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Editorial Roundup: United States 01/09/2024 02:31pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Jan. 6 The Washington Post on home schooling in the US If the coronavirus pandemic turned “working from home” into common parlance, “learning from home” might be next: The Post reported last year on the skyrocketing number of Spain investigates contamination of Atlantic shore by countless plastic pellets spilled from ship 01/09/2024 12:43pm • NOIA, Spain (AP) — Countless tiny plastic pellets are washing up on the shores of northern Spain and local authorities declared an environmental emergency on Tuesday after a shipping container fell off a transport vessel last month. The regional governments of Galicia, which has borne the brunt of CES 2024 updates: The most interesting news and gadgets from tech's big show 01/09/2024 09:29am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — CES 2024 kicks off in Las Vegas this week. The multi-day trade event put on by the Consumer Technology Association is set to feature swaths of the latest advances and gadgets across personal tech, transportation, health care, sustainability and more — with burgeoning uses of art 3 people mistakenly eat laundry detergent in Taiwan election giveaway gone awry 01/09/2024 07:25am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — At least three people were hospitalized after mistakenly eating colorful pods of liquid laundry detergent that were distributed as a campaign freebie in Taiwan's presidential race, according to Taiwanese media reports. One of the victims said she thought the pods were candy, Sri Lanka to join US-led naval operations against Houthi rebels in Red Sea 01/09/2024 05:12am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Debt-ridden Sri Lanka ’s navy is preparing to join a U.S.-led operation to protect merchant vessels sailing in the Red Sea against attacks by Houthi rebels, a Sri Lankan navy spokesman said on Tuesday. The attacks by Houthi rebels have targeted commercial shipping vesse 'Cold-blooded': 4 charged over alleged plot to smuggle AU$1.2 million in Australian reptiles 01/08/2024 11:31pm • SYDNEY (AP) — An Australian task force devoted to stopping illegal reptile exports announced the disruption of a “cold-blooded and cruel” criminal group allegedly trying to send AU$1.2 million ($808,000) worth of highly-sought native lizards and other reptiles from Sydney to Hong Kong. The Wh Can Congress land a deal on Ukraine aid and border security as lawmakers return to Washington? 01/08/2024 07:11pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A deal on U.S. aid for Ukraine and policy changes at the border with Mexico was left uncertain Monday as Congress returned with Senate negotiators struggling to reach an agreement and House Republicans trying to interject their own hardline immigration demands. Senate negotiators 8 Best Warren Buffett Stocks to Buy in 2024 01/08/2024 07:00pm • Warren Buffett bought his first shares of stock at age 11 back in 1941. In the following 83 years, the "Oracle of Omaha" used his value investing prowess to amass a fortune worth about $121 billion, even after donating more than $55 billion to charity. Buffett's discipline and common-sense value inv Virginia lawmakers set to take up proposal to help fund new arena for Capitals, Wizards 01/08/2024 03:25pm • ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Advocates of Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's plan to build a new professional sports arena and entertainment district in northern Virginia say the project would be a generational job-creator so lucrative it will pay for itself. Critics, meanwhile, argue the proposal to lure This Bethesda company may repurpose your holiday gift returns 01/08/2024 10:51am • An estimated 18% of holiday gifts from this past season will be returned to retailers. Most won’t end up back on the retailers’ shelves, but those returns aren’t a total loss. Bethesda, Maryland-based Liquidity Services is among companies helping retailers salvage value from returned mercha White House infrastructure czar Landrieu leaving job and expected to make case for Biden reelection 01/08/2024 08:05am • WASHINGTON (AP) — White House infrastructure coordinator Mitch Landrieu is leaving his post after two years and is expected to help push publicly for President Joe Biden's reelection. The Democratic president tasked the former New Orleans mayor with setting up a system to invest more than $1 trill German farmers block roads with tractors and stage protests against plan to scrap diesel tax breaks 01/08/2024 06:41am • BERLIN (AP) — Farmers blocked highway access roads in parts of Germany Monday and snarled traffic elsewhere with their tractors, launching a week of protests against a government plan to scrap tax breaks on diesel used in agriculture. Chancellor Olaf Scholz's unpopular three-party coalition infuri Love comes through as Packers beat Bears 17-9 to clinch a playoff berth 01/07/2024 09:53pm • GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Jordan Love accomplished something in his first season as a starting quarterback that his four-time MVP predecessor failed to achieve last year. He has the Green Bay Packers in the playoffs. Love threw for 316 yards and connected with Dontayvion Wicks on a pair of touchdowns Fields faces offseason of uncertainty as Bears debate whether to take a QB with No. 1 overall pick 01/07/2024 09:52pm • GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields has been through all this before. That helps explain why he refuses to spend the offseason dwelling on his uncertain future as the Bears debate whether to keep him as their starter or select his replacement with the No. 1 overall pick China sanctions 5 US defense companies in response to US sanctions and arms sales to Taiwan 01/07/2024 04:14am • BEIJING (AP) — China announced sanctions Sunday on five American defense-related companies in response to U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and U.S sanctions on Chinese companies and individuals. The sanctions will freeze any property the companies have in China and prohibit organizations and individuals