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South Africa urges UN's top court to order cease-fire in Gaza to shield citizens in Rafah 05/16/2024 09:18pm • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) ��� South Africa urged the United Nations��� top court on Thursday to order a cease-fire in Gaza during hearings over emergency measures to halt Israel���s military operation in the enclave���s southern city of Rafah. It was the third time the International Court of Justi Biden marks Brown v. Board of Education anniversary amid signs of erosion in Black voter support 05/16/2024 03:32pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden marked this week's 70th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that struck down institutionalized racial segregation in public schools by welcoming plaintiffs and family members in the landmark case to the White House. The Oval Office visit Thursday to comm Afro-Cuban drums, Muslim prayers, Buddhist mantras: Religious diversity blooms in once-atheist Cuba 05/16/2024 08:22am • HAVANA (AP) ��� The 1959 Castro-led revolution installed an atheist, Communist government that sought to replace the Catholic Church as the guiding force in the lives of Cubans. But 65 years later, religion seems omnipresent in Cuba, in dazzling diversity. The bells toll on Catholic churches and th The Latest | Palestinians mark 76 years of their dispossession as more catastrophe unfolds in Gaza 05/15/2024 08:42pm • Palestinians are marking 76 years of dispossession on Wednesday, commemorating their mass expulsion from what is today Israel, as a potentially larger catastrophe unfolds in Gaza where over a quarter of the population has been displaced by fighting in the last few days alone. Israel has been pressi US will send an unofficial delegation as Taiwan's president is sworn in. It'll test ties with China 05/15/2024 05:38pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The White House will send an unofficial delegation to Taiwan this weekend for the inauguration of the island���s democratically elected president, the Biden administration announced Wednesday, in a move that is certain to upset China but unlikely to draw excessive responses from Netanyahu fends off criticism at home and abroad over his lack of a postwar plan for Gaza 05/15/2024 04:15pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday fended off criticism that he is not planning for a postwar reality in the Gaza Strip, saying it was impossible to prepare for any scenario in the embattled Palestinian enclave until Hamas is defeated. Netanyahu has faced incre The Latest | UN says over half a million people flee fighting in Gaza; Israel marks Independence Day 05/14/2024 06:33pm • More than half a million Palestinians have been displaced in recent days by escalating Israeli military operations in Rafah and northern Gaza, the United Nations says. Israelis celebrated their Independence Day on Tuesday with barbecues in parks across the country, although the normally raucous part Vermont Legislature passes one of the strongest data privacy measures in the country 05/14/2024 04:32pm • The Democrat-controlled Vermont legislature has passed one of the strongest data privacy measures in the country aimed at cracking down on companies' use of online personal data, which would let consumers file civil lawsuits against companies that break certain privacy rules. However, Republican Go Alice Munro, Nobel literature winner revered as short story master, dead at 92 05/14/2024 03:02pm • Nobel laureate Alice Munro, the Canadian literary giant who became one of the world���s most esteemed contemporary authors and one of history's most honored short story writers, has died at age 92. A spokesperson for publisher Penguin Random House Canada said Munro, winner of the Nobel literary priz The Latest | Nearly half a million people flee fighting in Rafah and northern Gaza, UN says 05/13/2024 04:54pm • Nearly half a million Palestinians have been displaced in recent days by escalating Israeli military operations in southern and northern Gaza, the United Nations says. Around 360,000 Palestinians were driven out of Rafah in Gaza's south over the past week, the United Nations��� agency for Palestinia US says Israel���s use of US arms likely violated international law, but evidence is incomplete 05/11/2024 09:42am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Biden administration said Friday that Israel's use of U.S.-provided weapons in Gaza likely violated international humanitarian law but that wartime conditions prevented U.S. officials from determining that for certain in specific airstrikes. The finding of ���reasonable��� ev Some older Americans splurge to keep homes accessible while others struggle to make safety upgrades 05/11/2024 09:14am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Brenda Edwards considers the four bedroom ranch-style house where she has lived for 20 years her forever home. It's where the 70-year-old retired nurse and her 79-year-old husband want to stay as their mobility becomes more limited. So she hired an interior designer for $20,000 an Here's what to know about conservatorships and how Brian Wilson's case evolved 05/10/2024 05:07pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� A judge put Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson under a court conservatorship to oversee his personal and medical affairs after the legendary songwriter's doctor reported that he has a major neurocognitive disorder. The judge on Thursday appointed two longtime Wilson representative Heavy fighting in Gaza's Rafah keeps aid crossings closed and sends 110,000 civilians fleeing 05/10/2024 12:23pm • RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) ��� Heavy fighting between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants on the outskirts of the southern Gaza city of Rafah has left crucial nearby aid crossings inaccessible and forced more than 110,000 people to flee north, U.N. officials said Friday. With nothing entering throu A West Bank village feels helpless after Israeli settlers attack with fire and bullets 05/10/2024 03:17am • DUMA, West Bank (AP) ��� Charred homes and cars dotting this hilltop village surrounded by olive groves are a searing reminder of Palestinians' vulnerability to rising violence from Israeli settlers. The trail of wreckage along Duma's main road is the aftermath of a three-hour attack in mid-April t