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Israeli military says its ground forces are battling Hamas 'in the depths' of Gaza City

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Israeli military said Tuesday that its ground forces are now fighting in "the depths" of Gaza City. The comments signaled a new stage by the Israeli military as it m...

Nov 07, 2023

NATO freezes a Cold War-era security pact after Russia pulls out, raising questions on arms control

BRUSSELS (AP) - NATO member countries that signed a key Cold War-era security treaty froze their participation in the pact on Tuesday just hours after Russia pulled out, raising fresh questions about ...

Nov 07, 2023

The Supreme Court seems likely to preserve a gun law that protects domestic violence victims

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court seemed likely Tuesday to preserve a federal law that prohibits people under domestic violence restraining orders from having guns. In their first guns case since la...

Nov 07, 2023

Captain found guilty of 'seaman's manslaughter' in boat fire that killed 34 off California coast

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A federal jury on Monday found a scuba dive boat captain was criminally negligent in the deaths of 34 people killed in a fire aboard the vessel in 2019, the deadliest maritime disas...

Nov 06, 2023

2nd police officer acquitted in death of Elijah McClain, who was put in a neck hold, given ketamine

BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) - A second Denver-area police officer was acquitted Monday in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, who was put in a neck hold and injected with ketamine after being stopped by police...

Nov 06, 2023

Polish president taps conservative Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki to form another government

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland's president has tapped the current prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki of the Law and Justice party, to try to form the country's next government. President Andrzej Duda ma...

Nov 06, 2023

August trial date set for officers charged in Tyre Nichols killing

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee judge on Monday set an August trial date for four former Memphis police officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop in January. During ...

Nov 06, 2023

Father of July 4th parade shooting suspect pleads guilty to misdemeanors linked to gun license

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - The father of a man charged in a deadly Fourth of July parade shooting in suburban Chicago pleaded guilty to seven misdemeanors Monday in a case that centered on how his son obta...

Nov 06, 2023

Palestinian death toll in Gaza exceeds 10,000, according to Health Ministry

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza says the Palestinian death toll from the ongoing war with Israel has jumped over 10,000. The figures released Monday mark a gri...

Sheldon Spackman Nov 06, 2023

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi goes on a hunger strike while imprisoned in Iran

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A campaign urging Iran to free Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi said Monday that the activist has begun a hunger strike over the conditions of her impriso...

Nov 06, 2023