News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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The American flag was lowered to half-staff at the U.S. Capitol following the death of former President Jimmy Carter.
— ABC News (@ABC) December 30, 2024
A funeral for Carter, who died on Sunday at the age of 100, will be held on Jan. 9 at the Washington National Cathedral. https://t.co/O4uiRR17c3 pic.twitter.com/A8VE9pWehF
Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean ordered his government on Monday to start preparing for the possible nationalisation of gas company Moldovagaz, which is 50%-owned by Russia's Gazprom . https://t.co/QvuajfUjTX pic.twitter.com/aSne8pHGmd
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 30, 2024
BREAKING: South Korean law enforcement officials have requested a court warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol as they investigate whether his short-lived martial law decree amounted to rebellion. https://t.co/IsyASqztPG
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 30, 2024
Dominique Pelicot won't appeal guilty verdict in mass rape trial, lawyer says https://t.co/9mwISvnp8I
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) December 30, 2024
Man accused of attacking TV reporter, saying ‘This is Trump’s America now’ https://t.co/GP1WJQWv65
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 28, 2024
BREAKING: Federal appeals court upholds jury's $5 million award and sexual abuse finding against President-elect Donald Trump. https://t.co/u1XT2a43y9
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 30, 2024
SDNY judge denies ex-NJ senator Bob Menendez's request to delay bribery conviction sentencing until after his wife's separate trial over her role in the same corruption scheme. pic.twitter.com/F14mzUi4GB
— JOSH RUSSELL (@jruss_jruss) December 30, 2024
Nasty norovirus is back in full force with US cases of the stomach virus surging https://t.co/YKbxWzmHS7
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) December 29, 2024
Shorter flight times, quieter booms: see how NASA’s X-59 experimental airplane could revolutionize supersonic flight in the documentary “X-59: NASA’s Quesst for Supersonic Flight,” streaming now for free on NASA+. https://t.co/7a6FTvxBwE pic.twitter.com/B5YJCTqsjH
— NASA (@NASA) December 30, 2024
What's up, skywatchers? In January, four planets are visible in the evening sky all month long. (Saturn and Venus appear especially close on Jan. 17-18!)
— NASA JPL (@NASAJPL) December 30, 2024
Plus, the Quadrantid meteor shower peaks in the early morning of Jan. 3.
🔭 More tips: https://t.co/uJEdCvfg1J pic.twitter.com/jpXPmMU1c9
The world population will be 8.09 billion on New Year's Day after a 71 million increase in 2024 https://t.co/7OFyu3zRiy
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 30, 2024
When you’re so anti-vaccine that you’re pro-vaccine.
— The Intellectualist (@theintellectualist.bsky.social) December 29, 2024 at 11:39 PM
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