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Dissent over US policy in the Israel-Hamas war stirs unusual public protests from federal employees 11/19/2023 08:13am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal government workers from the State Department to NASA are circulating open letters demanding that President Joe Biden pursue a cease-fire in Israel’s war against Hamas. Congressional staffers are picking up microphones in front of the Capitol, speaking out to condemn wha Why Americans feel gloomy about the economy despite falling inflation and low unemployment 11/19/2023 06:50am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation has reached its lowest point in 2 1/2 years. The unemployment rate has stayed below 4% for the longest stretch since the 1960s. And the U.S. economy has repeatedly defied predictions of a coming recession. Yet according to a raft of polls and surveys, most Americans hol Why Americans feel gloomy about the economy despite falling inflation and low unemployment 11/19/2023 06:03am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation has reached its lowest point in 2 1/2 years. The unemployment rate has stayed below 4% for the longest stretch since the 1960s. And the U.S. economy has repeatedly defied predictions of a coming recession. Yet according to a raft of polls and surveys, most Americans hol UK Treasury chief signals tax cuts and a squeeze on welfare benefits are on the way 11/18/2023 07:52am • LONDON (AP) — U.K. Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt says the government can afford to lower some taxes now that inflation is falling, but that any cuts will come along with a squeeze on welfare benefits. British media have reported that there will be relief for businesses and wealthy property-owners in Live updates | Limited telecom services return to Gaza, but the UN lacks fuel for aid delivery 11/18/2023 12:22am • Limited phone and internet services began working again Friday across Gaza after fuel was delivered to restart generators that power the networks. Israel announced that it will allow two tanker trucks of fuel into Gaza each day for the United Nations and communication systems. That amount is half of UN stops delivery of food and supplies to Gaza as communications blackout hinders aid coordination 11/17/2023 09:13pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The United Nations was forced Friday to stop deliveries of food and other necessities to Gaza and warned of the growing risk of widespread starvation after internet and telephone services collapsed in the besieged enclave because of lack of fuel. Israel announced t Thousands of bodies lie buried in rubble in Gaza. Families dig to retrieve them, often by hand 11/17/2023 01:45pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The wreckage goes on for block after devastated block. The smell is sickening. Every day, hundreds of people claw through tons of rubble with shovels and iron bars and their bare hands. They are looking for the bodies of their children. Their parents. Their neighbo Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 11/17/2023 01:35pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov US sanctions Iran-backed militia members in Iraq conducting strikes against American forces 11/17/2023 12:03pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Friday imposed sanctions on six people affiliated with the Iranian-backed Iraqi militia Kataeb Hezbollah, which is accused of being behind a spate of recent attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria following the October 7 attacks by Hamas against Israel. Include NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 11/17/2023 10:18am • A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ Voluntary removal of popular cold-and-cough medic More than a million Afghans will go back after Pakistan begins expelling foreigners without papers 11/17/2023 09:11am • ISLAMABAD (AP) — About 1.3 million Afghans are expected to return to their country of origin from Pakistan, the U.N. health agency warned, weeks after authorities began expelling foreigners living in the country illegally. Thursday’s warning by the World Health Organization came amid such expul The protests outside DNC headquarters signal the divides in Biden's base over Israel-Hamas war 11/16/2023 05:47pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — National Democrats this year have insisted the party is united and ready to rally around President Joe Biden heading into next year's election. But a protest outside the Democratic National Committee headquarters signals growing tension within the coalition that has propelled Dem Mid Atlantic Daybook 11/16/2023 04:32pm • Associated Press Mid Atlantic Daybook for Thursday, Nov. 16. 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 Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 11/16/2023 01:04pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Jill Biden will lead new initiative to boost federal government research into women's health 11/16/2023 12:06pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Monday announced a White House initiative to improve how the federal government approaches and funds research into the health of women, who make up more than half of the U.S. population but remain understudied and underrepresented in health research.