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Hungry, thirsty and humiliated: Israel's mass arrest campaign sows fear in northern Gaza 12/14/2023 03:17pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military has rounded up hundreds of Palestinians across the northern Gaza Strip, separating families and forcing men to strip to their underwear before trucking some to a detention camp on the beach, where they spent hours, in some cases days, subjected The Supreme Court refuses to block an Illinois law banning some high-power semiautomatic weapons 12/14/2023 02:55pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to put on hold a new Illinois law that would ban high-power semiautomatic weapons like the one used in the mass killing of seven people at a 2022 parade in a Chicago suburb. The justices did not comment in refusing an emergency appeal from a 49ers try to push their winning streak to 6 games when they travel to face Cards 12/14/2023 02:45pm • SAN FRANCISCO (10-3) at ARIZONA (3-10) Sunday, 4:05 p.m. EST, CBS OPENING LINE: 49ers by 12 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. AGAINST THE SPREAD: 49ers 7-6; Cardinals 7-6. SERIES RECORD: 49ers lead 35-29. LAST MEETING: 49ers won 35-16 on Oct. 1 in Santa Clara, California. LAST WEEK: 49ers beat S Dakar Rally winner Austin Jones has extensive resume after just 5 years of racing 12/14/2023 02:42pm • CONGRESS, Ariz. (AP) — The hands are in constant motion, yo-yoing the wheel left, right, left in small corrections and full turns. The feet dance in the cramped space above the floorboard, stabbing between clutch, gas and brake. The eyes dart back and forth across the desert landscape, detecting r 2023: The year we played with artificial intelligence — and weren't sure what to do about it 12/14/2023 01:44pm • Artificial intelligence went mainstream in 2023 — it was a long time coming yet has a long way to go for the technology to match people's science fiction fantasies of human-like machines. Catalyzing a year of AI fanfare was ChatGPT. The chatbot gave the world a glimpse of recent advances in comput Will declaration on fossil fuels at UN climate talks lead to action? Consider 5 previous decisions 12/14/2023 12:31pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — United Nations climate negotiators on Wednesday declared the world must transition away from oil, gas and coal, a significant decision by nearly 200 countries in nearly 30 years of climate talks. But will countries keep their word, moving away from planet-warmin From New York to Tokyo, stock markets around the world have rallied in 2023 12/14/2023 10:38am • NEW YORK (AP) — It's been a great year for stock markets around the world. Wall Street's rally has been front and center, with the U.S. stock market the world's largest and its clear leader in performance in recent years. The S&P 500 is on track to return more than 20% for the third time in th Apartment fire displaces 17, injures dog in Northwest DC 12/14/2023 08:34am • An apartment building fire Wednesday night displaced 17 people in the Petworth neighborhood of Northwest D.C., according to officials. A spokesman for D.C. Fire and EMS told WTOP that firefighters were called to the 4000 block of Kansas Avenue NW just after 6:30 p.m., where they found the second Japan's Kishida replaces 4 ministers linked to slush funds scandal to contain damage to party 12/14/2023 08:31am • TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida replaced four of his Cabinet ministers Thursday in an effort to contain the damage from a widening slush fund scandal that has shaken his governing party and his grip on power within it. The shakeup is Kidhida's third of his Cabinet, whose support U.S. Coast Guard and cruise line save 12 passengers after boat sinks near Dominican Republic 12/14/2023 07:44am • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A boat carrying 12 passengers sank north of the Dominican Republic during inclement weather, and all have been rescued, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. Six of the passengers who were aboard a raft were rescued Wednesday by a Carnival Cruise Line ship in the area, an House approves impeachment inquiry into President Biden as Republicans rally behind investigation 12/14/2023 07:10am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Wednesday authorized the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, with every Republican rallying behind the politically charged process despite lingering concerns among some in the party that the investigation has yet to produce evidence of misconduct by the pre An investigation opens into the death of a French actress who accused Depardieu of sexual misconduct 12/14/2023 06:53am • PARIS (AP) — An investigation was opened following the death last week of a French actress who was among those accusing movie star Gérard Depardieu of sexual misconduct, the Paris prosecutor’s office said Thursday. Actress Emmanuelle Debever published a post on Facebook in 2019 that Depardieu h Amazon rift: Five things to know about the dispute between an Indigenous chief and Belgian filmmaker 12/14/2023 12:16am • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The renowned chief from the Amazon rainforest and the Belgian filmmaker appeared to be close friends at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Far from the flashing cameras, however, their decades-long partnership was nearing its end. With his feathered crown and wooden lip plate, How the deep friendship between an Amazon chief and Belgian filmmaker devolved into accusations 12/14/2023 12:11am • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It was considered to be among the world’s most productive partnerships between an Indigenous chief and a Westerner. For five decades, the Amazonian tribal leader and Belgian film director enlisted presidents and royals, even Pope Francis, to improve the lives of Brazil’s Use of 'morning after' pills doubles, teen sex declines in CDC survey 12/14/2023 12:01am • ▶ Watch Video: Opill will be first over-the-counter birth control pill sold in stores The share of American women who say they have ever used emergency contraception after having sex has more than doubled since the so-called "morning after" or Plan B brand pill