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DIARY: In Gaza, bombs drop and the conflict again hits home

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - On Friday morning, a military airstrike smashed my family's farm in the northern Gaza Strip into a jagged mass of metal and splintered trees. An Israeli bomb had slammed i...

May 15, 2021

Back-to-back tornadoes kill 10 in China; over 300 injured

BEIJING (AP) - Back-to-back tornadoes killed at least 10 people in central and eastern China and left more than 300 others injured, officials and state media reported Saturday. Six people died in the ...

May 15, 2021

Israeli military accused of using media to trick Hamas

JERUSALEM (AP) - Early Friday, just after midnight, the Israeli military put out an ominous statement to the media: "IDF air and ground troops are currently attacking in the Gaza Strip." The vaguely w...

May 15, 2021

Success story Taiwan faces its worst outbreak in pandemic

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - The island of Taiwan, which has had enviable success in containing COVID-19, imposed new restrictions in its capital city on Saturday as it battled its worst outbreak since the p...

May 15, 2021

Masks off, Poles cheer reopening of bars and restaurants

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poles pulled off their masks, hugged their friends and made toasts to their regained freedom as restaurants, bars and pubs reopened for the first time in seven months and the gov...

May 15, 2021

Iran's hard-line judiciary chief registers presidential run

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The hard-line cleric in charge of Iran's judiciary who also took part in a panel involved in the mass execution of thousands of prisoners in 1988 registered Saturday...

May 15, 2021

Prosecutors ask to drop most charges in doctor rape case

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - State prosecutors on Friday asked a judge to dismiss most sex crime charges filed against a reality TV doctor and his girlfriend, who are accused of drugging and raping severa...

May 14, 2021

China lands on Mars in latest advance for its space program

BEIJING (AP) - China has landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time in the latest advance for its space program. The official Xinhua News Agency said Saturday that the lander had touched down, cit...

May 14, 2021

Oklahoma governor booted from Tulsa Race Massacre commission

TULSA, Okla. (AP) - The commission formed to observe the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre announced Friday that it has booted Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt from his seat on the panel. A statem...

May 14, 2021

California is awash in tax revenue and budget reflects it

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday proposed a $268 billion state budget that is one-third larger than the state's current spending plan, fueled by surging state tax reven...

May 14, 2021