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The U.S. economy finished 2022 in solid shape even as questions persist over whether growth will turn negative in the year ahead. Fourth-quarter gross domestic product, the sum of all goods and services produced for the October-to-December period, rose at a 2.9% annualized pace, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had expected a reading of 2.8%. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/26/gdp-q4-2022-us-gdp-rose-2point9percent-in-the-fourth-quarter-more-than-expected-even-as-recession-fears-loom.html

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School board votes to cut ties with superintendent weeks after 6-year-old allegedly shot teacher — A school board voted Wednesday evening to oust its superintendent, weeks after a 6-year-old allegedly shot a teacher in one of the district’s schools and on the same day that the teacher’s lawyer said school administrators were warned that the child had a gun the day of the shooting. The Newport News Public Schools school board voted 5-1 in favor of a separation agreement and severance with Superintendent Dr. George Parker III. The teacher’s lawyer alleged earlier Wednesday that school administrators had multiple warnings about the boy the day of the incident. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/25/us/newport-news-virginia-school-board-superintendent-vote/index.html

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A record 16.3 million people flocked to the Affordable Care Act exchanges for 2023 coverage, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said Wednesday. Open enrollment on the federal exchange and most state marketplaces ran from November 1 to January 15. But those who lose health insurance coverage, have a qualifying life change or have very low incomes can obtain policies throughout the year through special enrollment periods. Sign-ups on the federal exchange, healthcare.gov, have skyrocketed nearly 50% since the Biden administration took office in 2021, thanks in large part to enhanced federal premium subsidies and increased outreach efforts. https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/25/politics/aca-enrollment-2023/index.html

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In his first interview since the death of former Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis spoke about his health, his critics and the future of the papacy. He also criticized laws that criminalize homosexuality as unjust. Pope Francis told the Associated Press that, while Catholic teaching holds that homosexual acts are a "sin," being homosexual is not a "crime." https://www.npr.org/2023/01/25/1151388361/pope-francis-homosexuality

The Treasury is reviewing its processes after reports it helped the head of Russia's notorious mercenary Wagner Group circumvent UK sanctions to take a British journalist to court. James Cartlidge, exchequer secretary, confirmed a review is under way about the Treasury's decision-making but could not comment publicly on the case of Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin. Investigative website openDemocracy reported a small Treasury team issued licences to allow British lawyers to help Mr Prigozhin - once dubbed "Putin's chef" - launch libel action against Bellingcat journalist Eliot Higgins in the UK in 2021. https://news.sky.com/story/treasury-reviewing-processes-after-reports-it-helped-wagner-group-boss-circumvent-sanctions-to-sue-british-journalist-12795500

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School administrators were warned 6-year-old had a gun before he allegedly shot Newport News teacher, lawyer says Administrators at the Newport News, Virginia, elementary school where a teacher was allegedly shot by a 6-year-old earlier this month were warned the day of the shooting that the child had a gun, according to the teacher’s lawyer. “Over the course of a few hours, three different times – three times – school administration was warned by concerned teachers and employees that the boy had a gun on him at the school and was threatening people,” Diane Toscano, an attorney for the teacher, Abby Zwerner, told reporters in a news conference Wednesday. “But the administration could not be bothered.” https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/25/us/newport-news-virginia-school-board-superintendent-vote/index.html

Meta says it will restore Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/25/tech/meta-facebook-trump-decision/index.html

Former president Donald Trump is returning to Facebook. Two years after the social platform banned him from its service in the wake of the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot, the company says that he can now return. “The suspension was an extraordinary decision taken in extraordinary circumstances, Meta policy chief Nick Clegg wrote in a blog post. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/facebook-allows-donald-trump-back-platform-1235303375/

Millions of people were forced to skip meals or go a whole day without eating in recent months, new data shows. As the UK’s cost of living crisis deepened, nearly one in five families experienced food insecurity in September, meaning more people went hungry than during the chaotic first weeks of the Covid lockdown, the Food Foundation charity said. Hunger levels have more than doubled since January, according to the foundation’s latest tracker, with nearly 10 million adults and 4 million children unable to eat regular meals last month, prompting calls for stronger measures to protect vulnerable households. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/oct/18/millions-forced-to-skip-meals-as-uk-cost-of-living-crisis-deepens

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British nationals Chris Parry and Andrew Bagshaw, who were reported missing in eastern Ukraine, have been killed, their families have said. Mr Bagshaw, 47, and Mr Parry, 28, were last seen heading to the city of Soledar on 6 January. Mr Bagshaw's family said the pair were attempting to rescue an elderly woman when their cars were hit by a shell. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-64394105

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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration plans to send M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, U.S. officials said on Tuesday, in what would be a major step in arming Kyiv in its efforts to seize back its territory from Russia. The White House is expected to announce a decision as early as Wednesday, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the discussions. One official said the number of Abrams tanks could be between 30 and 50. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/01/24/world/russia-ukraine-news

An outback Australian town has re-imposed a controversial policy directed at Aboriginal communities that restricts the sale of alcohol. Under the new restrictions, no takeaway alcohol will be sold in Alice Springs - about 450km northeast of Uluru - on Mondays or Tuesdays. Alcohol can also only be sold between 15:00 and 19:00 on all days except Saturdays. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-64389869