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Jim Jordan's rapid rise has been cheered by Trump and the far right. Could it soon make him speaker? 10/16/2023 02:22pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Jim Jordan has such a reputation as a political brawler that former House Speaker John Boehner once said he'd never met someone "who spent more time tearing things apart.” Now, nearly a decade after Boehner stepped down in the face of a conservative revolt, it is Jordan, o Jim Jordan's rapid rise has been cheered by Trump and the far right. Could it soon make him speaker? 10/16/2023 01:12am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Jim Jordan has such a reputation as a political brawler that former House Speaker John Boehner once said he had never met someone "who spent more time tearing things apart.” Now, nearly a decade after Boehner stepped down in the face of a conservative revolt, it is Jordan Live updates | Day 8 of the latest Israel-Hamas war 10/14/2023 11:44pm • Israel’s military ordered hundreds of thousands of civilians living in Gaza City to evacuate ahead of an expected Israel ground offensive. The directive came Friday on the heels of what the United Nations said was a warning it received from Israel to evacuate 1.1 million people living in northern Weary families trudge through Gaza streets, trying to flee the north before Israel's invasion 10/14/2023 11:16pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Some fled home with suitcases jammed with clothes and heirlooms and photographs. Some left with stacks of foam mattresses tied to car roofs. They took buses and vans and cars and carts pulled by donkeys. Many walked. Many had nothing with them but exhausted family Gaza's desperate civilians flee or huddle in hopes of safety, as warnings of Israeli offensive mount 10/14/2023 10:17pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Desperate Palestinians scrambled for escape from northern Gaza on Saturday or huddled by the thousands at a hospital in the target zone in hopes it would be spared, as Israel intensified warnings of an imminent offensive by air, ground and sea following Hamas milit Live Review: Madonna's Celebration Tour kicks off in London after health scare 10/14/2023 08:52pm • LONDON (AP) — Madonna kicked off her career-spanning Celebration Tour at London's O2 Arena on Saturday night, marking her first performance since suffering what her manager called a “serious bacterial infection” that led to hospitalization in an intensive care unit for several days back in Jun The US is moving quickly to boost Israel's military. A look at what assistance it's providing 10/14/2023 08:00pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Within hours of the horrific attack by Hamas, the U.S. began moving warships and aircraft to the region to be ready to provide Israel with whatever it needed to respond. A second U.S. carrier strike group departs from Norfolk, Virginia, on Friday. Scores of aircraft are heading Rangers' Semien and wife schedule daughter's birth during break before ALCS against Houston 10/14/2023 05:44pm • HOUSTON (AP) — The fourth child for Marcus Semien and his wife Tarah was due during the AL Championship Series. When her doctor said she was far enough along that it was safe to induce, Tarah told the Texas Rangers' second baseman they’d be having their baby in the break before the series opener How Maryland's recent malaria case can inform future detection and prevention 10/14/2023 12:32pm • In mid-August, the Maryland Department of Health issued an advisory that the agency had confirmed a rare positive case of locally acquired malaria and urged Marylanders take precautions to avoid future mosquito bites. But locally acquired malaria is rare in the United States, and the unique case l Montana man to return home from hospital weeks after grizzly bear bit off lower jaw 10/13/2023 11:04pm • A Montana man who was mauled by a grizzly bear that bit off the front of his lower jaw is ready to return home after five weeks in a Utah hospital, a physician and his family said Friday during a news conference. Rudy Noorlander, who answered most questions at the University of Utah hospital by writ Republicans pick Jim Jordan as nominee for House speaker, putting job within the Trump ally's reach 10/13/2023 10:55pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans chose firebrand Rep. Jim Jordan as their new nominee for House speaker during internal voting Friday, putting the gavel within reach of the staunch ally of GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump. Electing Jordan, a founding member of the Freedom Caucus, to the pow Palestinians flee northern Gaza after Israel orders 1 million to evacuate as ground attack looms 10/13/2023 09:43pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinians fled in a mass exodus Friday from northern Gaza after Israel’s military told some 1 million people to evacuate to the southern part of the besieged territory ahead of an expected ground invasion in retaliation for the surprise attack by the ruling Hamas militant gro Palestinians in Gaza face impossible choice: Stay home under airstrikes, or flee under airstrikes? 10/13/2023 06:55pm • GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Watching the pulverized alleys of Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza empty of people, Naji Jamal was frozen with indecision. Should he heed the Israeli army's demand that all Palestinians evacuate and make the risky trip to Gaza's south, where his only certainty wa Annual window to shop for Medicare Advantage plans returns on Sunday 10/13/2023 04:11pm • Open enrollment for Medicare opens Sunday, and seniors could have dozens of options. During the enrollment period, which ends Dec. 7, people will have the opportunity to choose between traditional Medicare and privately run Medicare Advantage plans in their area, as well as prescription drug plans. France star Dupont cleared to face South Africa in Rugby World Cup quarterfinal 10/13/2023 07:41am • PARIS (AP) — After fearing a broken cheekbone ended his Rugby World Cup campaign, France captain Antoine Dupont reassured anxious supporters of the title-chasing tournament host on Friday: "I'm at the top of my game." Dupont was picked to start in the quarterfinal against defending champion South