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How the stock market defied expectations again this year, by the numbers

How the stock market defied expectations again this year, by the numbers

NEW YORK (AP) — What a wonderful year 2024 has been for investors. U.S. stocks ripped higher and carried the S&P 500 to records as the economy kept growing and the Federal Reserve began cutting interest rates.
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Japan Airlines was hit by a cyberattack, delaying flights during the year-end holiday season

Japan Airlines was hit by a cyberattack, delaying flights during the year-end holiday season

TOKYO (AP) — Japan Airlines said it was hit by a cyberattack Thursday, causing delays to more than 20 domestic flights but the carrier said it was able to stop the onslaught and restore its systems hours later.
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Undersea power cable linking Finland and Estonia hit by outage, prompting investigation

Undersea power cable linking Finland and Estonia hit by outage, prompting investigation

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A power cable linking Finland and Estonia under the Baltic Sea suffered an outage, prompting an investigation, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said Wednesday.
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Snowy owl rescued from car grille by Minnesota woman who saved another bird hours earlier

Snowy owl rescued from car grille by Minnesota woman who saved another bird hours earlier

Annabell Whelan woke up Tuesday and frantically checked on her holiday overnight guest — Nowl the snowy owl, who she rescued from the grille of a car the day before.
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Undersea power cable linking Finland and Estonia hit by outage, prompting investigation

Undersea power cable linking Finland and Estonia hit by outage, prompting investigation

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A power cable linking Finland and Estonia under the Baltic Sea suffered an outage, prompting an investigation, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said Wednesday.
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Snowy owl rescued from car grille by Minnesota woman who saved another bird hours earlier

Snowy owl rescued from car grille by Minnesota woman who saved another bird hours earlier

Annabell Whelan woke up Tuesday and frantically checked on her holiday overnight guest — Nowl the snowy owl, who she rescued from the grille of a car the day before.
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Iran restores access to WhatsApp and Google Play after they were banned amid protests

Iran restores access to WhatsApp and Google Play after they were banned amid protests

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's government on Tuesday said it had lifted a ban on access to WhatsApp and Google Play after more than two years, the official IRNA news agency reported.
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Iran restores access to WhatsApp and Google Play after they were banned amid protests

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's government on Tuesday said it had lifted a ban on access to WhatsApp and Google Play after more than two years, the official IRNA news agency reported.
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Japanese atomic bomb survivors say Nobel Peace Prize gives fresh impetus to disarmament push

Japanese atomic bomb survivors say Nobel Peace Prize gives fresh impetus to disarmament push

TOKYO (AP) — Survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki said receiving a Nobel Peace Prize has given them a fresh incentive to campaign for nuclear disarmament ahead of the 80th anniversary of the 1945 attacks.
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Baby mammoth preserved for 50,000 years is unveiled in Russia's Siberia

Baby mammoth preserved for 50,000 years is unveiled in Russia's Siberia

MOSCOW (AP) — The 50,000-year-old remains of a baby mammoth uncovered by melting permafrost have been unveiled to the public by researchers in Russia's Siberia region who call it the best-preserved mammoth body ever found.
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