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5A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2017 WORLD IN BRIEF Associated Press Islamic State kills 41 in attack on Afghan cultural center Greg Wohlford/Erie Times-News Soledda Hernandez stands on the roof of her car as she brushes off snow Wednesday in Erie, Pa. Higher energy costs accompany bitter cold snap in US PORTLAND, Maine — Plunging tem- peratures across half the country today underscored a stark reality for low-in- come Americans who rely on heating aid: Their dollars aren’t going to go as far this winter because of rising energy costs. Forecasters warned people to be wary of hypothermia and frostbite from an arc- tic blast that’s gripping a large swath from the Midwest to the Northeast, where the temperature — without the wind chill fac- tored in — dipped to minus 32 this morn- ing in Watertown, New York, near Lake Ontario’s eastern shore. Even before the cold snap, the Depart- ment of Energy projected that heating costs were going to track upward this winter, and many people are keeping a wary eye on their fuel tanks to ensure they don’t run out. Prolonged, dangerous cold weather this week has sent advocates for the homeless scrambling to get people off the streets and to bring in extra beds for them. In western New York and Erie, Pennsyl- vania, residents were still cleaning up from massive snowfall. Frozen pipes and dead car batteries added to the misery across the region. There was some good news for recip- ients of federal aid from the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program. Pres- ident Donald Trump released nearly $3 billion, or 90 percent, of the funding in October after previously trying to elimi- nate the program altogether. But projected energy cost increases will effectively reduce the purchas- ing power by $330 million, making it imperative that the remaining fund- ing be released, said Mark Wolfe, of the National Energy Assistance Directors’ Association. This winter, energy costs were pro- jected to grow by 12 percent for natu- ral gas, 17 percent for home heating oil, 18 percent for propane and 8 percent for electricity, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration. KABUL, Afghanistan — An Islamic State suicide bomber struck a Shiite cultural center in Kabul today, killing at least 41 people and under- scoring the extremist group’s growing reach in Afghanistan even as its self-styled caliphate in Iraq and Syria has been dismantled. The attack may have targeted the pro-Iran Afghan Voice news agency housed in the two- story building. The Sunni extremists of IS view Shiite Muslims as apostates and have repeatedly attacked Afghanistan’s Shiite minority and tar- gets linked to neighboring Iran. The attack wounded more than 80 people, many of whom suffered severe burns. Local Shiite leader Abdul Hussain Ramazan- dada said the bomber slipped into an academic seminar at the center and blew himself up among the participants. More bombs went off just out- side the center as people fled. The IS-linked Aamaq news agency said four bombs were used in the assault, one strapped to the suicide attacker. It said the center was funded by Iran and used to propagate Shiite beliefs. The center was marking the anniversary of the 1979 Soviet invasion with a seminar about the event’s impact on the country. Iran, a Shiite-majority country bordering Iraq and Afghanistan, has provided heavy mili- tary and financial aid to the Syrian government as well as regional Shiite militias battling IS in recent years. Putin says St. Petersburg explosion was terror attack MOSCOW — The explosion at a supermar- ket in Russia’s second-largest city was a terrorist attack, President Vladimir Putin said today, add- ing that another attack had been thwarted. At least 13 people were injured Wednesday evening when an improvised explosive device went off at a storage area for customers’ bags at the supermarket in St. Petersburg. Investigators said the device contained 200 grams of explo- sives and was rigged with shrapnel to cause more damage. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. Putin made his comment at an awards cere- mony at the Kremlin for troops who took part in Russia’s Syria campaign but did not offer any details. He also said another terrorist attack had been thwarted in St. Petersburg but did not elaborate. Putin has portrayed Russia’s operation in Syria as a pre-emptive strike against terrorism at home. He said the threat of attacks at home would have been much worse if Russia had not intervened in Syria. Roy Moore files lawsuit to block Alabama Senate result MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Failed U.S. Sen- ate candidate Roy Moore doubled down on his claims of voter irregularities in a last-ditch effort to stop the certification of the Democratic oppo- nent who pulled off a historic upset last month in a traditionally deep-red state. Moore asked a judge late Wednesday to issue a restraining order to stop Alabama’s canvassing board from certifying Doug Jones’ victory today. Secretary of State John Merrill said Moore’s action “is not going to delay certification and Doug Jones ... will be sworn in by Vice President Pence on the third of January.” Jones