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Live updates | Blinken presses Israel on Gaza���s postwar future as Lebanon border clashes escalate 01/09/2024 09:50pm • U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is back in Tel Aviv and, after meeting with top leaders Tuesday, said Israel must do more to lessen the Gaza war's toll on civilians and said Washington rejects any proposal for settling Palestinians outside the territory. Hundreds of people have been killed i Gabriel Attal is France's youngest-ever prime minister at age 34 and the first who is openly gay 01/09/2024 08:17pm • PARIS (AP) ��� France saw its youngest-ever prime minister and first openly gay one named Tuesday as President Emmanuel Macron seeks a fresh start for the rest of his term amid growing political pressure from the far right. Gabriel Attal, 34, rose to prominence as the government spokesperson then ed New rule tightens worker classification standards; Uber, Lyft say their drivers won't be affected 01/09/2024 05:40pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The Biden administration enacted a new labor rule Tuesday that aims to prevent the misclassification of workers as ���independent contractors,��� a step that could bolster both legal protections and compensation for millions in the U.S. workforce. Major app-based platforms includin Editorial Roundup: United States 01/09/2024 02:31pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Jan. 6 The Washington Post on home schooling in the US If the coronavirus pandemic turned ���working from home��� into common parlance, ���learning from home��� might be next: The Post reported last year on the skyrocketing number of Live updates | Fighting rages by central Gaza hospital; Israel kills Hezbollah commander in Lebanon 01/08/2024 04:16pm • A senior commander of the militant group Hezbollah was killed Monday in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon, raising concerns of a wider Mideast war as fighting raged near the main hospital in central Gaza. The strike targeting an SUV driven by Wissam al-Tawil comes as U.S. Secretary of State Cyprus' president shakes up the Cabinet by replacing several ministers and deputies 01/08/2024 08:45am • NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) ��� Cyprus' president on Monday moved ahead with a considerable shake-up of his Cabinet, replacing his ministers of defense, health, justice and environment as well as the deputy ministers responsible for digital policy and European affairs in one fell swoop after just 10 months COVID-19 cases are rising. What do you need to know now? 01/08/2024 05:00am • ▶ Watch Video: ER visits for respiratory viruses skyrocketing, CDC says It's winter, that cozy season that brings crackling fireplaces, indoor gatherings — and a wave of respiratory illness. Nearly four years since the pandemic emerged, people are growing Senior Biden leaders, Pentagon officials unaware for days that defense secretary was hospitalized 01/06/2024 08:56pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Senior Biden administration leaders, top Pentagon officials and members of Congress were unaware for days that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had been hospitalized since Monday, U.S. officials said Saturday, as questions swirled about his condition and the secrecy surrounding it. Defense Secretary Austin has been hospitalized since Jan. 1, but the Pentagon kept the news quiet 01/06/2024 09:49am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been hospitalized since Monday due to complications following a minor elective medical procedure, his press secretary said, in the Defense Department���s first acknowledgement that Austin had been admitted five days earlier to Walter Reed Nation Live updates | Heavy fighting continues as UN official says Gaza has become 'uninhabitable' 01/05/2024 05:52pm • At least six people were killed in an apparent Israeli airstrike on a home in the southern Gaza city of Rafah overnight. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have crammed into Rafah, one of the areas where Israel has told people to seek refuge. But Israeli forces continue to strike all parts of the UN humanitarian chief calls Gaza 'uninhabitable' 3 months into Israel-Hamas war 01/05/2024 05:10pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� The U.N. humanitarian chief described Gaza on Friday as ���uninhabitable��� three months into Israel's war with Hamas, warning that famine was looming and a public health disaster unfolding. In a grim assessment of the devastating impact of Israel���s military response to the Mid Atlantic Daybook 01/05/2024 04:32pm • Associated Press Mid Atlantic Daybook for Friday, Jan. 05. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Mid-Atlantic bureau is reachable at 202-641-9660 an Connecticut military veteran charged with making threats against member of Congress, VA 01/05/2024 03:11pm • HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) ��� A Connecticut military veteran has been arrested on allegations he threatened government officials, including showing up at a Congress member���s office wearing a tactical vest with knives, federal authorities said Friday. Aubrey Wayne Rose Jr., 43, of Hartford, was charged US employers add a surprisingly strong 216,000 jobs in a sign of continued economic strength 01/05/2024 12:03pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The nation���s employers added a robust 216,000 jobs last month, the latest sign that the American labor market remains resilient even in the face of sharply higher interest rates. Friday���s government report showed that December���s job gain exceeded the 173,000 that were added Medical negligence caused death of former Texas US Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, attorney says 01/05/2024 12:00am • DALLAS (AP) ��� The family of former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson said Thursday that the trailblazing Texas congresswoman, who died over the weekend at age 89, passed away after getting an infection and accused a Dallas rehabilitation facility of neglect. Johnson, who was the first registered nur