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The Latest | Nearly half a million people flee fighting in Rafah and northern Gaza, UN says 05/13/2024 04:54pm • Nearly half a million Palestinians have been displaced in recent days by escalating Israeli military operations in southern and northern Gaza, the United Nations says. Around 360,000 Palestinians were driven out of Rafah in Gaza's south over the past week, the United Nations’ agency for Palestinia Death toll up to 32 in South Africa building collapse but rescue efforts boosted by 1 more survivor 05/13/2024 04:42pm • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Rescue teams in South Africa forged ahead Monday with efforts to find more survivors as the death toll rose to 32 a week after the collapse of an apartment building that was under construction Hopes were boosted over the weekend when one of the construction workers w Reports of army killing of villagers in Myanmar supported by photos and harrowing tale of a survivor 05/13/2024 02:01pm • BANGKOK (AP) — Reports that soldiers of Myanmar’s military government last week carried out a massacre of more than 30 civilians in a village in central Myanmar were supported Monday in interviews with a local administrator and a man who says he survived the killings. The bloodshed on Saturday m Families still looking for missing loved ones after devastating Afghanistan floods killed scores 05/13/2024 01:51pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) — When he heard that devastating floods hit his village in northern Afghanistan last week, farmer Abdul Ghani rushed home from neighboring Kunduz province where he was visiting relatives. When he got home, he found out that his wife and three children had perished in the deluge. Tw 2 injured loggerhead turtles triumphantly crawl into the Atlantic after rehabbing in Florida 05/13/2024 01:34pm • JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A crowd cheered and took photos as two loggerhead sea turtles slowly made their way through the sand and into the Atlantic Ocean on Monday after rehabbing at a Florida marine life center. Cayman and Finley arrived at Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach after separate How will the upcoming restoration project affect the Tidal Basin this summer 05/13/2024 01:26pm • It's going to be a busy summer down at the Tidal basin. Sidewalks that are usually packed with morning joggers and tourists will instead be packed with work crews for a multiyear restoration project to raise the sea wall and stop flooding there. The project is expected to begin later this mon Roger Corman, Hollywood mentor and 'King of the Bs,' dies at 98 05/13/2024 01:04pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Roger Corman, the “King of the Bs” who helped turn out such low-budget classics as “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Attack of the Crab Monsters” and gave many of Hollywood's most famous actors and directors early breaks, has died. He was 98. Corman died Thursday at his With the shock of Oct. 7 still raw, profound sadness and anger grip Israel on its Memorial Day 05/13/2024 10:19am • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Ruby Chen’s son, Itay, was killed in the Hamas attack on Oct. 7. But unlike scores of other families of soldiers killed that day, Chen doesn’t have a grave to visit because his son’s remains are held captive in Gaza. The absence of a final resting place is being felt A.J. Smith, who is the winningest general manager in Chargers' history, dies at 75 05/13/2024 09:31am • COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — A.J. Smith, a longtime NFL executive who was the winningest general manager in Chargers history, died Sunday. He was 75. His son, Atlanta assistant general manager Kyle Smith, announced his father's death in a statement released by the Falcons. Kyle Smith said his father Are Assisted Living and Other Senior Living Expenses Tax Deductible? 05/12/2024 08:00pm • Tax time is stressful for everyone, but there may be some good news for seniors receiving medical care in their homes, assisted living communities or skilled nursing settings. While not every expenditure is tax deductible, there are some savings to be had. Are Assisted Living and Other Senior Living Leverkusen erases memories of last year's loss by beating Bochum 5-0 to extend 50-game unbeaten run 05/12/2024 04:37pm • BERLIN (AP) — Bayer Leverkusen erased memories of its last defeat almost a year ago by beating Bochum 5-0 away in the Bundesliga to stretch its unbeaten start to the season to 50 games across all competitions. Sunday’s win atoned for Leverkusen’s 3-0 loss to Bochum at the same ground on the fi Hoist the pirate flag! St. Pauli promoted back to the Bundesliga 05/12/2024 12:17pm • HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — The pirate flag is flying in the Bundesliga again. St. Pauli returned to Germany's top division after a 13-year absence on Sunday with a 3-1 win over relegated Osnabrück in the second division. Oladapo Afolayan scored twice and set up Marcel Hartel for St. Pauli’s third Police: 3 officers wounded in Atlanta street altercation that left suspect dead 05/12/2024 09:31am • ATLANTA (AP) — Three Atlanta police officers were hospitalized with gunshot wounds after an altercation that left a suspect dead Saturday evening, authorities said. Officers responded at 5:15 p.m. to a report of an armed man in a commercial area on Fairbanks Street and encountered a man with a han A rural Ugandan community is a hot spot for sickle cell disease. But one patient gives hope 05/12/2024 02:04am • MBALE, Uganda (AP) — Barbara Nabulo was one of three girls in her family. But when a sister died, her mother wailed at the funeral that she was left with just one and a half daughters. The half was the ailing Nabulo, who at age 12 grasped her mother’s meaning. "I hated myself so much,” Nabulo Hurricanes avoid being swept with late power play goal in 4-3 victory 05/12/2024 01:00am • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Brady Skjei scored on the power play with 3:11 left to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Rangers 4-3 on Saturday night, staving off a sweep by winning Game 4 of the second-round playoff series. Skjei’s shot from the the point came off a feed from Tuevo Teravaine