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Congressmen ask DOJ to investigate water utility …

This photo provided by the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa shows the screen of a Unitronics device that was hacked in Aliquippa, Pa., on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. The hacked device was in a pumping booster station owned by the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa. An electronic calling card left by the hackers suggests they picked their target because it uses components made by an Israeli company. (Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa via AP)

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US prosecutors say plots to assassinate Sikh leaders were …

Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun is pictured in his office on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in New York. U.S. authorities said an Indian government official directed a plot to assassinate Pannun in New York City after he advocated for a sovereign state for Sikhs. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

Biden lights the National Christmas Tree, taking his turn …

In this image made from video, the National Christmas Tree hangs from a crane in front of the White House as a crew works to lift it back up after it fell, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, amid high winter winds. (AP Video)

What to know about the Sikh independence movement following …

Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun is pictured in his office on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in New York. U.S. authorities said an Indian government official directed a plot to assassinate Pannun in New York City after he advocated for a sovereign state for Sikhs. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

Texas judge rips into Biden administration’s handling …

FILE - Concertina wire lines the banks of the Rio Grande on the Pecan farm of Hugo and Magali Urbina, near Eagle Pass, Texas, Monday, July 7, 2023. A dispute over razor wire that Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border to deter migrants continued Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, after a judge allowed Border Patrol agents to continue cutting the barrier but also laid into the Biden administration over immigration enforcement. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Cities must replace harmful lead pipes within 10 years …

FILE - Lead water pipes pulled from underneath the street are seen in Newark, N.J., Oct. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Several former correctional officers indicted after death …

FILE - The Southern Regional Jail in Beaver, W.Va., is seen in this undated photo. Five former correctional officers in West Virginia were indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, in connection with the 2022 death of an incarcerated person who was beaten while handcuffed and restrained in an interview room and later a prison cell at the jail. (Rick Barbero/The Register-Herald via AP, File)

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Oklahoma executes man who claimed self-defense in …

FILE - In this photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Phillip Hancock is pictured on June 29, 2011. Hancock, 59, is scheduled to receive a three-drug lethal injection on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. (Oklahoma Department of Corrections via AP, File)

Police searching for two people accused in FBI agent …

FILE - The seal on the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building is seen June 9, 2023, in Washington. Police say two people carjacked an FBI agent in Washington, a theft that comes amid a sharp increase in the number of carjackings in the nation's capital. Police say the theft was carried out midafternoon on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Penguin parents sleep for just a few seconds at a …

This image provided by Won Young Lee shows wild chinstrap penguins on King George Island, Antarctica. Researchers have discovered that some penguin parents sleep for only seconds at a time around-the-clock to protect their eggs and chicks. Sensors were attached to adult chinstrap penguins in Antarctica for the research. The results published Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023 show that during the breeding season, the penguins nod off thousands of times each day but only for about four seconds at a time. (Won Young Lee via AP)

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Infrequent grand juries can mean long pretrial waits …

FILE - Attorney Cliff Johnson, director of the Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center, speaks during a hearing, May 10, 2023, in Hinds County Chancery Court in Jackson, Miss. The center released a survey Thursday, Nov. 30, showing that two-thirds of Mississippi counties have grand juries that meet two or three times a year, which contributes to long pretrial detention in county jails. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

What to know about Hannukah and how it’s celebrated …

FILE - An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man stands in front of a menorah on the third eve of Hanukkah, at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site in Jerusalem's old city, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009. On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional candle in the menorah candelabra. They do so to commemorate the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem in the 2nd century BC, after a small group of Jewish fighters liberated it from occupying foreign forces. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)

Study says the US is ill-prepared to ensure housing …

FILE - Kevin Hendershot pours ice into a bucket outside his tent in "The Zone," homeless encampment, July 14, 2023, in downtown Phoenix. The United States is ill-prepared to ensure housing and care for the swelling ranks of America's older people. That's the conclusion of a new report being released Thursday by Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)