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Israel-Hamas war latest: Leaders of France, Germany and Britain endorse push for cease-fire in Gaza 08/12/2024 11:42pm • The leaders of France, Germany and Britain in a joint statement have endorsed the latest push by mediators United States, Qatar and Egypt to broker an agreement to end the 10-month Israel-Hamas war. They also call for the return of scores of hostages held by Hamas and the ���unfettered��� delivery o Judge rules against RFK Jr. in fight to be on New York���s ballot, says he is not a state resident 08/12/2024 10:28pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) ��� A judge ruled Monday that independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.���s name should not appear on New York���s ballot, saying that he falsely claimed a New York residence on nominating petitions despite living in California. The scion of the famed Democratic pol Ukraine���s week-old incursion into Russia has embarrassed Putin. How will it affect the war? 08/12/2024 10:23pm • The swift Ukrainian incursion into Russia���s Kursk region that began last week has been the largest cross-border raid by Kyiv���s forces in the nearly 2 ��-year war, and has exposed Russia���s vulnerabilities and dealt a painful blow to the Kremlin. The Russian military has thus far struggled to de Earthquake strikes Syria, rattling nerves amid memories of last year's deadly temblor 08/12/2024 08:52pm • DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) ��� An earthquake shook central Syria late Monday, local authorities said, causing no major damages but rattling the nerves of residents who remembered last year���s devastating temblor that struck northern Syria and Turkey. Syria���s National Center for Earthquakes said a 5.5 m Indonesian president holds the first cabinet meeting in the nation's unfinished future capital 08/12/2024 08:46pm • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) ��� Indonesian President Joko Widodo held his first cabinet meeting in the nation's future capital of Nusantara, surrounded by miles of construction sites and doubts about the sustainability of the ambitious megaproject. Widodo began working from the city two weeks ago, using Quake felt from LA to San Diego, swaying buildings and knocking items off shelves but no big damage 08/12/2024 08:23pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� A 4.4 magnitude earthquake was strongly felt Monday afternoon from the Los Angeles area all the way to San Diego, swaying buildings, rattling dishes and setting off car alarms, but no major damage or injuries were immediately reported. The temblor caused a pipe to burst at the o Puerto Rico cancels classes, activates National Guard as Tropical Storm Ernesto approaches 08/12/2024 08:06pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) ��� Puerto Rico activated the National Guard and canceled the start of classes in public schools as forecasters warned that the U.S. territory would be hit by Tropical Storm Ernesto, which formed in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday. Tropical storm warnings were in effect for P How Much Will Salaries Increase in 2025? 08/12/2024 08:00pm • Amid a tight labor market and the persistent pinch of inflation, employers are gearing up to offer pay raises in 2025. According to the latest Salary Budget Planning Report by WTW, a global advisory, broking and solutions company, overall salary budget increases are expected to hover around 3.9% in Prosecutors won't charge officers who killed student outside Wisconsin school 08/12/2024 07:14pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� Three Wisconsin police officers who killed a student as he tried to break into his middle school with an air rifle this past spring won't face criminal charges, prosecutors announced Monday. Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne said in a statement exonerating Mount Hore New Mars study suggests an ocean's worth of water may be hiding beneath the red dusty surface 08/12/2024 06:59pm • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) ��� Mars may be drenched beneath its surface, with enough water hiding in the cracks of underground rocks to form a global ocean, new research suggests. The findings released Monday are based on seismic measurements from NASA���s Mars InSight lander, which detected more th Federal officials investigating natural gas explosion in Maryland that killed 2 08/12/2024 06:51pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) ��� The National Transportation Safety Board, which has jurisdiction over pipelines, is investigating a natural gas explosion at a home in Bel Air, Maryland, that killed two people, the agency said Monday. Meanwhile, state officials have identified the two people who died, and t Marathon swimmer says he quit Lake Michigan swim after going in wrong direction with dead GPS 08/12/2024 06:23pm • A man attempting an epic 80-mile (128 kilometer) swim across Lake Michigan said he gave up on the third day after losing two batteries for a critical GPS device and ending up badly off course. Jim Dreyer, 60, was pulled from the water last Thursday after 60 miles (96 kilometers). He said he had been Federal judge orders 100-year-old Illinois prison depopulated because of decrepit condition 08/12/2024 05:19pm • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) ��� Illinois must move most of the inmates at its 100-year-old prison within less than two months because of decrepit conditions, a federal judge ruled. The Illinois Department of Corrections said that U.S. District Judge Andrea R. Wood's order, issued Friday, to depopulate S Wildfire along California-Nevada line near Reno destroys 1 home, threatens hundreds more 08/12/2024 05:18pm • RENO, Nev. (AP) ��� About 200 firefighters were battling a wildfire Monday along the California-Nevada line Monday that destroyed one home, temporarily closed Interstate 80 and continued to threaten hundreds of homes just west of Reno. No serious injuries have been reported in the blaze, which has b Northeast DC community members call for safety upgrades along South Dakota Avenue 08/12/2024 03:47pm • Every time Sara Wilkinson leaves her house to walk somewhere, she said she fears for her life. She lives near the intersection of Taylor Street and South Dakota Avenue in Northeast D.C., and for years, her son attended a school along the busy corridor. It was about a half-mile away, but Wi