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Hamas demands Israel release Marwan Barghouti, a man some Palestinians see as their Nelson Mandela 02/03/2024 03:56pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — He's viewed by some Palestinians as their Nelson Mandela, and he's a prime candidate to become their president in the future. He's also the highest-profile prisoner held by Israel. Now Marwan Barghouti's freedom is at stake in cease-fire negotiations between Hamas and Israel. Hama Man gets 12 years in prison in insurance scheme after posing as patients, including NBA player 02/03/2024 03:26pm • CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — A medical biller has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison after being convicted in a massive insurance fraud scheme that involved posing as an NBA player and other patients to harangue the companies for payments that weren't actually due, prosecutors said. U.S. D Marilyn Manson completes community service sentence for blowing nose on videographer 02/03/2024 02:50pm • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Marilyn Manson, who was sentenced to community service for blowing his nose on a videographer at a 2019 concert in New Hampshire, recently completed his time at an organization that provides meeting space for Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon, according to court paperwork. The Man sentenced to 26 years for shooting pregnant woman in Southeast DC 02/03/2024 02:32pm • A man was sentenced to 26 years in prison Friday for his role in a 2018 shooting in Southeast D.C. that left a pregnant woman critically wounded. Joshua Hemphill, 32, was found guilty on June 7, 2023, after being charged with assault with intent to kill while armed with a gun. Prosecutors said Oklahoma rattled by shallow 5.1 magnitude earthquake 02/03/2024 02:07pm • EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — A 5.1 magnitude earthquake shook an area near Oklahoma City late Friday, followed by smaller quakes during the next several hours, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. No injuries were reported and damage appeared to be minimal, mostly items overturned or shaken from shelves i Where the jobs are: Strong hiring in most industries has far outpaced high-profile layoffs 02/03/2024 01:32pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Blockbuster job growth in the past several months has coincided with high-profile layoff announcements by a number of large companies. So, how are both occurring at the same time? It's not as contradictory as it might seem. Recent job cuts have been concentrated mainly in just a Viktor Orbán's anti-woke resistance has made him the 'splinter under the fingernail' of the EU 02/03/2024 01:30pm • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary's parliament will convene an emergency session on Monday to do something its western partners have waited for, often impatiently, for more than a year: to hold a vote, finally, on approving Sweden's bid to join the NATO military alliance. But Hungary's governing p Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella caps a decade of change and tremendous growth 02/03/2024 06:00am • Satya Nadella marks his tenth year as Microsoft CEO on Sunday, capping a decade of stunning growth as he pivoted the slow-moving software giant into a laser focus on cloud computing and artificial intelligence. Microsoft’s stock has soared by more than 1,000% since Nadella took the helm in 2014, Maldives government asks India why its coast guard boarded 3 fishing boats 02/03/2024 05:18am • MALE, Maldives (AP) — The Maldives government says it has asked for clarification of why Indian coast guard personnel boarded three Maldivian fishing vessels operating within its economic zone earlier this week without consultation. The Maldives defense ministry said in a statement Friday night th Lawsuit says Tennessee hospital shouldn't have discharged woman who died, police should have helped 02/02/2024 09:31pm • KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal lawsuit says a woman who died last February shouldn't have been discharged from a Tennessee hospital, forced to leave despite her pleas for more help and unassisted by security guards and police during a medical emergency. The son of 60-year-old Lisa Edwards on Th Live updates | Hamas is expected to respond soon to a proposal that includes hostage releases 02/02/2024 07:06pm • A senior Hamas official said Friday the group will respond “very soon” to a proposal that includes extended pauses in Gaza fighting and phased exchanges of Hamas-held hostages for Palestinians imprisoned in Israel. Hamas and other militants in Gaza are holding dozens of hostages, after having ab A London judge acquits climate activist Greta Thunberg of refusing to leave oil industry conference 02/02/2024 06:51pm • LONDON (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg was acquitted Friday of a charge of refusing to follow a police order to leave a protest blocking the entrance to a major oil and gas industry conference in London last year. The courtroom gallery erupted with applause as Judge John Law told Thunberg a Testimony, closing arguments conclude in manslaughter trial of Michigan school shooter's mother 02/02/2024 06:40pm • PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A prosecutor urged jurors on Friday to convict the mother of a Michigan school shooter in a groundbreaking trial that centered on whether she should be held responsible for the deaths of four students, especially when confronted with her son’s violent drawing ahead of the t A Vermont mom called police to talk to her son about stealing. He ended up handcuffed and sedated 02/02/2024 05:36pm • A Vermont mother wanted to teach her then-14-year-old son a lesson after he came home with electronic cigarettes he stole from a gas station. So she called the police. What happened next that evening in May 2021 is the basis for a lawsuit by the mother alleging that Burlington police used excessive Lookman fires Nigeria into Africa Cup semis with win over Angola. Congo also through 02/02/2024 05:31pm • ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ademola Lookman scored again to fire Nigeria into the semifinals of the Africa Cup of Nations with a 1-0 win over Angola on Friday. Victor Osimhen failed to score after having a goal ruled out for offside but produced another tireless performance to help the Super Eagle