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Illinois scraps plan for building migrant winter …

FILE - Construction of a government-run tent encampment for migrants is underway, Monday Dec. 4, 2023, in the Brighton Park neighborhood of Chicago. Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration on Tuesday, Dec. 5 announced it is scrapping construction of the temporary winter camp for migrants, citing the risk of contaminants at the former industrial site. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, file)

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Shohei Ohtani met with the Dodgers in LA for 2-3 hours, …

FILE - Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani celebrates as he rounds first after hitting a two-run home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees Monday, July 17, 2023, in Anaheim, Calif. Shohei Ohtani is a favorite to win his second AL Most Valuable Player award, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Stock market today: Most of Wall Street slips following …

FILE - A street sign is seen in front of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Wall Street headed lower early Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, after Moody’s Investor Service downgraded China’s sovereign debt rating as the country’s real estate crisis seeps into its local government and private financing. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Man believed to have fired shots before a Virginia house …

Members of the Arlington County Fire department looks towards the remains of a house explosion on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Senate approves hundreds of military promotions after …

FILE - Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, talks to reporters as he and other senators arrive at the chamber for votes, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. Tuberville announced on Tuesday, Dec. 5, that he’s ending his blockade of hundreds of military promotions, following heavy criticism from many of his colleagues in the Senate and clearing the way for hundreds to be approved. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

NHL bringing 2024 draft to Las Vegas and The Sphere. League …

FILE - NHL commissioner Gary Bettman delivers remarks during the first round of the NHL hockey draft, Wednesday, June 28, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Bettman said Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, that the league is moving forward with holding the 2024 draft at The Sphere in Las Vegas, the new venue that opened in September and bills itself as the largest spherical structure in the world. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)

North Carolina Rep. McHenry, who led House through speaker …

FILE - Temporary House speaker Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., talks with Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., before Republicans try to elect Johnson to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 25, 2023. McHenry, who presided temporarily over the U.S. House for three intense weeks while Republicans struggled to elect a permanent speaker after Kevin McCarthy's ouster, announced on Tuesday, Dec. 5, that he won't seek reelection to his seat next year. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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NCAA President Charlie Baker calls for new tier of …

FILE - Incoming NCAA president Charlie Baker speaks during the NCAA Convention, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, in San Antonio. Baker wants to create a new tier of Division I where athlete can be paid by schools. The new subdivision for schools with the most athletic resources could offer unlimited educational benefits, enter into name, image and likeness partnerships with athletes and compensate them through a trust fund (AP Photo/Darren Abate, File)

Roger Goodell says football will become a global …

FILE - NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell walks on the field before an NFL football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Miami Dolphins at Deutsche Bank Park Stadium in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. The Nevada Supreme Court has pushed back to Jan. 10 the date for oral arguments in a contract interference and conspiracy lawsuit filed against the NFL by former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden. The hearing had been scheduled Tuesday. (AP Photo/Steve Luciano, File)

US made offer to bring home jailed Americans Paul …

FIle - Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow, Russia, Oct. 10, 2023. The Biden administration says its made a new and significant offer aimed at securing the release of American detainees Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich, but Russia has rejected the offer. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

How to watch the fourth Republican presidential debate …

FILE - Republican presidential candidates from left, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, arrive on stage before a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NBC News Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in Miami. A two-hour Republican presidential primary debate will start at 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Dec. 6, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Frontier Airlines settles lawsuit filed by pilots …

FILE - A Frontier Airlines jetliner waits on a runway for departure from Denver International Airport, Sept. 1, 2023, in Denver. Frontier Airlines has settled a lawsuit filed on behalf of pilots who said the airline discriminated against pregnant and breastfeeding employees. In the settlement announced Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 Frontier will let pilots pump breast milk in the cockpit during “noncritical phases” of flights. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, file)

Voting experts warn of ‘serious threats’ for 2024 …

FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2021 image taken from Coffee County, Ga., security video, Doug Logan, bottom, and Jeff Lenberg are seen arriving at the Coffee County elections office in Douglas, Ga. (Coffee County via AP, File)

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor will lie in repose at …

FILE - Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor poses for a photo in 1982. O'Connor who joined the Supreme Court in 1981 as the nation's first female justice, has died at age 93. (AP Photo, File)