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Gaza's Rafah crossing opens after 2-day closure as Palestinians claim delays and mistreatment 02/08/2026 09:59am • CAIRO (AP) ��� A limited number of Palestinians traveled between Gaza and Egypt on Sunday as the Rafah crossing reopened after a two-day closure, Egyptian state media reported. The vital border point opened last week for the first time since mid-2024, one of the main requirements for the U.S.-backed Gaza's Rafah border crossing has reopened but few people get through 02/07/2026 02:39pm • KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) ��� When the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt finally reopened this week, Palestinian officials heralded it as a ���window of hope��� after two years of war as a fragile ceasefire deal moves forward. But that hope has been sidetracked by disagreements over wh Shutdown of Kenya's Koko biofuel firm wipes out clean cooking options 02/06/2026 08:34am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� It was designed to be as simple as buying airtime: a quick tap on the dispenser, a few shillings and a cooking canister refilled. Now, more than 3,000 Koko fuel supply points across Kenya sit idle, with no fuel and no clear answers for the households that relied on them. For Newly obtained emails undermine RFK Jr.'s testimony about 2019 Samoa trip before measles outbreak 02/06/2026 06:54am • Over two days of questioning during his Senate confirmation hearings last year, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeated the same answer. He said the closely scrutinized 2019 trip he took to Samoa, which came before a devastating measles outbreak, had ���nothing to do with vaccines.��� Documents obtained by T Companies can now claim 'no artificial colors' if they add plant-based color to food 02/05/2026 01:22pm • The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is relaxing rules that restrict when food companies can claim their products have no artificial colors. The agency announced Thursday that food labels may claim to have ���no artificial colors��� when they are free of petroleum-based dyes, even when they contai Inside the toxic legacy of America���s multibillion-dollar carpet empire 02/05/2026 09:49am • DALTON, Ga. (AP) ��� Bob Shaw glared at the executives from the chemical giant 3M across the table from him. He held up a carpet sample and pointed at the logo for Scotchgard on the back. ���That���s not a logo,��� fumed Shaw, CEO of the world���s largest carpet company, one attendee later recalled. Israel strikes across Gaza, killing 24, and says militants attacked its soldiers 02/04/2026 05:11pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) ��� Israeli strikes pounded Gaza on Wednesday, killing at least 24 Palestinians, including two babies, according to health officials in the territory, where a fragile ceasefire is under increasing strain. Israel said it killed three militant leaders and others who pose The Rafah crossing is Gaza's lifeline to the world. Here's why 02/02/2026 09:56am • CAIRO (AP) ��� Before the war, the Rafah border crossing was Gaza's only gateway to the outside world not controlled by Israel. It was shuttered when Israeli troops seized it in May 2024. On Monday, the crossing with Egypt reopened in a long-awaited step of the ceasefire deal in the two-year Israel Israel reopening Gaza���s border crossing with Egypt on Sunday after long closure 01/30/2026 04:56pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Israel said Friday that it will reopen the pedestrian border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt over the weekend, marking an important step forward for U.S. President Donald Trump���s Gaza ceasefire plan. COGAT, the Israeli military body in charge of coordinating aid to Gaz Former Brazilian au pair testifies her ex-lover plotted to kill his wife, though lacks some details 01/30/2026 04:09pm • FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) ��� A former Brazilian au pair testified on Wednesday that she turned against her former lover in a sprawling double homicide scheme involving his wife because she ���wanted the truth to come out.��� For more than a year, Juliana Peres Magalh��es did not speak with officials about What to know about Gaza's Rafah crossing, set to open Sunday 01/30/2026 10:57am • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� The gateway to the world for Palestinians in Gaza ��� the Rafah border crossing to Egypt ��� is set to reopen Sunday after being largely shut since it was seized by Israel in May 2024. The reopening, announced by Israel on Friday, is part of entering the second phase of the U.S.-b The Latest: Democrats and White House reach deal to avert shutdown and fund Homeland Security 01/29/2026 07:24pm • Democrats and White House have struck a deal to avert a partial government shutdown and temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security as they negotiate new restrictions for President Donald Trump ���s surge of immigration enforcement. As the country reels from the deaths of two protesters at How to Move a Parent With Dementia to Assisted Living 01/29/2026 07:00pm • Moving can be overwhelming at any stage of life. But it's exponentially more difficult for older adults with Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia, for whom any change in routine or environment can lead to anxiety, frustration and even trauma. It can also be logistically and emotionally di Family Financial Alignment: A Financial Checklist for Starting the Senior Care Conversation 01/29/2026 07:00pm • How a senior will be taken care of when they can no longer do it is not a conversation anyone is likely excited to have, but if you and your parents get old enough, you'll probably have to have it. That is, you (or they) may want to initiate a senior care conversation and talk about who is going to Therapy Red Flags: 8 Reasons to Leave Your Therapist 01/29/2026 07:00pm • If you've ever left therapy and wondered "is it just me, or should I find a new therapist?" you may want to be aware of these red flags. Some of the signs you should leave your therapist are clear. For instance, it would be inappropriate to have a romantic relationship with your therapist, and it wo