| Good morning. It's Wednesday, Jan. 3, and here's how to get the most days off with your vacation time in 2024. Now let's catch up. |
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 | A senior Hamas leader was killed in an explosion in Beirut yesterday. | |
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 | Donald Trump appealed Maine's decision to ban him from its primary ballot. | |
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 | Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned yesterday. | |
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 | Texas doctors do not need to perform emergency abortions, a court ruled. | - The decision: A long-standing national emergency-care law "does not govern the practice of medicine," a federal appeals court said yesterday.
- Why it matters: It's a blow to the White House's strategy to ensure abortion access after Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022. Advocates say the ruling will put women in danger.
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 | Some scientists think 2024 could be even hotter than 2023. | |
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 | Some parents are being prosecuted or fined when their children miss school. | - One example: A single mother in Missouri — one of several states with anti-truancy laws — was sentenced to jail for 15 days after her 5-year-old son's 14 absences in five months.
- The bigger picture: Absenteeism is spiking. Nearly 15 million students were considered "chronically absent" in 2021-2022 — that's 80% higher than before the pandemic.
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 | England's newest sports sensation is a 16-year-old darts prodigy. |  Luke Littler after winning a semifinal match at the World Darts Championship in London yesterday. (Kin Cheung/AP) | - Who? Luke Littler, who says he started playing magnetic darts at 18 months old. Today, he could win arguably the world's most prestigious darts tournament on his first try.
- How he did it: Littler says his age gives him an edge — he's too young to drink. He said of his opponents: "They wake up with sore heads in the morning, and I'm fine."
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