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The top 100 stories of 2024 (#50 – 1)

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CNN’s top 100 digital stories of 2024 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/28/world/cnn-top-100-digital-stories-of-2024/index.html 

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The top 100 stories of 2024 (#100 – 51)

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CNN’s top 100 digital stories of 2024 

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MAGA Civil War: Why Donald Trump backed Elon Musk over H-1B

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/maga-civil-war-why-donald-trump-backed-elon-musk-over-h-1b/articleshow/116770959.cms 

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/28/business/trump-immigration-h1b-visa.html 

Why did the South Korean Jeju Air flight crash, killing 179? Experts question bird strike claims

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/why-did-jeju-air-plane-crash-b2671191.html 

Putin Apologizes but Stops Short of Taking Responsibility for Kazakhstan Crash

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/28/world/europe/kazakhstan-russia-azerbaijan-plane-crash.html 

Ukraine war briefing: ‘Human wave’ of North Korean troops being sent to their deaths, says US

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/28/ukraine-war-briefing-human-wave-of-north-korean-troops-being-sent-to-their-deaths-says-us 

Two killed and six injured as tornadoes hit Texas and Mississippi

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/29/texas-mississippi-tornadoes 

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Trump’s Pick to Lead Federal Housing Agency Has Opposed Efforts to Aid the Poor 

https://www.propublica.org/article/scott-turner-hud-nominee-trump-public-housing-texas 

Biden Pulled Off a $370 Billion Miracle for the Climate. Where Did the Money Go?

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/12/biden-pulled-off-a-370-billion-miracle-for-the-climate-where-did-the-money-go/ 

Donald Trump and Elon Musk Have Energized the German Far-Right

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/12/donald-trump-elon-musk-alternative-fur-deutschlandafd-german-elections/ 

The Supreme Court’s Christmas Gift to Religious-Right Lawyers

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/12/the-supreme-courts-christmas-gift-to-religious-right-lawyers/  

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Trump vows to pursue executions after Biden commutes most of federal death row

https://apnews.com/article/trump-death-row-commutations-biden-d9d1fbb5d6cb0e7727ce9f4644414a62 

Honda, Nissan tie-up requires something neither can spare: time

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/honda-nissan-tie-up-requires-something-neither-can-spare-time-2024-12-24/ 

Elon Musk Is Creating His Own Texas Town. Hundreds Already Live There.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/24/us/starbase-texas-city-elon-musk-spacex.html 

Spending Fight Shows Limits of Trump Power to Change Fiscal Path

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/24/business/trump-musk-ramaswamy-doge-government-spending.html 

Bernie Sanders Is 'All For' Canada Becoming The 51st State If The U.S. Will Also Adopt Universal Healthcare 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bernie-sanders-canada-becoming-51st-233015099.html 

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Afghan girl who encouraged others to sing wins children’s peace prize 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/19/asia/afghanistan-childrens-peace-prize-2024-intl-hnk/index.html 

Pokémon cards can fetch hundreds. This card collector gives many of them away for free 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/08/entertainment/pokemon-cards-free-youtuber-coop-cec/index.html 

Diver finds graduation ring lost in the ocean almost 5 decades ago and surprises its owner 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/09/us/lost-graduation-ring-returned-owner/index.html 

Endangered pygmy hippo born in Scottish zoo 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/06/travel/endangered-pygmy-hippo-born-gbr-scli-intl 

Good News Tracker

https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2024/12/specials/good-news-tracker-dg/ 

What went right in 2024: the top 25 good news stories of the year

https://www.positive.news/society/what-went-right-in-2024-the-good-news-that-mattered/ 

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House Ethics report finds evidence Matt Gaetz paid thousands for sex and drugs including paying a 17-year-old for sex in 2017 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/23/politics/matt-gaetz-house-ethics-report/index.html 

Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to state murder, terrorism charges in UnitedHealthcare CEO assassination

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/luigi-mangione-arraignment-state-charges/ 

3 people fall into ocean after California's iconic Santa Cruz pier collapses

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/part-santa-cruz-pier-collapsed-amid-massive-ocean-19998595.php 

Praise and outrage follow Biden’s decision to commute federal death row sentences | CNN

https://www.cnn.com/us/death-row-inmates-sentences-commutes/index.html 

Trump's lawsuit against Ann Selzer is textbook authoritarianism

https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-ann-selzer-lawsuit-explained 

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Biden signs bill that averts a government shutdown and brings a close to days of Washington upheaval

https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-disaster-aid-debt-limit-trump-5a78b3c8c7aedc9384842fae83d78f5b 

Trump reacts to people saying Elon Musk is in charge of government

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/22/politics/video/donald-trump-elon-musk-presidential-power-claims-tpusa-digvid 

Trump threatens to try and regain control of Panama Canal

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98l9wj67jgo 

Woman Dies After Being Set on Fire in Subway Car, Police Say

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/nyregion/woman-subway-fire-dead.html 

Questions mount in Germany over deadly Christmas market attack as suspect appears in court 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/22/europe/german-market-attack-suspect-court-intl/index.html 

Retiring Texas congresswoman, who has missed votes since July, experiencing ‘dementia issues,’ son says 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/22/politics/kay-granger-congresswoman-dementia-issues/index.html 

Senate Confirmed Biden’s 235th Judge, Surpassing Trump’s First-Term Total 

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/senate-is-set-to-confirm-bidens-235th-judge-surpassing-trumps-first-term-total/ 

'United Healthcare' Using DMCA Against Luigi Mangione Images Which Is Bizarre & Wildly Inappropriate 

https://abovethelaw.com/2024/12/united-healthcare-using-dmca-against-luigi-mangione-images-which-is-bizarre-wildly-inappropriate/ 

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Republicans fail to pass spending bill in House in setback for Trump

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/19/trump-spending-bill-government-shutdown 

California man allegedly messaged Madison school shooter about plans ahead of attack

https://www.npr.org/2024/12/19/nx-s1-5232117/madison-christian-school-shooting-update 

FAA temporarily bans drones in parts of New Jersey, New York adds flight restrictions

https://abcnews.go.com/US/drone-updates-faa-temporarily-bans-drone-operations-parts/story?id=116936091 

A whirlwind day for Luigi Mangione ends with new charges, revelations from a notebook and transfer to a federal prison 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/19/us/luigi-mangione-healthcare-murder-charges/index.html 

'Hawk Tuah' girl Haliey Welch has disappeared from public view after crypto rug pull

https://mashable.com/article/hawk-tuah-hailey-welch-mia-memecoin-lawsuit 

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Trump rejects bipartisan US spending bill, raising government shutdown risk

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-speaker-defends-stopgap-spending-some-republicans-musk-balk-2024-12-18/ 

Dow plunges more than 1,100 points and marked its longest losing streak since 1974 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/18/economy/dow-10-day-losing-streak/index.html 

Wisconsin school shooter had 2 handguns, used only 1 in attack that killed student, teacher

https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-school-shooting-vigil-motive-police-media-62313e9e9d20f3ed59fcf8d2c7fc3b44 

Dems Choose 74-Year-Old Gerry Connolly Over AOC for Key Committee Role

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/aoc-committee-oversight-vote-connolly-1235208146/ 

TP-Link faces possible US ban as hijacked routers fuel Chinese attacks 

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/12/report-us-considers-banning-tp-link-routers-over-security-flaws-ties-to-china/ 

Russia moving equipment at Syrian bases, satellite images show

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2ev2prep2o 

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