defeated Moore by about 20,000 votes T HURSDAY E VENING (2) (-) (-) (6) (-) (8) (9) (10) (12) (13) (-) (20) (-) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) L KATU KOMO KING KOIN KIRO KGW KRCW KOPB KPTV KPDX KCPQ TBS KZJO ESPN ESPN2 NICK DISN FAM FMC LIFE ROOT FS1 SPIKE COM HIST A&E TLC DISC NGEO TNT AMC USA FOOD HGTV FX CNN FNC CNBC BRAV TCM SYFY RFD (2) (4) (5) (-) (7) (-) (3) (10) (12) (-) (13) (20) (22) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) 6 PM Cities in ruins after Islamic State, little cash to rebuild MOSUL, Iraq — For nearly 2½ miles along the western bank of the Tigris River, hardly a single building is intact. The warren of narrow streets of Mosul’s Old City is a crumpled land- scape of broken concrete and metal. Every acre is weighed down by more than 3,000 tons of rub- ble, much of it laced with explosives and unex- ploded ordnance. It will take years to haul away the wreck- age, and this is just one corner of the destruc- tion. The Iraqi military and U.S.-led coalition succeeded in uprooting the Islamic State group across the country, but the cost of victory is nearly incalculable. Three years of war devastated much of north- ern and western Iraq. Baghdad estimates $100 billion is needed nationwide to rebuild. Local leaders in Mosul, the biggest city held by IS, say that amount is needed to rehabilitate their city alone. So far no one is offering to foot the bill. The Trump administration has told the Iraqis it won’t pay for a massive reconstruction drive. Iraq hopes Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries will step up, and Iran may also take a role. The U.N. is repairing some infrastructure in nearly two dozen towns and cities around Iraq, but funding for it is a fraction of what will be needed. As a result, much of the rebuilding that has happened has come from individuals using personal sav- ings to salvage homes and shops as best they can. Nearly every city or town in former IS terri- tory needs repair to one degree or another. The longer it takes, the longer many of those who fled IS or the fighting remain uprooted. While 2.7 million Iraqis have returned to lands seized back from the militants, more than 3 million oth- ers cannot and they languish in camps. Worst hit is Mosul; the U.N. estimates 40,000 homes there need to be rebuilt or restored, and some 600,000 residents have been unable to return to the city, once home to around 2 million people. Charity gets a jolt from tax law — but due to drop next year WASHINGTON — In this season of giving, charity seems to be getting an extra jolt because next year the popular tax deduction for donations will lose a lot of its punch. Traditionally generous Americans may have less incentive to give to charitable causes next year because of the newly minted tax law. The changes that will make it less advantageous for many people to donate to charity in 2018 may be sparking a year-end stream of fattened con- tributions in anticipation, charity executives and experts say. Starting next year, the millions of relatively small donations from moderate-income peo- ple to mainstream charities could be sharply reduced, they say. That means charity could become less of a middle-class enterprise and a more exclusive domain of the wealthy, who tend to give to arts and cultural institutions, research facilities and universities. Their use of the chari- table tax deduction is less likely to be affected by the new law. The sweeping Republican tax overhaul, delivered by the GOP-dominated Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump, doesn’t eliminate or even reduce the deduction for donations to charitable, religious and other nonprofit organizations. Charitable giving should be encouraged with a tax incentive, congressio- nal Republicans crafting the plan said early on, and the cherished deduction — though costing some $41.5 billion a year in lost federal reve- nue — wasn’t struck even as other longstanding deductions fell or were scaled back. But it might as well have been, charity experts and advocates say. Leinassar Dental Excellence Trusted, Caring and Affordable Dental Care I’ve almost always been pleased with my experiences at Leinassar. 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He attached a statement from a poll worker that she had noticed licenses from Georgia and North Carolina as people signed in to vote. The complaint also noted the higher-than-ex- pected turnout in the race, particularly in Jeffer- son County, and said Moore’s numbers were sus- piciously lower than straight-ticket Republican voting in about 20 Jefferson County precincts. The complaint asked for a fraud investigation and eventually a new election. Merrill said he has so far not found any evi- dence of voter fraud, but he has said that his office will investigate any complaint Moore submits. JEFFREY M. LEINASSAR DMD, FAGD Evening listings THURSDAY D ECEMBER 28 A - Charter Astoria/ Seaside - L - Charter Long Beach 6:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 Jeopardy! (P) (N) Wheel Fortune (N) To Tell the Truth KATU News at 6 (N) The $100,000 Pyramid Match Game KATU News (N) (:35) Jimmy Kimmel KOMO 4 News (N) Wheel Fortune (N) Jeopardy! 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