Nation and World
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Nobel economics prize goes to professor for research on the workplace gender gap
Oct 08, 2023 11:00 pm - STOCKHOLM — The Nobel economics prize was awarded Monday to Harvard University professor Claudia Goldin for research that has advanced the understanding of the gender ga...
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Israel strikes and seals off Gaza after incursion by Hamas, which vows to execute hostages
Oct 08, 2023 11:00 pm - Israel increased airstrikes on the Gaza Strip and sealed it off from food, fuel, and other supplies in retaliation for a bloody incursion by Hamas militants, as the war'...
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Senior Taliban officials visit villages struck by earthquake that killed at least 2,000 people
Oct 08, 2023 11:00 pm - ISLAMABAD (AP) — A senior Taliban delegation visited western Afghanistan's Herat province on Monday in the aftermath of the powerful earthquake that killed at least 2,00...
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Earthquakes kill over 2,000 in Afghanistan. People are using bare hands to recover dead and injured
Oct 07, 2023 11:00 pm - ISLAMABAD — Powerful earthquakes killed at least 2,000 people in western Afghanistan, a Taliban government spokesman said Sunday. It's one of the deadliest earthquakes t...
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Israel battles Hamas militants as country's death toll from mass incursion reaches 600
Oct 07, 2023 11:00 pm - TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli soldiers battled Hamas fighters in the streets of southern Israel on Sunday and launched retaliation strikes that leveled buildings in Ga...
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'It's just devastating': Suburban residents react to Israel-Gaza conflictOct 07, 2023 1:00 am - From thousands of miles away, Chicago-area Jewish and Palestinian community leaders expressed a mix of anger, grief and defiance after Hamas fighters launched a multipro...
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Strong earthquake and several aftershocks reported in western Afghanistan
Oct 07, 2023 1:00 am - ISLAMABAD (AP) - Two 6.3 magnitude earthquakes have killed at least 15 and injured nearly 40 others in Herat province in Afghanistan, according to Mohammad Abdullah Jan,...
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Trump is inserting himself into the messy race to become the next House speaker. Will it matter?
Oct 07, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Trump is again testing the power of his endorsement. With an early morning social media post on Friday, Trump inserted himself into the chaotic ...
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Hamas surprise attack out of Gaza stuns Israel and leaves hundreds dead in fighting, retaliation
Oct 07, 2023 1:00 am - JERUSALEM (AP) - Backed by a barrage of rockets, Hamas militants stormed from the blockaded Gaza Strip into nearby Israeli towns, killing dozens and abducting others in ...
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A Russian missile attack in eastern Ukraine kills a 10-year-old boy and his grandmother
Oct 06, 2023 1:00 am - KHARKIV, Ukraine - A Russian missile attack killed a 10-year-old boy and his grandmother Friday in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, officials said. Elsewhere ...