on tent encampments as the number of homeless people grows, largely due to a lack of affordable housing. Homeless people and their advocates say sweeps are cruel and costly, and there aren't enough homes or beds for everyone. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

California city calls for permanent cease-fire in Israel-Hamas …

Audience members show their support at a special session of the Oakland City Council for a resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza, Monday, Nov. 27, 2023, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/D. Ross Cameron)

Diplomas for sale: $465, no classes required. Inside one …

Kitty Sibley Morrison, principal and founder of the Springfield Preparatory School, speaks during a graduation ceremony of the school at Victory in Christ church in Holden, La., Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023. Nearly 9,000 private schools in Louisiana don’t need state approval to grant degrees. Non-approved schools make up a small percentage of the state total. But the students in Louisiana’s off-the-grid school system are a rapidly growing example of the national fallout from COVID-19 — families disengaging from traditional education. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)

US Navy removes fuel from plane that overshot Hawaii runway …

This Nov. 21, 2023, handout photo provided by the U.S. Marine Corps shows U.S. Navy sailors deploying temporary protective barriers around a downed Navy P-8A in waters just off the runway at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. (U.S. Marine Corps/Sgt. Brandon Aultman via AP)

Suspect in shooting of 3 men of Palestinian descent near …

In a still frame from video law enforcement officers investigate the scene of a shooting, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023, in Burlington, Vt. Burlington Police Department arrested Jason J. Eaton, suspected in the shooting of three young men of Palestinian descent, who were attending a Thanksgiving holiday gathering near the University of Vermont campus Saturday evening. (Wayne Savage via AP)

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Deck the White House halls: Jill Biden wants holiday …

First lady Jill Biden speaks during the unveiling of the White House holiday decorations, in the Grand Foyer of the White House, Monday, Nov. 27, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Sandy Hook families offer to settle Alex Jones’ $1.5 …

FILE - Infowars founder Alex Jones appears in court to testify during the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court, Sept. 22, 2022, in Waterbury, Conn. Sandy Hook families who won nearly $1.5 billion in legal judgments against conspiracy theorist Jones for calling the 2012 Connecticut school shooting a hoax have offered to settle that debt for only pennies on the dollar — at least $85 million over 10 years. (Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool, File)

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New York’s cannabis board votes to settle lawsuits …

FILE - Marijuana plants are seen at a growing facility in Washington County, N.Y., May 12, 2023. New York cannabis regulators on Monday, Nov. 27, approved a deal to settle lawsuits that have blocked recreational marijuana shops from opening, as officials move to restart the state's troubled legal market. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

Tensions simmer as newcomers and immigrants with …

Rosalinda Ramirez, 57, and her partner Jose Guerrero, 41, Mexican immigrants who crossed the border separately over two decades ago and who have built lives and he a landscaping business in the U.S. but never found a route to obtain legal status, talk to AP journalists at their home in Homestead, Fla., Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. The couple are among those longterm immigrants in the U.S. who are frustrated to see newer arrivals getting work permits and government assistance, while they have paid taxes for decades without earning work permits, the ability to visit relatives back home and return, or freedom from the fear of deportation. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)