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Elon Musk’s DOGE team has accessed highly restricted data maintained by the Office of Personnel Management, including personally identifiable information for millions of federal employees. – washingtonpost.com

Trump pushes Jordan and Egypt to take in palestinians to ‘clean out’ Gaza. President Trump said he had spoken to Jordan’s leader and would call Egypt’s. A Hamas official rejected the idea, which echoes proposals from far-right Israelis.

Part of eastern Malibu is ‘gone,’ Mayor says, as Palisades fire rages.
A third of eastern Malibu has been destroyed by the blaze, including the communities of Big Rock and Carbon Mesa and a famed stretch of Pacific Coast Highway, officials said.

Kamala Harris certifies Trump’s 2024 presidential election win

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Israeli strike in northern Lebanon kills at least 21 people
The Lebanese Red Cross says an Israeli airstrike hit an apartment building in northern Lebanon, killing at least 21 people. – AP

Nobel Prize in literature is awarded to South Korean author Han Kang for her “intense poetic prose”
The Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to the South Korean author Han Kang for what the Nobel committee called her “intense poetic prose.” (AP)

Maggie Smith, star of stage, film and ‘Downton Abbey,’ dies at 89. We love you and we’ll miss you Maggie! Be happy!

Want to burn calories? Climbing stairs might be the most effective exercise for you
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US commemorates 9/11 attacks with victims in focus and politics in view. The U.S. is remembering the lives taken and others reshaped by 9/11 on an anniversary laced with presidential campaign politics.

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Pilgrim deaths in Mecca put spotlight on underworld hajj industry. More than 1,300 people died, and a Saudi official said most of them were not registered for the pilgrimage. That left them with little protection from the heat.