Nation and World
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Hamas official confirms Sinwar's death, as Hezbollah vows a new phase of war with Israel
Oct 18, 2024 7:12 am - Hamas confirmed Friday that its leader, Yahya Sinwar, was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, and the militant group reiterated its stance that hostages taken from Israel a year ago will not be released until there is a cease-fire in Gaza and a withdrawal of Israeli troops.
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Wealthier Americans are driving retail spending and powering US economy
Oct 18, 2024 7:09 am - It’s a trend that has surprised many: Why, despite being squeezed by high prices, have Americans kept spending at retail stores and restaurants at a robust pace?
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Hyundai recalls hydrogen fuel cell vehicles due to fire risk and tells owners to park them outdoors
Oct 17, 2024 2:59 pm - DETROIT — Hyundai is telling the owners of nearly 1,600 Nexo hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in the U.S. and Canada to park them outdoors and away from structures due to the...
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Who was Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader Israel says it killed?
Oct 17, 2024 1:29 pm - BEIRUT — Yahya Sinwar masterminded an attack on Israel that shocked the world, unleashing a still-widening catastrophe with no end in sight. In Gaza, no figure loomed...
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Chocolate is on its way out. Why Halloween is about gummy candy now.
Oct 17, 2024 12:00 pm - High cocoa prices, combined with a growing preference among Millennial and Gen Z consumers for chewy and sour treats, have prompted many confectionery giants to shift strategy this spooky season.
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Trump says he is the ‘father of IVF’ at all-women town hall event
Oct 17, 2024 10:12 am - Former president Donald Trump described himself as the “father of IVF” during an all-female town hall event in Georgia, telling attendees that he would support in vitro f...
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Zelenskyy says 10,000 North Koreans could join Russian forces in Ukraine as he pushes ‘Victory Plan’
Oct 17, 2024 9:35 am - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday his country has intelligence information that 10,000 troops from North Korea are being prepared to join Russian forces fighting against his country, warning that a third nation wading into the hostilities would turn the conflict into a “world war.”
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Vance says ‘no’ when asked whether Trump lost 2020 election
Oct 17, 2024 8:07 am - The answer was the most specific Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance has been on the subject, and a departure from past answers he has offered about the election Trump continues to say without evidence was decided fraudulently in favor of Democrat Joe Biden.
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Israel confirms Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in Gaza
Oct 17, 2024 7:44 am - Israeli forces in Gaza killed Hamas’ top leader Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of last year’s attack on Israel that sparked the war, the military said Thursday. Troops appeared to have run across him unknowingly in a battle, only to discover afterward that a body in the rubble was Israel’s most wanted man.
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US long-range B-2 stealth bombers target underground bunkers of Yemen’s Houthi rebels
Oct 17, 2024 7:38 am - The U.S. military unleashed B-2 stealth bombers to target underground bunkers used by Yemen’s Houthi rebels early Thursday, a major escalation in the American response to the rebels' attacks on Mideast shipping lanes that appeared to be a warning to Iran as well.