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Gaza has long been a powder keg. Here's a look at the history of the embattled region 10/20/2023 06:37pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Gaza has long been a powder keg, and it exploded after Hamas fighters stormed southern Israel on Oct. 7 and began killing and abducting people. More than 1,400 people in Israel ��� mostly civilians ��� were killed in the Hamas attack, and the Israeli army says about 200 hostages w Pennsylvania governor's office settles for $295K a former staffer's claim senior aide harassed her 10/20/2023 06:35pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) ��� The office of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro settled a former employee's claim she was sexually harassed by a senior aide earlier this year by agreeing to pay her and her lawyers $295,000, according to documents released by the administration late Friday under the state's op Rams CB Derion Kendrick returns to practice. He could play Sunday despite arrest, gun charges 10/20/2023 06:02pm • THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) ��� Los Angeles Rams cornerback Derion Kendrick hopes to play Sunday despite spending nearly three days in police custody this week after he was arrested and eventually charged with two gun offenses. Kendrick returned to practice Friday with the Rams (3-3) after meeting wi Former Fairfax Co. officer makes 1st court appearance in fatal shooting of unarmed man outside Tysons mall 10/20/2023 06:00pm • A former Fairfax County, Virginia, police officer who shot and killed an unarmed man suspected of shoplifting from the Tysons Corner Center mall has made his first court appearance on charges of involuntary manslaughter and reckless discharge of a firearm. Sgt. Wesley Shifflett sat quietly at the Gale-force winds and floods strike northern Europe. At least 3 people killed in the UK 10/20/2023 05:48pm • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) ��� Gale-force winds and floods struck several countries in northern Europe as the region endured more heavy rain on Friday that forecasters say will continue into the weekend. Three deaths in the U.K. were blamed on the bad weather. The winds are expected to hit hardest in A slain Maryland judge presided over the divorce case of man identified as a suspect in his killing 10/20/2023 05:46pm • HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) ��� Police are searching for a man suspected of fatally shooting a Maryland judge who had awarded custody of the suspect���s children to his wife on the day of the killing, authorities said Friday. The judge was shot in his driveway Thursday evening while his wife and son were In aftermath of Md. judge's fatal shooting, do judges need protection? 10/20/2023 05:34pm • Jason DeLoach, president of the Maryland State Bar Association. (Courtesy MSBA/Maximilian Franz) As Maryland police continued their search for man suspected of fatally shooting a Maryland judge who had awarded custody of the suspect���s children to his wife on the day of the killing, the safety Violent threats from Virginia to Texas disrupt Muslim groups raising support for Palestinians 10/20/2023 04:08pm • ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) ��� For more than 20 years the Council on American-Islamic Relations has held its annual banquet at the Marriott Crystal Gateway hotel in Crystal City, Virginia, just outside the nation���s capital, according to CAIR���s executive director, Nihad Awad. Sporadic protests and angry Maryland police officer suspended after arrest on Capitol riot charges 10/20/2023 04:08pm • SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) ��� A Maryland police officer who fatally shot a stabbing suspect earlier this year was arrested Thursday on charges that he assaulted police during a mob's Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The Montgomery County Police Department said in a news release that it has su The Supreme Court keeps a Missouri law on hold that bars police from enforcing federal gun laws 10/20/2023 04:01pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Supreme Court on Friday kept a Missouri law on hold that bars police from enforcing federal gun laws, rejecting an emergency appeal from the state. The 2019 law was ruled unconstitutional by a district judge but allowed to remain in effect. A federal appeals court then blocke Youth football team suspended after parent allegedly shoots coach in front of kids 10/20/2023 04:00pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) ��� St. Louis suspended a youth football team whose coach was shot in front of the players allegedly by an upset parent, according to a statement provided to The Associated Press on Friday. ���After a series of incidents perpetuated by adults which culminated in Tuesday���s shooting, WATCH: Damage from water main break closes Kirby Road in McLean 10/20/2023 03:39pm • A water main break flooded a roadway early Friday morning in McLean, Virginia, causing extensive road damage. It happened before 5 a.m. Fairfax County police came to the scene at Kirby Road between Sugarstone Court and Claiborne Drive. Officers are on scene of a water main break in McLean. Bot Belgian minister quits after 'monumental error' let Tunisian shooter slip through extradition net 10/20/2023 03:19pm • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� Belgium���s justice minister resigned on Friday over what he described as a ���monumental error��� after it was discovered that Tunisia was seeking the extradition last year of an Islamic extremist who shot dead two Swedes and wounded a third this week. Justice Minister Vincent Van DIARY: Under siege by Hamas militants, a hometown and the lives within it are scarred forever 10/20/2023 02:00pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� There���s a saying among us videojournalists: May the news stay far from your home. But on Saturday, Oct. 7, it came terrifyingly close to my hometown. While I live in Jerusalem, where I work as a cameraman for The Associated Press, I was raised in Ofakim, a city a half-hour drive Juveniles charged with dousing acid on playground slides that injured 4 children 10/20/2023 02:00pm • LONGMEADOW, Mass. (AP) ��� Two juveniles have been charged after several slides at a Massachusetts park were doused with acid in this summer and four children were injured, the Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni said. The juveniles, whose identities cannot be released due to their ages, have