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Woman becomes Israeli folk hero for plying Hamas militants with snacks until rescue mission arrives 10/18/2023 04:21pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� When Hamas militants toting grenades appeared in her living room, Rachel Edri served them tea and Moroccan cookies until police stormed in and killed the attackers. Edri's tale of quick-witted survival during the Israel-Hamas war has turned the 65-year old woman into an unlikely f House speaker live updates | Next round of voting set for Thursday after Jordan comes up short again 10/18/2023 04:16pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Rep. Jim Jordan lost the second round of balloting for House speaker on Wednesday, failing to convince his Republican detractors to support him to replace the ousted Kevin McCarthy. Jordan lost 20 Republican votes in the first round of balloting Tuesday and lost 22 on Wednesday. Nevada district attorney clears officers in fatal shooting of man who went on rampage with chainsaw 10/18/2023 04:10pm • RENO, Nev. (AP) ��� A Nevada district attorney cleared two police officers of any criminal wrongdoing on Wednesday after they fatally shot a man who went on a rampage with a chainsaw at a Motel 6 three years ago. Ronal Zendejas, 36, of Sparks, cut through doors and swung the running blade at employe Midair collision between hang glider and paraglider in Utah kills 1, injures 2 others 10/18/2023 04:08pm • DRAPER, Utah (AP) ��� A midair collision between a hang glider and paraglider in Utah killed the paraglider pilot, seriously injured his passenger and injured the pilot of the hang glider, police said Wednesday. The two aircraft collided and crashed around 5 p.m. Tuesday near Salt Lake County Flight Protesters in Lebanon decrying Gaza hospital blast clash with security forces near U.S. Embassy 10/18/2023 03:38pm • BEIRUT (AP) ��� Hundreds of protesters clashed Wednesday with Lebanese security forces in a Beirut suburb near the U.S. Embassy during demonstrations in support of both Gaza's civilian residents and the militant group Hamas in its war with Israel. The protest in the Aukar neighborhood came as U.S. P Former official accused in Las Vegas journalist killing hires lawyer, gets trial date pushed back 10/18/2023 03:10pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� A Nevada judge on Wednesday pushed back to next March a trial date for a former Las Vegas-area elected official who remains jailed and has been serving as his own defense attorney in the killing of an investigative reporter more than a year ago. Robert Telles, once the Democratic Former Missouri officer who fatally shot a Black man plans another appeal and asks for bond 10/18/2023 02:52pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ��� A former Missouri detective convicted in the 2019 death of a Black man plans another appeal and asked for bond Wednesday, a day after he was jailed. Eric J. DeValkenaere's lawyer asked appeals court judges to reinstate his bond so he can remain free pending requests for a Montgomery Co. police say reported kidnapping of 13-year-old 'unfounded' 10/18/2023 02:20pm • Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, say the report of a kidnapping of a 13-year-old has turned out be "unfounded." According to police, the girl reported she was approached by two men in a dark grey car near the intersection of Waring Station Road and Stoney Bottom Road in Germantown at around Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 10/18/2023 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 Author Michael Connelly proud that ���Bosch��� has become longest running streaming character 10/18/2023 12:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Michael Connelly has sold more than 85 million books under nearly 40 titles, but there���s another distinction that makes him equally proud: His most famous protagonist, LAPD Det. Harry Bosch, has become the longest running character on streaming television. "I know the history of Corrupt ex-Baltimore police officer asks for compassionate prison release, citing cancer diagnosis 10/18/2023 11:36am • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� A former Baltimore police officer convicted in 2018 as part of the department���s Gun Trace Task Force corruption scandal is asking a federal judge for compassionate release from prison, saying he���s been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Daniel Hersl, the oldest member of the d Banned Fagioli apologizes for 'naive' betting error, Newcastle giving 'full support' to Tonali 10/18/2023 11:35am • TURIN, Italy (AP) ��� In his first public words since being implicated in a betting scandal, Juventus midfielder Nicol�� Fagioli has apologized for a ���naive error��� but also hit out at newspapers for writing what he described as ���rubbish.��� Newcastle has also spoken out in response to midfield Gaza carnage spreads anger across Mideast, alarming US allies and threatening to widen conflict 10/18/2023 10:41am • CAIRO (AP) ��� Within hours after a blast was said to have killed hundreds at a Gaza hospital, protesters hurled stones at Palestinian security forces in the occupied West Bank and at riot police in neighboring Jordan, venting fury at their leaders for failing to stop the carnage. A summit planned i Widow of prominent Pakistani journalist sues Kenyan police over his killing a year ago 10/18/2023 10:37am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� The widow of a prominent Pakistani journalist who was killed a year ago in Kenya filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against an elite Kenyan police unit she accuses of the wrongful death of her husband. Javeria Siddique said she filed the lawsuit in Nairobi to get justice for her hu Kosovo asks for more NATO-led peacekeepers along the border with Serbia 10/18/2023 10:29am • PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) ��� Kosovo's prime minister on Wednesday asked NATO-led peacekeepers to increase their presence on the northern border with Serbia, saying the area was the entry point for illegal weapons and threats to stability. ���Such an increased presence should be focused in guarding the