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Israel calls for more southern Gaza evacuations as offensive continues

KHAN YUNIS, Palestinian Territory - Israel's military has renewed calls for mass evacuations from the southern town of Khan Younis, as it widened its ground offensive and bombarded targets across the ...

Dec 04, 2023

Former career US diplomat charged with secretly spying for Cuban intelligence for decades

MIAMI (AP) - A former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia has been charged with serving as a mole for Cuba's intelligence services dating back decades, the Justice Department sa...

Dec 04, 2023

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum ends 2024 Republican presidential bid days before the fourth debate

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum ended his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination on Monday after a stronger-than-expected showing fueled by a gift card-for-campaign do...

Dec 04, 2023

Guinea-Bissau’s president dissolves the nation’s parliament after last week’s failed coup

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) - Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo has dissolved the West African nation's parliament, according to a presidential decree issued on Monday that cited last week's...

Dec 04, 2023

Divers have discovered wreckage, remains from Osprey aircraft that crashed off Japan, Air Force says

TOKYO (AP) - U.S. and Japanese divers have discovered wreckage and remains of crew members from a U.S. Air Force Osprey aircraft that crashed last week off southwestern Japan, the Air Force announced ...

Dec 04, 2023

Israel orders mass evacuations as it widens offensive; Palestinians are running out of places to go

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Israeli military on Monday renewed its calls for mass evacuations from the southern town of Khan Younis, where tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians have sou...

Dec 04, 2023

11 bodies recovered after volcanic eruption in Indonesia, and 12 climbers are still missing

PADANG, Indonesia (AP) - The bodies of 11 climbers were recovered Monday a day after a furious eruption of the Mount Marapi volcano as Indonesian rescuers searched for 12 apparently still missing. Mar...

Dec 03, 2023

Venezuelans approve a referendum to claim sovereignty over a swatch of neighboring Guyana

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelans on Sunday approved a referendum called by the government of President Nicols Maduro to claim sovereignty over an oil- and mineral-rich piece of neighboring Guyana...

Dec 03, 2023

Jim Leyland elected to baseball's Hall of Fame, becomes 23rd manager in Cooperstown

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Jim Leyland, who led the Florida Marlins to a World Series title in 1997 and won 1,769 regular-season games over 22 seasons as an entertaining and at-times crusty big league ma...

Dec 03, 2023

Israel says it has expanded ground operation to every part of the Gaza Strip

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Israeli military says it has expanded its ground operation against the Hamas militant group to "every part" of the Gaza Strip. The army resumed its offensive Friday ...

Dec 03, 2023