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Israel bombards central Beirut as its leadership prepares to vote on ceasefire with Hezbollah

BEIRUT (AP) - Israeli jets struck a residential building in central Beirut on Tuesday and issued new evacuation orders for 20 buildings in the Lebanese capital's southern suburbs. The strike leveled t...

Nov 26, 2024

Biden proposes Medicare and Medicaid cover costly weight-loss drugs for millions of obese Americans

WASHINGTON (AP) - Millions of Americans with obesity would be eligible to have popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy or Ozempic covered by Medicare or Medicaid under a new rule the Biden administratio...

Nov 26, 2024

Philippine investigators summon VP Duterte over her public threats against President Marcos

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Philippine authorities handed a subpoena to Vice President Sara Duterte's office Tuesday, inviting her to answer investigators' questions after she publicly threatened to ha...

Nov 25, 2024

Philippine investigators summon VP Duterte over her public threats against President Marcos

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Philippine authorities handed a subpoena to Vice President Sara Duterte's office Tuesday, inviting her to answer investigators' questions after she publicly threatened to ha...

Nov 25, 2024

White Florida woman sentenced to 25 years in prison for shooting Black neighbor in lengthy dispute

A white Florida woman who fatally shot a Black neighbor through her front door during an ongoing dispute over the neighbor's boisterous children was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison for her mans...

Nov 25, 2024

Judge rejects request to sideline a San Jose State volleyball player on grounds she’s transgender

A judge on Monday rejected a request to block a San Jose State women's volleyball team member from playing in a conference tournament on grounds that she is transgender. Monday's ruling by U.S. Magist...

Nov 25, 2024

Should sex abuse evidence set the Menendez brothers free? A judge will decide

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Aunts of Erik and Lyle Menendez testified on their behalf Monday as the brothers seek to have their 1989 convictions reexamined in the shotgun murders of their parents in their Beve...

Nov 25, 2024

Special counsel moves to dismiss election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) - Special counsel Jack Smith asked a federal judge on Monday to dismiss the case accusing President-elect Donald Trump of plotting to overturn the 2020 election, citing longstanding Ju...

Nov 25, 2024

Special counsel moves to dismiss election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) - Special counsel Jack Smith asked a federal judge on Monday to dismiss the case accusing President-elect Donald Trump of plotting to overturn the 2020 election, citing longstanding Ju...

Nov 25, 2024

Pitcher Yusei Kikuchi and Los Angeles Angels agree to a $63 million, 3-year contract, AP source says

Left-hander Yusei Kikuchi and the Los Angeles Angels have agreed to a $63 million, three-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition...

Nov 25, 2024