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Jewish settlers erect religious school in evacuated West Bank outpost after Israel repeals ban 05/29/2023 11:17am • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) ��� Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank said Monday they erected a religious school in a dismantled outpost after Israel's government lifted a ban on settlements in several evacuated areas in the northern part of the territory. Also Monday, a Palestinian militant died aft Biden and McCarthy reach a final deal to avoid US default and now must sell it to Congress 05/28/2023 10:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� With days to spare before a potential first-ever government default, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached final agreement Sunday on a deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling and worked to ensure enough support in Congress to pass the measure in the coming Fight still ahead for Texas' Ken Paxton after historic impeachment deepens GOP divisions 05/28/2023 09:04pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ��� The historic impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was just the first round of a Republican brawl over whether to banish one of their own in America���s biggest red state after years of criminal accusations. Paxton and his allies, from former President Donald Trump More businesses require teens to be chaperoned by adults, curbing their independence 05/28/2023 11:19am • PARAMUS, N.J. (AP) ��� Jennifer Sepulveda used to drop off her 14-year-old son, Jorden, at the local mall on a Friday or Saturday night, where he would catch a movie with his friends and then hang out afterwards at the food court or elsewhere. Not anymore. Starting April 18, Garden State Plaza in P In Nigeria���s hard-hit north, families seek justice as armed groups seek control 05/28/2023 07:21am • Associated Press (AP) ��� Christian Jonathan's mother was holding the 9-month-old boy in her arms when she was shot dead during an attack on their village in northwestern Nigeria. The assailants cut off one of Christian's fingers and abandoned him by the side of the road with a bullet wound in his t South Korean arrested for opening plane emergency exit door, faces up to 10 years in prison 05/28/2023 06:38am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� A man who opened an emergency exit door during a flight in South Korea was formally arrested Sunday and faces up to 10 years in prison on a charge of violating the aviation security law, officials said. During a preliminary questioning, the 33-year-old told investigators Today in History: May 28, Dionne quintuplets are born 05/28/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Sunday, May 28, the 148th day of 2023. There are 217 days left in the year. Today���s Highlight in History: On May 28, 1863, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, made up of freed Blacks, left Boston to fight for the Union in the Civil War. On this date: Biden, GOP reach tentative deal to raise debt ceiling, avoid calamitous US default 05/27/2023 11:06pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached an ���agreement in principle��� to raise the nation's legal debt ceiling late Saturday as they raced to strike a deal to limit federal spending and avert a potentially disastrous U.S. default. However, the agreement ri GOP-controlled Texas House impeaches Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, triggering suspension 05/27/2023 08:53pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ��� Texas��� Republican-led House of Representatives impeached state Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday on articles including bribery and abuse of public trust, a sudden, historic rebuke of a GOP official who rose to be a star of the conservative legal movement despite years Why Texas' GOP-controlled House impeached Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton 05/27/2023 06:52pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ��� After years of legal and ethical scandals swirling around Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, the state���s GOP-controlled House of Representatives on Saturday voted to impeach him, causing his immediate suspension from office. The extraordinary and rarely used maneu UK police free man involved in Downing Street collision ��� then arrest him on unrelated charge 05/27/2023 08:10am • LONDON (AP) ��� A man who was taken into custody after his car crashed into the gates of the British prime minister���s residence in central London was released in that case ��� but then immediately rearrested on charges of making indecent images of children, police said Saturday. The 43-year-old su Facing pushback from Lebanese officials, UN walks back plan to give aid to Syrian refugees in USD 05/27/2023 07:58am • BEIRUT (AP) ��� The United Nations announced Saturday that it will suspend a plan to begin making aid payments to Syrian refugees in crisis-wracked Lebanon in dollars, after pushback from Lebanese officials. Lebanon has been in the throes of a severe financial crisis since 2019, with triple-digit in As Turkey heads to runoff presidential race, domestic issues loom large 05/27/2023 02:52am • ANKARA, Turkey (AP) ��� Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has parlayed his country���s NATO membership and location straddling Europe and the Middle East into international influence, is favored to win reelection in a presidential runoff Sunday, despite a host of domestic issues. Erdogan, Biden says debt deal 'very close' with default deadline now set at June 5 05/26/2023 10:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden said a deal to resolve the government's debt ceiling crisis seemed ���very close��� late Friday, even as the deadline for a potentially catastrophic default was pushed back to June 5 and seemed likely to drag negotiations between the White House and Republican Amid lifeguard shortage, renewed focus on pool safety as summer arrives 05/26/2023 09:05pm • ▶ Watch Video: Amid lifeguard shortage, renewed focus on pool safety Hemet, California — It happened in a matter of seconds. Security video showed 18-month-old Cole Petite shimmying out of his life preserver. He then walked over to the family pool in Winches