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Senate passes a $95.3 billion aid package for Ukraine and Israel, but fate in the House is uncertain

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and STEPHEN GROVES
Feb 13, 2024 6:16 am - WASHINGTON — The Senate early Tuesday passed a $95.3 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, pushing ahead after months of difficult negotiations and growing ...
Israel celebrates return of two hostages after deadly raid

By NAJIB JOBAIN, JOSEF FEDERMAN and SAMY MAGDY
Feb 12, 2024 10:35 pm - RAFAH, Gaza strip — Israeli forces rescued two hostages early Monday, storming a heavily guarded apartment in a densely packed town in the Gaza strip as airstrikes carrie...
How Trump urging Russia to invade 'delinquent' NATO members distorts how the alliance works

By VANESSA GERA
Feb 12, 2024 12:28 pm - WARSAW, Poland — Donald Trump, the front-runner for the Republican Party's nomination this year, says he once warned that he would allow Russia to do whatever it wants to...
Super Bowl ad for RFK Jr. stirs Democratic and family tension over his independent White House bid

By BILL BARROW
Feb 12, 2024 12:25 pm - Robert Kennedy Jr.’s presidential ambitions resulted in public family drama after a political action committee aired a Super Bowl ad invoking the Democratic family’s lega...
Biden welcomes the King of Jordan as framework for hostage deal is decided in Israel-Hamas conflict

By COLLEEN LONG
Feb 12, 2024 8:20 am - WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is hosting Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Washington Monday and the two leaders are expected to discuss the ongoing effort to free hostages...
Egypt is threatening to void its decades-old peace treaty with Israel. What does that mean?

By JULIA FRANKEL
Feb 12, 2024 8:11 am - JERUSALEM — It was a warm handshake between the unlikeliest of statesmen, conducted under the beaming gaze of U.S. President Jimmy Carter. Sunlight streamed through the t...
Faced with wave of hostile bills, transgender rights leaders are playing “a defense game”

By DAVID CRARY
Feb 09, 2024 11:23 am - For decades, the plotline for LGBTQ+ activism in the U.S. was one of advances — often slow-paced and hard-fought but inexorably moving forward. Now, faced with unpreceden...
Ed Dwight was to be the first Black astronaut. At 90, he's finally getting his due

By JAKE COYLE
Feb 09, 2024 11:06 am - NEW YORK — Ed Dwight grew up in segregated 1930s Kansas on a farm on the edge of town. An airfield was within walking distance, and, as a boy, he’d often go to marvel at ...
Conspiracy theories swirl around Taylor Swift. These Republican voters say they don't care

By MATT BROWN and JAMES POLLARD
Feb 09, 2024 10:37 am - WASHINGTON — To hear some conservatives on cable news or on social media tell it, Taylor Swift is part of an elaborate plot to help Democrats win the November election. “...
Acclaimed Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa dies at age 88

By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Feb 09, 2024 6:33 am - TOKYO — Seiji Ozawa, the Japanese conductor who amazed audiences with the lithe physicality of his performances during three decades at the helm of the Boston Symphony Or...

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