After Maine's Rejection, California Has Good News for Trump (Newser Morning 8)

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December 29, 2023     "One faces the future with one's past." —Pearl S. Buck   1 Military Space Plane Blasts Off on Secretive Mission The US military's X-37B space plane blasted off Thursday on another secretive mission that's expected to last at least a couple of years. Keep reading   2 California Keeps Trump on Ballot Former President Trump was kicked off the Republican primary ballot in Maine on Thursday—but hours later, his campaign received welcome news from a state with a population nearly 30 times bigger. Keep reading   From our sponsors:   At a Glance Smoke rises behind a building damaged in Russia's missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. Russia launched about 110 missiles as well as drones against Ukrainian targets during the night Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday, in what appeared to be the biggest aerial barrage of the 22-month war. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Keep reading   3 L'Oreal Heiress Is First Woman With $100B Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, heiress to the L'Oreal cosmetics empire and the world's richest woman, is now also the first female to amass a $100 billion fortune. Keep reading   4 Census Bureau Announces a World Population Milestone The world population grew by 75 million people over the past year and on New Year's Day it will stand at more than 8 billion people, according to figures released by the US Census Bureau on Thursday. Keep reading   5 GOP Senator Says His Home Was 'Swatted' Marjorie Taylor Greene isn't the only Republican lawmaker getting "swatted": Sen. Rick Scott says it happened to him Wednesday night. Keep reading   6 Stowaway Survives 2.5-Hour Flight Hidden in Landing Gear A commercial aircraft that landed at Paris' Orly airport Thursday morning had a stowaway hidden in its landing gear—and he had survived the flight from Algeria to France. Keep reading     7 Cops: Dad Dropped Off Gifts for Kids, Shot Ex's Boyfriend A Detroit man is being held on $1 million bond after his attempt to deliver Christmas presents to his kids turned violent. Keep reading   8 Maine Blocks Trump From Primary Ballot Maine became the second state to bar Donald Trump from its primary ballot, when Secretary of State Shenna Bellows decided Thursday that the former president does not quality to be a candidate because of his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Keep reading   This Day in History In 1890, the Wounded Knee massacre took place in South Dakota as an estimated 300 Sioux Indians were killed by U.S. troops sent to disarm them. Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2022: Cops: Robbery Suspect Fled, Home Alone Moment Ensued   Yesterday's Most-Read Stories   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Read our stories on MSN. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2023 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved