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Israeli army acknowledges Oct. 7 failures. But it says tank strike on home did not kill Israelis

JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military said Thursday that Israeli hostages held in a home struck by tank fire on Oct. 7 were likely killed by Hamas militants, not the Israeli shelling. The conclusions ...

Jul 11, 2024

Biden confronts decisive day in his campaign, as his team says no Democrat would do better

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden campaign is laying out what it sees as its path to winning the White House in a new memo sent to its staffers Thursday, saying that winning the Blue Wall states of Wisconsi...

Jul 11, 2024

Jasmine Paolini reaches her second consecutive Grand Slam final by beating Donna Vekic at Wimbledon

LONDON (AP) - Jasmine Paolini reached her second consecutive Grand Slam final with a 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (10-8) victory over unseeded Donna Vekic at Wimbledon on Thursday in a rollicking match that lasted 2...

Jul 11, 2024

Kenyan president dismisses Cabinet ministers after weeks of protests over taxation, poor governance

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday dismissed almost all of his Cabinet ministers and promised to form a new government that will be lean and efficient following weeks of p...

Jul 11, 2024

Hurricane Beryl's remnants flood Vermont a year after the state was hit by catastrophic rainfall

MARSHFIELD, Vt. (AP) - The remnants of Hurricane Beryl caused damaging flooding in Vermont on Thursday, a year after catastrophic flooding inundated parts of the state. Roads were flooded, washed out ...

Jul 11, 2024

Fire breaks out in the spire of the medieval cathedral in the French city of Rouen

PARIS (AP) - French authorities say a fire broke out Thursday on the spire of the medieval cathedral in the Normandy city of Rouen. Witnesses speaking on BFM television described smoke emanating from ...

Jul 11, 2024

China tells NATO not to create chaos in Asia and rejects label of 'enabler' of Russia's Ukraine war

BEIJING (AP) - China accused NATO on Thursday of seeking security at the expense of others and told the alliance not to bring the same "chaos" to Asia. The statement by a Foreign Ministry spokesperson...

Jul 11, 2024

2 Australians and a Filipina killed in Philippine hotel, officials say

TAGAYTAY, Philippines (AP) - Two Australian nationals and their Filipina companion were killed in a hotel in a popular resort city south of the Philippine capital, and police were trying to identify a...

Jul 11, 2024

Biden's candidacy faces new peril as Pelosi, Clooney and more Democrats weigh in

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden's imperiled re-election campaign hit new trouble Wednesday as House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said merely "it's up to the president to decide" if he should sta...

Jul 10, 2024

House passes GOP bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote, boosting election-year talking point

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a proof-of-citizenship requirement for voter registration, a proposal Republicans have prioritized as an election-year talking p...

Jul 10, 2024