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Israel weighs Hamas' latest response to Gaza cease-fire proposal as diplomatic efforts are revived

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israel's Cabinet was set to convene Thursday to discuss Hamas' latest response to a U.S.-backed proposal for a phased cease-fire in Gaza, as diplomatic efforts aimed at ending ...

Jul 04, 2024

Palestinian death toll from Israel-Hamas war surges past 38,000, Gaza Health Ministry says

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Thursday that the Palestinian death toll from nearly nine months of war has surged past 38,000. The ministry said that in th...

Jul 04, 2024

Hezbollah fires over 200 rockets into Israel after killing of senior commander

BEIRUT (AP) - The Lebanese Hezbollah group says it has launched over 200 rockets at several military bases in Israel in retaliation for a strike that killed one of its senior commanders. The attack by...

Jul 04, 2024

Labour is hopeful and Conservatives morose before voters deliver their verdict on UK's election day

LONDON (AP) - British voters are picking a new government Thursday, voting in a parliamentary election that is widely expected to bring the Labour Party to power against a gloomy backdrop of economic ...

Jul 03, 2024

California man convicted of murder in 2018 stabbing death of gay University of Pennsylvania student

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A California man has been convicted of murder in the killing of a gay University of Pennsylvania student in a 2018 stabbing for an act of hate. Samuel Woodward, 26, was found ...

Jul 03, 2024

Defense for Bob Menendez rests without New Jersey senator testifying

NEW YORK (AP) - The defense for Sen. Bob Menendez rested Wednesday without the New Jersey Democrat testifying at his New York bribery trial. Lawyers for Menendez called several witnesses over two days...

Jul 03, 2024

Now-banned Raptors player Jontay Porter will be charged in betting case, court papers indicate

NEW YORK (AP) - Former Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter will be charged with a federal felony connected to the sports betting scandal that spurred the NBA to ban him for life, court papers indicat...

Jul 03, 2024

Jessica Campbell will be the first woman on an NHL bench as assistant coach with the Seattle Kraken

SEATTLE (AP) - Jessica Campbell will become the first woman to work on the bench of an NHL franchise after the Seattle Kraken hired her as an assistant coach Wednesday. Campbell has spent the past two...

Jul 03, 2024

Top White House aide urges staff to tune out ‘noise' and focus on governing during debate fallout

WASHINGTON (AP) - White House chief of staff Jeff Zients urged people during an all-staff meeting on Wednesday to tune out the "noise" and focus on the task of governing as senior aides scramble to co...

Jul 03, 2024

Abortion-rights advocates in Arizona submit needed signatures to put the issue on November ballot

PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona abortion-rights supporters on Wednesday turned in more than double the signatures needed to put the issue on November's ballot in the key swing state. Organizers say they submit...

Jul 03, 2024