Articles filed under Associated Press
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As Gaza death toll passes 40,000, corpses are buried in yards, streets, tiered gravesAug 15, 2024 2:00 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Tiers of graves are stacked deep underground in a bloated Gaza cemetery, where Sa’di Baraka spends his days hacking at the earth, making room ...
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Schools have made slow progress on record absenteeism, with millions of kids still skipping classAug 15, 2024 1:13 pm - MEDFORD, Mass. — Flerentin “Flex” Jean-Baptiste missed so much school he had to repeat his freshman year at Medford High outside Boston. At school, “you do the same thing...
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Trump says he’s ‘entitled to personal attacks’ as he hammers Harris on inflation with grocery propsAug 15, 2024 12:54 pm - BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Former President Donald Trump said Thursday he thinks he’s “entitled to personal attacks” on his Democratic rival, adding he's “very angry” at Vice Pre...
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Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry lead a middling spy comedy in ‘The Union’Aug 15, 2024 12:53 pm - “The Union,” an action comedy released Friday starring Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry, should have been more fun. Or more exciting. But it’s lacking a certain charm that could help it be something more than the Netflix movie playing in the background.
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Wrigley Field will host a pair of college hockey doubleheaders after NHL's Winter ClassicAug 15, 2024 12:12 pm - Wrigley Field will host two college hockey doubleheaders in January after the NHL's Winter Classic is played there, the Big Ten and Chicago Cubs announced Thursday. “The ...
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Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says Kyiv troops have full control of the Russian town of SudzhaAug 15, 2024 10:53 am - KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that the country's troops have full control of the Russian town of Sudzha in the Kursk region in the...
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Taliban have deliberately deprived 1.4 million Afghan girls of schooling through bans, says UNESCOAug 15, 2024 10:46 am - KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban have deliberately deprived 1.4 million Afghan girls of schooling through bans, a United Nations agency said Thursday. Afghanistan is the ...
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U.S. shoppers sharply boosted spending at retailers in July despite higher pricesAug 15, 2024 10:42 am - Americans stepped up their spending at retailers last month by the most in a year and a half, easing concerns that the economy might be weakening under the pressure of higher prices and elevated interest rates.
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Donald Trump asks judge to delay sentencing in hush money case until after November electionAug 15, 2024 10:38 am - NEW YORK — Donald Trump is asking the judge in his New York hush money criminal case to delay his sentencing until after the November presidential election. In a letter m...
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August's supermoon kicks off four months of lunar spectacles. Here's how to watchAug 15, 2024 10:27 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The first of four supermoons this year rises next week, providing tantalizing views of Earth’s constant companion. Stargazers can catch the first a...