Four killed as tornadoes rip through southern US

• US Teenager Fighting for His Life After Father and 2 Others Killed in Mexico

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  The Canadian Tennis Champ Who Played Through Cancer Treatment

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  Is This the Year Laos Breaks Through?

  The Southeast Asian country has lagged behind Vietnam and Thailand when it comes to tourism. The government hopes new hotels, roads and a train system will put Laos on visitors’ lists.
  
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  Luke Littler dismantles Aspinall to make PDC world championship last four

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  Texas man kills 15 on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street after driving truck with ISIS flag through crowd

  A Texas man plowed a pickup truck flying an ISIS flag through New Year’s Day revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on Wednesday, killing 15 and injuring more than 30 in an attack the FBI said ...
  
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  The next gold rush is above us, not below us

  The choice before us is clear: we can continue with business as usual and watch other nations take the lead in space, or we can unleash American enterprise to drive the next great economic expansion.
  
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  2025 Dynasty Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Rankings: Four rookies crack the top 12

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• Russian gas stops flowing through Ukraine

  Transit deal expires with no follow-up agreement on flows to central Europe
  
  Financial Times - 1d
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  Jack Victor gives back to Montreal through The Victor Foundation

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  Four Verts: What NFL fans should watch for in the CFP

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  Cold weather health alerts issued as snow forecast for weekend

  A major clean-up operation is also ongoing in part of the country after New Year's Day flooding.
  
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  Ex-college football player and aspiring nurse among New Orleans attack victims

  The identities of those killed in New Orleans are starting to emerge as families pay tribute.
  
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  Police investigate if blast at Trump hotel is linked to New Orleans attack

  President Biden said "any possible connection" was being investigated, but "thus far, there is nothing to report".
  
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  Suspected people smugglers face phone and travel ban

  The stronger powers are needed to tackle "vile gang networks", the home secretary says.
  
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  UK's biggest ever dinosaur footprint site unearthed

  About 200 footprints made by dinosaurs 166 million years ago have been unearthed in a quarry in Oxfordshire.
  
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