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Gaza is in ruins after Israel's yearlong offensive. Rebuilding may take decades 10/07/2024 09:54am • The Gaza Strip is in ruins. There are hills of rubble where apartment blocks stood, and pools of sewage-tainted water spreading disease. City streets have been churned into dirt canyons and, in many places, the air is filled with the stench of unrecovered corpses. Israel’s yearlong offensive again Takeaways from AP's report on the destruction in Gaza a year into the war 10/07/2024 01:51am • Israel's yearlong offensive against Hamas, launched in response to the militant group's Oct. 7 attack into Israel, has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and caused staggering destruction across the Gaza Strip that could take decades to rebuild. Hundreds of thousands of people are crammed into How farmers in Burundi banded together to get fair prices for avocados 10/07/2024 12:53am • KAYANZA, Burundi (AP) — Farmers in a remote part of Burundi know to look for a truck parked by a highway when it is time to sell their avocados. They materialize from villages and form a crowd around the vehicle, watching closely as crews weigh and load the crated fruits. Such roadside exchanges, Montgomery Co. renters raise alarm over high levels of nitrogen dioxide in apartments 10/05/2024 01:36pm • Leila invites a reporter into her two-bedroom apartment at Cider Mill, an 864-unit complex in Montgomery Village, where she lives with her three school-age children in a largely African immigrant and Latino neighborhood. She walks into her tiny kitchen and fires up all four gas burners on the sto Having a Service Animal on Campus: What to Know 10/03/2024 08:00pm • For students with mental or physical disabilities, having a service animal on campus can help limit risks and ease the challenges that come with earning a college degree. "It allows them to experience things that otherwise they might not be able to do," such as accessing the dining hall or other fac NYC accelerates school leadership change as investigations swirl around mayor’s indictment 10/03/2024 04:43pm • NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is speeding up its switch to a new schools chief as indicted Mayor Eric Adams faces mounting pressure to bring stability to a city government that has been roiled by searches, subpoenas and resignations. Schools Chancellor David Banks, whose phones were seized by fede Middle East latest: UN ponders how to calm the conflict as Israel battles militants on two fronts 10/03/2024 12:29am • The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting Wednesday to address the spiraling conflict in the Middle East. Iran’s ambassador to the U.N. said his country launched nearly 200 missiles at Israel on Tuesday as a deterrent to further Israeli violence, while his Israeli counterpart Republicans are more likely than Democrats to see Israel as a US ally: AP-NORC poll 10/02/2024 12:05am • WASHINGTON (AP) — After a year of war between Israel and Hamas, U.S. public opinion on the conflict remains polarized, a new survey by the Pearson Institute and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds, with Democrats more likely to be critical of Israel, while Republican Yemen's Houthi rebels are looking to gain from continuing conflict in the Middle East 10/01/2024 10:24pm • CAIRO (AP) — In the days since Israel intensified its campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon, including the strike that killed the militant group's leader Hassan Nasrallah, Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels have been quick to show they are an important player in the complex conflicts convulsing the Israel begins ground offensive against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon 09/30/2024 11:33pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli ground forces crossed into southern Lebanon early Tuesday, marking a significant escalation of an offensive against Hezbollah militants and opening a new front in a yearlong war against its Iranian-backed adversaries. The incursion follows weeks of heavy blows by Israel ag As big supermarkets pursue profits, new research shows growing exploitation of shrimp farmers 09/30/2024 08:35pm • BANGKOK (AP) — Indonesian shrimp farmer Yulius Cahyonugroho operated more than two dozen ponds only a few years ago, employing seven people and making more than enough to support his family. Since then, the 39-year-old says the prices he gets from purchasers have fallen by half and he's had to sc Hezbollah confirms its leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike 09/28/2024 08:03pm • BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s Hezbollah group confirmed on Saturday that its leader and one of its founding members, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in a southern suburb of Beirut. The killing of the powerful militant group’s longtime leader sent shockwaves throughout Lebanon a Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli airstrikes kill Hezbollah leader Nasrallah 09/28/2024 07:52pm • Smoke rose from Beirut’s southern suburbs Saturday after the area was pummeled by heavy airstrikes that Israel said killed multiple Hezbollah commanders, including leader Hassan Nasrallah. The Lebanese militant group confirmed the death of its longtime leader, whose killing could dramatically resh The new top youth official at the UN talks about what's in it for young people 09/28/2024 08:52am • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Dr. Felipe Paullier is quick to say he doesn't speak for the world's roughly 2 billion tweens, teens and young adults. But as the United Nations' first assistant secretary-general for youth affairs, he's tasked with advocating for young people and their concerns to be incorpo Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel carries out attacks in Beirut on Hezbollah targets 09/28/2024 12:16am • The Israeli military says it struck the central headquarters of Hezbollah in Beirut. The series of explosions Friday evening is the most powerful yet seen in the Lebanese capital the past year. Israeli army spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said it targeted the main Hezbollah headquarters, locat