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Buffalo, New York is slowly cleaning up after its most deadly storm in generations blanketed the city and led to a driving ban.

Midday rundown: Buffalo driving ban lifted, Cosby planning comedy tour

Starting next week, any travelers from China to the U.S. will need to test negative for covid-19 before boarding their flights.

Morning rundown: US testing requirements for Chinese travelers; Twitter outage

A U.S. military device last used in Afghanistan, and containing biometric data, recently sold on eBay for $68.

US military device containing biometric data sells on eBay for $68

Barry Croft Jr., who helped plan a kidnapping of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, will spend 19 and a half years in prison.

Midday rundown: Final man sentenced in Whitmer kidnapping plot, Trump’s taxes

The wife and daughter of former Iranian soccer star Ali Daei were prevented from leaving Iran after being accused of supporting protestors.

Iran reroutes soccer star’s flight, pursues high-profile protest supporters

A new Congress could create challenges or the Biden administration, which plans to maintain full financial support for Ukraine.

Politicians indicate US aid for Ukraine could slow in 2023

Title 42 was supposed to expire one week ago today. Now in a 5-4 vote, Supreme Court justices are temporarily keeping the policy in place.

Morning rundown: Title 42 stays; Southwest still struggling

Vladimir Putin said Russia is open to peace talks with Ukraine while rockets and mortar shells pummel the country.

Putin: Russia ‘open to peace’ as Ukraine attacks continue

Russia will ban oil sales to countries following the price cap that took effect earlier this month. The ban is set to take effect next year.

Russia to ban oil sales to countries following G7, EU price cap

Ukraine-Russia peace talks and a kidnapping plot leader is sentenced. These stories and more highlight your midday rundown on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022.

Midday rundown: Ukraine pitches peace summit, Taiwan extends military service

Russian millionaire and Vladimir Putin critic, Pavel Antov, was found dead in India. He is just the latest rich Russian to die mysteriously.

Pavel Antov, another rich, Russian Putin critic, found dead

The DOT is investigating Southwest airlines after winter storms caused flight delays and cancellations at airports across the country.

Morning rundown: DOT investigating Southwest; dozens dead in storm

TikTok’s parent company ByteDance fired one executive and another resigned after it was revealed the Chinese tech giant tracked journalists.

TikTok parent company ByteDance fires employees who tracked journalists

Russian yachts, mansions and private jets can now be sold and the proceeds can be given to Ukraine, thanks to the U.S. omnibus spending bill.

US will be able to sell seized Russian yachts, give money to Ukraine

A deadly shooting in Paris killed 3, inflation has slowed and thousands of flights have been canceled thanks to the historic winter storm.

Midday rundown: Shooting in Paris, winter storm cancels 3,700+ flights

The House plans to vote on a spending bill, North Korea has tested missiles and Facebook parent company Meta reaches an expensive settlement.

Morning rundown: House voting on omnibus, historic winter storm advancing

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says the Senate has reached a deal on the $1.7 trillion dollar spending bill.

Midday rundown: Senate agrees on spending bill, Fentanyl gets deadlier

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed Congress and offered gratitude for U.S. support throughout the war with Russia.

Morning rundown: Zelenskyy’s address, bomb cyclones hit US

Most of the drones Russia is using in Ukraine are made in Iran, but most of the components inside those drones are made in America.

Russian drones, made in Iran, contain US-made parts

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried will be returning to the U.S. today to face eight federal charges including wire fraud and money laundering.

Midday rundown: FTX founder extradited, NFL legend Franco Harris dies

The AP found governments around the world using tracking technology developed during the pandemic as part of new surveillance operations.

AP: Governments using pandemic-era tracking tools for surveillance

President Zelenskyy will be meeting with President Biden and Congress today in his first foreign trip since Russia invaded in February.

Morning rundown: Zelenskyy in DC; Trump’s tax returns to be released

Another Russian oligarch is dead. Once again, the circumstances surrounding the death are a little suspicious.

Another Russian oligarch is dead under mysterious circumstances

Wells Fargo fined billions; Weinstein convicted of rape; and Putin's Christmas cheer highlight Straight Arrow News' midday rundown for Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022.

Midday rundown: Wells Fargo fined, Weinstein convicted of rape