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The Latest: The debate between Trump and Harris in Philadelphia has come to an end 09/11/2024 12:23am • The first, and possibly only, debate between presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in the 2024 election has come to an end. Tuesday���s event in Philadelphia gave Americans their most detailed look at a campaign that���s dramatically changed since the last debate in June. In rapid f Jon Stewart presses for a breakthrough to get the first 9/11 troops full care 09/10/2024 03:27pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The first U.S. troops to deploy after the Sept. 11 attacks are suffering from radiation exposure that the government has yet to officially recognize 23 years later. They are a final group of 9/11 service members that comedian Jon Stewart, a champion for first responders, can't le Francis will be only the second pope to visit Singapore, one of the wealthiest nations 09/10/2024 12:19am • SINGAPORE (AP) ��� When Pope Francis arrives Wednesday in Asia���s financial powerhouse Singapore for the last leg of a four-nation tour, he is expected to bring his message of unity and hope to one of the world���s richest nations. The 11-day trip, which earlier took him to Indonesia,Papua New Gui Trump signals support for reclassifying pot as a less dangerous drug, in line with Harris' position 09/09/2024 05:45pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Donald Trump has signaled support for a potentially historic federal policy shift to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, putting his position in line with that of his Democratic opponent, Kamala Harris. The commonality reflects a major shift toward broad public supp The Taliban's repression of women in Afghanistan is outrageous, the UN rights chief says 09/09/2024 12:04pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� The Taliban���s repressive control over women and girls in Afghanistan is unparalleled and will jeopardize the country���s future, the U.N. rights chief warned Monday. Volker T��rk said new morality laws that ban women���s voices and bare faces in public, along with sweeping bans A remote tribe is reeling from widespread illness and cancer. What role did the US government play? 09/09/2024 11:58am • OWYHEE, Nev. (AP) ��� The family placed flowers by a pair of weathered cowboy boots, as people quietly gathered for the memorial of the soft-spoken tribal chairman who mentored teens in the boxing ring and teased his grandkids on tractor rides. Left unsaid, and what troubled Marvin Cota���s family d Chased away by Israeli settlers, these Palestinians returned to a village in ruins 09/08/2024 03:45pm • KHIRBET ZANUTA, West Bank (AP) ��� An entire Palestinian community fled their tiny West Bank village last fall after repeated threats from Israeli settlers with a history of violence. Then, in a rare endorsement of Palestinian land rights, Israel���s highest court ruled this summer the displaced res East Timor looks to the pope's visit as a reward after 20 years of fragile stability 09/08/2024 04:15am • DILI, East Timor (AP) ��� East Timor is in a festive mood as it prepares for the arrival of Pope Francis on his first trip to the deeply Catholic country, hard on the heels of the 25th anniversary of the referendum on independence from Indonesia. Francis is due to arrive Monday in one of the world' US secures the release of 135 Nicaraguan political prisoners 09/05/2024 05:22pm • GUATEMALA CITY (AP) ��� The U.S. government announced Thursday that it secured the release of 135 Nicaraguan political prisoners, who have arrived in Guatemala where they will apply for entry to the United States or other countries. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said in a statement that th Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli strikes kill 6 in occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials say 09/05/2024 03:51pm • Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes in the occupied West Bank killed six people, including the son of a prominent jailed militant. Israel said all of those killed were militants who had been involved in attacks. Israel has been carrying out large-scale raids in the territory over the pa Israel-Hamas war latest: UNICEF says polio vaccination campaign in Gaza is surpassing its target 09/04/2024 10:30pm • The U.N. children���s agency says a polio vaccination campaign in Gaza reached 189,000 children, surpassing its target and providing a ���rare bright spot��� in nearly 11 months of war. UNICEF said Wednesday that more than 500 teams deployed across central Gaza this week, administering the vaccine t How to Go Back to College After Dropping Out 09/04/2024 08:00pm • Getting into college is just the first step of a college degree, and graduating is another challenge entirely. About one-third of students drop out along the way, so if you quit after your freshman year, you're not alone. Students leave college for all kinds of reasons, experts say, with financial s A Checklist for Choosing the Best CCRC Facility 09/04/2024 08:00pm • Choosing the right continuing care retirement community (CCRC) is a major decision that can shape the next chapter of your life or that of a loved one. CCRCs offer everything from independent housing, such as cottages or apartments and assisted living to skilled nursing care and memory care options. UN officials hail limited pauses in fighting in Gaza to allow polio vaccinations 09/04/2024 06:27pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� United Nations officials on Wednesday hailed limited pauses in the fighting between Israel and Hamas to allow children's polio vaccinations as rare moments of hope in the nearly yearlong war in Gaza. Top U.N. officials on peacebuilding and humanitarian affairs spoke at a meet What to know about Israel���s major weeklong raid in the West Bank city of Jenin 09/04/2024 11:37am • For more than a week, hundreds of Israeli forces have carried out the deadliest operation in the occupied West Bank since the war in Gaza began. Their focus has been the Jenin refugee camp ��� a bastion of Palestinian militancy that has grown more fervent since the Hamas attack on Israel that launch