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The death toll from an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza rises to 106, Palestinian officials say

CAIRO (AP) - Palestinian medical officials say the death toll from an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza has risen to 106. The announcement makes the Sunday night airstrike in the Maghazi refugee camp ...

Dec 25, 2023

At least 49 dead in one of deadliest strikes since Gaza war began

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) - Palestinian health officials say at least 49 people have been killed in an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza. It's one of the deadliest strikes since Israel declared war aga...

Dec 24, 2023

Police in Serbia fire tear gas at election protesters threatening to storm capital's city hall

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Police in Serbia fired tear gas to prevent hundreds of opposition supporters from entering the capital's city council building Sunday in protest of what election observers said...

Dec 24, 2023

Paramedics found guilty in death of Elijah McClain, who they injected with an overdose of ketamine

BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) - Two Denver-area paramedics were convicted Friday in the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain, who they injected with an overdose of the sedative ketamine after police put him in a nec...

Dec 22, 2023

Wisconsin Supreme Court orders new legislative maps in redistricting case brought by Democrats

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned Republican-drawn legislative maps on Friday and ordered that new district boundary lines be drawn as Democrats had urged ...

Dec 22, 2023

The Supreme Court says no, for now, to plea to rule quickly on whether Trump can be prosecuted

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court said Friday that it will not immediately take up a plea by special counsel Jack Smith to rule on whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted for his act...

Dec 22, 2023

Police video shows police knew Maine shooter was a threat. They also felt confronting him was unsafe

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Police in Maine feared that confronting an Army reservist prior to the worst mass shooting in state history would "throw a stick of dynamite on a pool of gas," according to vide...

Dec 22, 2023

UN approves watered-down resolution on aid to Gaza without call for suspension of hostilities

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - After many delays, the U.N. Security Council adopted a watered-down resolution Friday calling for immediately speeding up aid deliveries to desperate civilians in Gaza but withou...

Alex Rawnsley Dec 22, 2023

Biden pardons thousands convicted of marijuana charges on federal lands and in Washington

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is pardoning thousands of people who were convicted of use and simple possession of marijuana on federal lands and in the District of Columbia, the White House sa...

Dec 22, 2023

Gymnastics star Simone Biles named AP Female Athlete of the Year a third time after dazzling return

There were jitters, of course. Considering all that happened, how could there not be? When Simone Biles walked onto the floor at a suburban Chicago arena in late July for her first gymnastics competit...

Dec 22, 2023