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President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Tilman J. Fertitta as the United States ambassador to Italy.

The city of Smyrna has closed on its $15.8 million deal to buy the nine-acre Smyrna First Baptist Church property in the heart of the city.

A looming partial shutdown of the federal government could potentially furlough thousands of workers and disrupt certain services ahead of the busy holiday season, including air travel security, Social Security processing and access to national parks, as Congress faces a Friday deadline to pass a funding measure.