Nation and World
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Anti-settlement group says Israel has made largest West Bank land seizure in 3 decades
Jul 03, 2024 6:58 am - JERUSALEM — An anti-settlement watchdog says Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades. The Israeli group Peace Now ...
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Rep. Lloyd Doggett is the first Democrat to publicly call for Biden to step down as party’s nominee
Jul 02, 2024 1:32 pm - WASHINGTON — A House Democratic lawmaker has become the first in the party to publicly call for President Joe Biden to step down as the party's nominee for president, cit...
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Defense Secretary Austin says the U.S. will provide $2.3 billion more in military aid to Ukraine
Jul 02, 2024 11:28 am - WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday that the U.S. will soon announce an additional $2.3 billion in security assistance for Ukraine, to include anti-t...
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U.S. job openings rise to 8.1 million despite higher interest rates
Jul 02, 2024 10:46 am - WASHINGTON — U.S. job openings rose slightly to 8.1 million in May despite the impact of higher interest rates intended to cool the labor market. Vacancies rose from a re...
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Giuliani disbarred in NY as court finds he repeatedly lied about Trump’s 2020 election loss
Jul 02, 2024 10:43 am - NEW YORK — Rudolph Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, federal prosecutor and legal adviser to Donald Trump, was disbarred in the state on Tuesday after a court fou...
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Judge delays Trump’s hush money sentencing until at least September after high court immunity ruling
Jul 02, 2024 10:21 am - Former President Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case has been postponed until at least September after the judge agreed Tuesday to weigh the possible impact of a new Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity.
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Jul 02, 2024 10:13 am - LUCKNOW, India — Thousands of people at a religious gathering in India rushed to leave a makeshift tent, setting off a stampede Tuesday that killed more than 100 and left...
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North Korea brags of new missile with 'super-large warhead.' Outsiders doubt the North's claim
Jul 02, 2024 7:21 am - SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Tuesday it had test-fired a new tactical ballistic missile capable of carrying “a super-large warhead,” a claim quickly disputed by ...
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How the hot water that fueled Hurricane Beryl foretells a scary storm season
Jul 02, 2024 7:12 am - Hurricane Beryl's explosive growth into an unprecedented early whopper of a storm shows the literal hot water the Atlantic and Caribbean are in right now and the kind of ...
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Hurricane Beryl rips through open waters after devastating the southeast Caribbean
Jul 02, 2024 7:09 am - SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Beryl roared through open waters on Tuesday as a monstrous Category 5 storm on a path that would take it near Jamaica and the Cayman Isl...