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Pilots flying tourists over national parks face new …

FILE- This April 16, 2008 file photo shows a plume containing sulfur dioxide gas and ash particles as it rises from the floor of Halemaumau at the summit of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Fewer planes and helicopters will be flying tourists over Mount Rushmore and other national monuments and parks as new regulations take effect that are intended to protect the serenity of some of the nation's most beloved natural areas. (AP Photo/David Jordan, File)

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OxyContin maker bankruptcy deal goes before the Supreme …

FILE - The U.S. Supreme Court is seen before sunrise on Capitol Hill in Washington, March. 21, 2022. On Dec. 4, 2023, the Supreme Court will hear arguments over a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids.(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Former US ambassador arrested in Florida, accused of serving …

FILE - An FBI seal is seen on a wall on Aug. 10, 2022, in Omaha, Neb. A former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia has been arrested in a long-running FBI counterintelligence investigation, accused of secretly serving as an agent of Cuba’s government, The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Man kills 4 relatives in Queens knife rampage, injures …

This photo provided by New York City Police Dept. shows a knife recovered at a crime scene in the far Rockaway section of the Queens borough of New York on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. A man killed four relatives, including two children, in a knife attack at their New York City home early Sunday, then set the building on fire and stabbed two police officers before one of them fatally shot him, officials said. (NYPD via AP)

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Search for military personnel continues after Osprey crash …

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)

In US, some Muslim-Jewish interfaith initiatives are strained …

Muslim and Jewish women listen to a speaker as they gather at an interfaith workshop on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at Rutgers University on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023, in New Brunswick, N.J. The latest violence, triggered by the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, is prompting some to question such dialogue, its role, impact -- or how to even have it-- while steeling the resolve of others to connect and wrestle together with the challenges. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

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Lacking counselors, US schools turn to the booming …

Pins free for students to take sit on a table as the Miami Arts Studio mental health club raises awareness on World Mental Health Day, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, at the public 6th-12th grade magnet school in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Group of swing state Muslims vows to ditch Biden …

US military affirms it will end live-fire training …

FILE - An Army Kiowa helicopter flies over a convoy of U.S. soldiers at the Makua Military Reservation in Hawaii, Dec. 8, 2003. In December 2023, the U.S. military confirmed that it will permanently end live-fire training in Makua Valley on Oahu, in a major win for Native Hawaiian groups and environmentalists after decades of activism. (AP Photo/Carol Cunningham, File)

Breaches by Iran-affiliated hackers spanned multiple …

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)

Send-offs show Carlton Pearson’s split legacy spurred …

FILE - Bishop Carlton Pearson speaks at a news conference accompanied by several other clergy members, April 4, 2013, in Chicago. Before his peers would label him a heretic, the late Bishop Carlton D. Pearson was once one of the best known preachers in the nation. In the 2000s. Pearson underwent a cataclysmic theological shift that altered the course of his life – and his legacy among the canon of American Christian leaders. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, file)

Pilgrims yearn to visit isolated peninsula where …

The Rev. Patrick Killilea gives communion to Meli Watanuki, at Mass on Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in Kalaupapa, Hawaii. In the 1800s, the peninsula was a settlement for banished leprosy patients, later called Hansen's disease. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

Court orders Texas to move floating buoy barrier …

FILE - Migrants walk past large buoys being used as a floating border barrier on the Rio Grande, Aug. 1, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. Texas must move a floating barrier on the Rio Grande that drew backlash from Mexico, a federal appeals court ruled Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, dealing a blow to one of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's aggressive measures aimed at stopping migrants from entering the U.S. illegally. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, file)