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Family and rights groups urge Egypt to free imprisoned activist as his 5-year sentence ends 09/27/2024 12:37am • LONDON (AP) ��� Rights groups and the family of convicted Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah on Thursday called on authorities to release him at the end of his five-year sentence next week. Abdel-Fattah, an outspoken dissident, rose to prominence with the 2011 pro-democracy uprisings that swept th Lebanon fears Gaza-like carnage as Israel ramps up airstrikes across the country 09/27/2024 12:27am • When she first heard about the evacuation warnings Israel was sending to residents of Lebanon, Aline Naser���s thoughts immediately turned to Gaza. For the past year, the 26-year-old Beirut resident has been following with horror the reports about besieged Palestinians in the Gaza Strip ordered to m Lady Gaga draws inspiration from her 'Joker' sequel character to create 'Harlequin' album 09/27/2024 12:00am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Lady Gaga knew the recipe to keep her Las Vegas shows electric: start in the studio. Before each residency performance this summer, she and a group of talented musicians clocked hours-long recording sessions, capturing that spark. The energy from their studio time flowed into Ga Tropical Weather Latest: Helene makes landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in northwestern Florida 09/26/2024 11:56pm • Fast-moving Hurricane Helene made landfall in the Big Bend area of Florida's northwestern coast as a Category 4 storm Thursday evening, threatening a ���catastrophic��� storm surge as well as damaging winds, rains and flash floods hundreds of miles inland across much of the southeastern U.S., foreca At least 11 killed in Israeli strike that hit a school in northern Gaza 09/26/2024 11:28pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) ��� An Israeli airstrike hit a school sheltering thousands of displaced Palestinians in northern Gaza on Thursday, killing at least 11 people and wounding 22, including women and children, the territory���s Health Ministry said. The Israeli military confirmed it struck Google expert at antitrust trial says government underestimates competition for online ad dollars 09/26/2024 10:56pm • ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) ��� Federal regulators who say Google holds an illegal monopoly over the technology that matches online advertisers to publishers are vastly underestimating the competition the tech giant faces, an expert hired by Google testified Thursday. Mark Israel, an economist who prepared A new pair of giant pandas gifted by Beijing arrives in Hong Kong 09/26/2024 10:06pm • HONG KONG (AP) ��� Hong Kong welcomed a new pair of giant pandas gifted by Beijing on Thursday with a lavish ceremony, raising hopes for a boost to the city's tourism. An An and Ke Ke are the third pair of giant pandas to be sent to the city from mainland China since the former British colony return A look inside the indictment accusing New York City's mayor of taking bribes 09/26/2024 09:58pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� New York City Mayor Eric Adams has never been shy about his globetrotting ways. But he���s not always said how he bankrolled years' worth of overseas adventures. Federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment Thursday saying the Democrat took trips to France, China, Sri Lanka, India, H Argentina's poverty rate spikes in first 6 months of President Milei's shock therapy 09/26/2024 09:46pm • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) ��� Argentina's poverty rate jumped from almost 42% to 53% during the first six months of Javier Milei' s presidency, the statistics agency reported Thursday, a steep rise reflecting the pain of the country's most intense austerity program in recent memory. The governme Pe��arol upsets Flamengo to reach Copa Libertadores semifinals 09/26/2024 09:10pm • MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) ��� Pe��arol had a 0-0 draw at home against Brazil��s Flamengo on Thursday to secure a spot in the Copa Libertadores semifinals for the first time in 13 years. The Uruguayan club won the first leg 1-0 via a Javier Cabrera goal. Pe��arol will next play Botafogo, which beat S Netanyahu vows to use 'full force' against Hezbollah and dims hopes for a cease-fire 09/26/2024 09:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday vowed to carry out ���full force��� strikes against Hezbollah until it ceases firing rockets across the border, dimming hopes for a cease-fire proposal put forth by U.S. and European officials. Israel carried out a new strike in X requests it be reinstated in Brazil after complying with judge's orders, sources say 09/26/2024 08:45pm • SAO PAULO (AP) ��� In the high-stakes showdown between the world���s richest man and a Brazilian Supreme Court justice, Elon Musk blinked. Musk���s social media site X has complied with Alexandre de Moraes��� orders and requested its service be reestablished in the country, two sources said Thursday Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon have killed nearly 700 this week 09/26/2024 08:30pm • Nearly 700 people have been killed in Lebanon this week, according to Lebanon's health ministry, as Israel dramatically escalated strikes, saying it is targeting Hezbollah���s military capacities. Over the past week, Israel has carried out several strikes in Beirut targeting senior Hezbollah command Ways to Lower Your Student Loan Interest Rate 09/26/2024 08:00pm • On average, class of 2022 graduates who took out loans left college with $29,417 in student loan debt. On its own, that's a lot to stomach. 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