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UN fires additional staffers after probe finds potential involvement in Oct. 7 attack on Israel 08/05/2024 06:32pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� The United Nations said Monday it has fired additional staff members from its agency for Palestinian refugees after an internal investigation found they may have been involved in the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack against Israel. The U.N. secretary-general���s office announced the move i Virginia's Noah Lyles wins Paris Olympics 100-meter by five-thousandths of a second over Jamaica's Kishane Thompson 08/04/2024 11:59pm • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) ��� Noah Lyles paced on the far end of the track, hands folded over the top of his head, wistfully looking up at a scoreboard that would, sooner or later, flash an answer he���s been seeking over three sweat-soaked years. Was all that toil since the last Olympics ��� all A North Carolina Republican who mocked women for abortions runs ad with his wife's own story 08/02/2024 05:33pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) ��� North Carolina Republican gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson has been battered for months by his Democratic rival and other adversaries for seeking additional abortion restrictions beyond current state law and for past comments upbraiding women on the issue. ���Abortion in t For college students arrested protesting the war in Gaza, the fallout was only beginning 08/02/2024 11:50am • AMHERST, Mass. (AP) ��� Since her arrest at a protest at the University of Massachusetts, Annie McGrew has been pivoting between two sets of hearings: one for the misdemeanor charges she faces in court, and another for violations of the college's conduct code. It has kept the graduate student from For college students arrested protesting the war in Gaza, the fallout was only beginning 08/02/2024 11:42am • AMHERST, Mass. (AP) ��� Since her arrest at a protest at the University of Massachusetts, Annie McGrew has been pivoting between two sets of hearings: one for the misdemeanor charges she faces in court, and another for violations of the college's conduct code. It has kept the graduate student from Prisoner Swap Latest: Freed Americans return to US soil and emotional welcome 08/02/2024 12:19am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The United States and Russia completed a 24-person prisoner swap on Thursday, the largest in post-Soviet history, with Moscow releasing Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and fellow American Paul Whelan in a multinational deal that set some two dozen people free, accor Israel-Hamas war latest: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran, Iran says 07/31/2024 11:50pm • Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran, Iran���s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said early Wednesday. No one immediately claimed responsibility but suspicion quickly fell on Israel, which has vowed to kill Haniyeh and other Hamas leaders over the group���s Oct. 7 attack on Israel t Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas' international face, was marked for death by Israel over the Oct. 7 attack 07/31/2024 03:12pm • BEIRUT (AP) ��� Ismail Haniyeh was the international face of Hamas, its top leader in exile who kept up the militant group���s ties with allies around the region. At the head of its political hierarchy, he had little military role ��� but Israel marked him for death after the surprise Oct. 7 attacks Turkey approves law to remove stray dogs from streets. Opposition vows to fight the 'massacre law' 07/30/2024 11:39am • ANKARA, Turkey (AP) ��� Legislators approved Tuesday a new law aimed at removing millions of stray dogs from Turkey's streets that animal lovers fear will lead to many of the dogs being killed or ending up in neglected, overcrowded shelters. Some critics also argue that the law will be used to targ Parenting your parents: How to manage your loved ones' finances, on top of your own 07/30/2024 05:10am • Have you ever wondered when the best time is to step in and handle your aging parents��� finances? It can be difficult to talk about money with your aging parents. But experts say the sooner you do it, the easier it will be to protect their well-being. Amy Goyer, a caregiver expert with AARP, In New York, a ballot referendum meant to protect abortion may not use the word 'abortion' 07/29/2024 05:38pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) ��� A proposed amendment to New York���s Constitution that's intended to protect abortion rights might appear on the ballot this fall without any mention of the word ���abortion.��� That���s partly because of sharp disagreements about what the so-called Equal Rights Amendment would A Libyan court gives 12 officials prison sentences over last year���s deadly flooding 07/28/2024 11:46am • CAIRO (AP) ��� A court in Libya on Sunday sentenced 12 current and former officials to terms of up to 27 years in prison over their involvement in the collapse of two dams last year that sent a wall of water several meters high through the center of a coastal city. Thousands of people died. The two Today in History: July 27, Korean War hostilities end 07/27/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Friday, July 27, the 209th day of 2024. There are 157 days left in the year. Today���s Highlight in History: On July 27, 1953, the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed at Panmunjom, ending three years of fighting on the Korean peninsula that killed an estimated 4 millio Jon Stewart pushes VA to cover troops sickened by uranium after 9/11. Again, they are told to wait 07/26/2024 08:41pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Comedian Jon Stewart and troops sickened by uranium ended a meeting Friday at the Department of Veterans Affairs angry that once again they have been told they will have to wait to see whether the VA will connect their illnesses to the toxic base where they were deployed shortly Veterans lobbied for psychedelic therapy, but it may not be enough to save MDMA drug application 07/26/2024 11:54am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� It was a landmark moment for the psychedelic movement: The Department of Veteran Affairs��� top doctor stood on stage, praising advocates who have spent decades promoting the healing potential of mind-altering drugs. In an unannounced appearance at a New York psychedelic conference