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White House says health insurance needs to fully cover condoms, other over-the-counter birth control

By AMANDA SEITZ
Oct 21, 2024 8:30 am - Millions of people with private health insurance would be able to pick up over-the-counter methods like condoms, the “morning after” pill and birth control pills for free under a new rule the White House proposed on Monday.
US defense chief visits Kyiv for talks on how to keep supporting Ukraine’s fight against Russia

By ILLIA NOVIKOV
Oct 21, 2024 8:05 am - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced visit Monday, hours after a Russian drone attack on the Ukrainian capital and as Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pushes Western partners to keep providing military support for the war.
Lebanon assesses damage after Israel strikes Hezbollah-run financial institution

By SARAH EL DEEB and SAMY MAGDY
Oct 21, 2024 8:02 am - Lebanese were surveying the damage on Monday after overnight Israeli strikes hit nearly a dozen branches of a Hezbollah-run financial institution that Israel says is used to fund attacks but where many ordinary people keep their savings.
Israel says it will target Hezbollah's financial arm and announces imminent strikes in Lebanon

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY
Oct 20, 2024 4:47 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel's military announced Sunday it will now take aim at the Lebanon-based Hezbollah's financial arm and planned to attack a “large num...
Hurricane Oscar makes landfall in the Bahamas and heads toward Cuba

Associated Press
Oct 20, 2024 4:46 pm - MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Oscar made landfall early Sunday in the southeastern Bahamas and was heading toward Cuba, an island beleaguered by a massive power outage. The Nati...
Russia flaunts its many doomsday weapons to keep the West from ramping up support for Ukraine

By The Associated Press
Oct 20, 2024 6:00 am - This year has seen President Vladimir Putin repeatedly brandish the nuclear sword, reminding everyone that Russia has the world’s largest atomic arsenal to try to deter the West from ramping up support for Ukraine.
What’s a ‘Jezebel spirit’? Some Christians use the term to paint Kamala Harris with a demonic brush

By ISABELLA VOLMERT and MICHELLE R. SMITH
Oct 20, 2024 6:00 am - Christian nationalist leaders are telling followers that Vice President Kamala Harris is under the influence of a “Jezebel spirit,” using a term with deeply racist and misogynistic roots that is setting off alarm bells for religious and political scholars.
Drone targets Israeli prime minister's house as strikes in Gaza kill 50

By ADAM SCHRECK and SAMY MAGDY
Oct 19, 2024 7:59 am - The Israeli government said a drone targeted the prime minister’s house Saturday, though there were no casualties, as Iran’s supreme leader vowed Hamas would continue its fight following the killing of the mastermind of last year’s deadly Oct. 7 attack.
Right-wing influencers hyped anti-Ukraine videos made by a TV producer also funded by Russian media

By ALAN SUDERMAN and GARANCE BURKE
Oct 19, 2024 6:00 am - The Kremlin could not have asked for better publicity at a better time when Ben Swann, a self-described independent journalist who promotes conspiracy theories, released a 12-part video series he promised would reveal dark truths about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Sinwar’s killing opens up opportunity and much uncertainty for the war in Gaza

By TIA GOLDENBERG and JACK JEFFERY
Oct 19, 2024 6:00 am - Israel’s killing of Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’ top leader and the mastermind of the group’s Oct. 7 attack, is a dramatic turning point in the brutal yearlong war that it touched off.

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