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Tens of thousands protest after Muslim prayers across Mideast over Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

By ISABEL DEBRE and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press
Oct 12, 2023 11:00 pm - JERUSALEM (AP) — Tens of thousands of Muslims demonstrated Friday across the Middle East in support of the Palestinians and against Israeli airstrikes pounding Gaza, und...
US defense secretary is in Israel to meet with its leaders and see America's security assistance

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press
Oct 12, 2023 11:00 pm - TEL AVIV, Israel — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is in Israel on Friday for meetings with senior government leaders and to see firsthand some of the U.S. weapons a...
Palestinians flee northern Gaza after Israel orders 1 million to evacuate as ground attack looms

By ISABEL DeBRE, EDITH M. LEDERER and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press
Oct 12, 2023 11:00 pm - JERUSALEM — Palestinians fled in a mass exodus from northern Gaza Friday after Israel's military told some 1 million people to evacuate toward the southern part of the b...
Some want to grant temporary House speaker more power as Republican gridlock stalls Congress

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press
Oct 12, 2023 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — When Rep. Patrick McHenry took the House speaker's gavel for the first time, he slammed it down with such force at adjournment that it gained viral internet...
A music festival survivor fleeing the attack, a pair of Hamas militants and a deadly decision

By ALON BERNSTEIN and SAM MCNEIL Associated Press
Oct 12, 2023 11:00 pm - KIBBUTZ RE'IM, Israel — The two militants were just ahead of him, spraying gunfire from their motorcycle at passing cars. One militant was driving, the 50-year-old man s...
Republicans pick Jim Jordan as nominee for House speaker, putting job within the Trump ally's reach

By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press
Oct 12, 2023 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Republicans chose Rep. Jim Jordan as their new nominee for House speaker on Friday during internal voting, putting the gavel within reach of the staunch all...
More than 90% of people killed by western Afghanistan quake were women and children, UN says

By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press
Oct 11, 2023 11:00 pm - ISLAMABAD — More than 90% of the people killed by a 6.3-magnitude earthquake in western Afghanistan last weekend were women and children, U.N. officials reported Thursda...
Social Security benefits will increase by 3.2% in 2024 as inflation moderates

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press
Oct 11, 2023 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Millions of Social Security recipients will get a 3.2% increase in their benefits in 2024, far less than this year's historic boost and reflecting moderatin...
Five officers shot and wounded in Minnesota confrontation, authorities say; suspect arrested

Associated Press
Oct 11, 2023 11:00 pm - PRINCETON, Minn. (AP) — Five drug task force officers were shot and wounded Thursday while serving a search warrant near the east-central Minnesota city of Princeton, au...
More Americans support striking auto workers than car companies, an AP-NORC poll shows

By DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer
Oct 11, 2023 11:00 pm - A majority of Americans support higher pay for auto workers who are on strike against Detroit's Big Three carmakers, although approval of the workers' other demands is m...

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