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Palestinians evacuate wounded Friday after an Israeli bombardment Rafah, Gaza Strip.

Israeli airstrikes on Gaza resume after weeklong truce with Hamas ends

Israel's war with Hamas resumed in full force Friday, with airstrikes hitting targets in the Gaza Strip minutes after a weeklong truce expired. Black smoke billowed from the besieged territory, and Israel dropped leaflets over Gaza City and southern parts of the enclave, urging civilians to leave their homes to avoid the fighting.
India Prime Minister Narendra Modi is live streamed Friday from another room at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Top world leaders talk of climate crisis at UN summit. They say they must act on fossil fuels, war

Dozens of world leaders said they know the planet's dangerously overheating and they are trying to keep it from getting worse. The next step is to turn their soaring rhetoric voiced at the beginning of the United Nations climate conference into action.
A Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force minesweeper searches Friday in the waters where a U.S. military Osprey aircraft crashed in southwestern Japan. Japan suspended flights by its Osprey aircraft Thursday, officials said, the day after the U.S. Air Force Osprey based in Japan crashed into the sea during a training mission.

Japan expresses concern about Ospreys continuing to fly as some crash details emerge

Japan's top government spokesperson expressed concern Friday that the U.S. military is continuing to fly Osprey aircraft in the country without providing adequate information about Wednesday's fatal crash, as the U.S. Air Force said a search was continuing for seven missing crew members.
Rioters at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Lawsuits against Donald Trump over the U.S. Capitol riot can move forward, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday, rejecting the former president’s bid to dismiss the cases accusing him of inciting the violent mob that day.

Lawsuits against Trump over Jan. 6 riot can move forward, appeals court says

Lawsuits against Donald Trump over the U.S. Capitol riot can move forward, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday, rejecting the former president's bid to dismiss the cases accusing him of inciting the violent mob on Jan. 6, 2021.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, meets with former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in 2018 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. Official China called Kissinger “an old friend.” A commentator likened him to a giant panda, a goodwill ambassador between two countries that have been more often at odds over the decades than not. Kissinger, who died Wednesday, developed a special relationship with China in the second half of his 100-year-long life.
A secret trip by Henry Kissinger grew into a half-century-long relationship with China
Official China called Henry Kissinger "an old friend." A commentator likened him to a giant panda, a goodwill ambassador between two countries that have been at odds more often than not over the decades.
In this combination of photos, Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and California Gov. Gavin Newsom
DeSantis and Newsom lob insults and talk some policy in a faceoff between two White House aspirants
In an alternate reality, the prime-time showdown between California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday could have been a preview of a 2024 general election debate.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at the International Monetary Fund in Washington.
Fed's Powell notes inflation is easing but downplays discussion of interest rate cuts
Inflation is slowing steadily, but it's too early to declare victory or to discuss when the Federal Reserve might cut interest rates, Chair Jerome Powell said Friday.
Israelis embrace Tuesday next to photos of people killed and taken captive by Hamas militants during their violent rampage through the Nova music festival in southern Israel, which are displayed at the site of the event, as Israeli DJs spun music, to commemorate the Oct. 7 massacre near kibbutz Re’im. Nearly two months after Hamas infiltrated Israel, killing some 1,200 people and taking about 240 hostage, dozens are still unaccounted for, their families left living in limbo.
Nearly 2 months into the war, many Israelis have no idea if their relatives are dead or alive
There was no trace of Hanan Yablonka -- not on the 42-year-old Israeli's social media accounts nor on his phone, found in the bullet-riddled car he and four friends tried to flee in after Hamas militants attacked the music festival they were attending in southern Israel.
Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., faces reporters at the Capitol in Washington, early Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. After a scathing report by the House Ethics Committee citing egregious violations, Santos could be expelled from Congress this week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
House expels New York Rep. George Santos. It's just the sixth expulsion in the chamber's history
The House voted on Friday to expel Republican Rep. George Santos of New York after a critical ethics report on his conduct that accused him of converting campaign donations for his own use. He was just the sixth member in the chamber's history to be ousted by colleagues.
People walk through the venue Thursday at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit near the Al Wasl Dome at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
5 reasons why COP 28, the UN climate talks, are worth your attention
Ask most people what the annual U.N. climate talks are and the likely answer will be: "Huh?" Ask those who do know and the answer may be: "Why should I care?"
Samuel Schultz talks to reporters at his home in New York. It took eight years and the burgeoning #MeToo movement to spur them to go public and make a police report, and an additional five years for their attackers to plead guilty. Now, as much as Schultz hopes there’s a reckoning coming in gay and queer communities, too, it feels like they are the ones shouldering the blame, not the attackers: for coming forward, for harming the men’s reputations
For a male sexual assault survivor, justice won in court does not equal healing
As many as 95% of male sexual violations go unreported, according to research cited in a review of scientific literature about male victims of sexual assault, published in April in the journal Behavioral Sciences.
An annual report released Friday on capital punishment says more Americans now believe the death penalty is administered unfairly.
Report: Belief death penalty is applied unfairly shows capital punishment's growing isolation in US
More Americans now believe the death penalty, which is undergoing a yearslong decline of use and support, is being administered unfairly, a finding that is adding to its growing isolation in the U.S., according to an annual report on capital punishment.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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