By MELANIE LIDMAN, WAFAA SHURAFA and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel said early Friday that it plans to take over Gaza City in another escalation of its 22-month war with Hamas. The decision, taken after a late-night meeting of top officials, came despite mounting international calls to end the war
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — The human brain shrinks as it ages, affecting the ability to remember — it’s part of life. Yet there are a lucky few, called “SuperAgers,” who possess a brain that fights back. For these people, memories stay as sharp as they were 30 or more years in the past.
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By Kendra Washington Click here for updates on this story Indiana (WBND-LD) — UPDATE: The Mishawaka Police Department has identified the shooting victim in Tuesday morning’s incident as 17-year-old Wesley Dancler. Police say they arrived at the Parkview Terrace Apartments on 12th Street to find Dancler suffering from a single gunshot wound. Life-saving measures were
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By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Thursday demanded the resignation of Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan following reports and allegations that he has ties to China. “The CEO of INTEL is highly CONFLICTED and must resign, immediately. There is no other solution to this problem. Thank you for your attention to this
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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN, DAVID KLEPPER and DIDI TANG Associated Press Shares of Intel slumped Thursday after President Donald Trump said in a social media post that the chipmaker’s CEO needs to resign. “The CEO of Intel is highly CONFLICTED and must resign, immediately,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “There is no other solution to this
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By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced in a social media post on Thursday that he has directed the Department of Commerce to begin work on a new US census that excludes undocumented immigrants from the population count. “I have instructed our Department of Commerce to immediately begin work on a new
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By JOSH BOAK, MIKE SCHNEIDER and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has instructed the Commerce Department to change the way the U.S. Census Bureau collects data, seeking to exclude immigrants who are in the United States illegally, he said Thursday. The census’ data collections will be based on “modern day
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Greystone Housing Impact Investors LP (GHI) on Thursday reported a loss of $7.1 million in its second quarter. On a per-share basis, the Omaha, Nebraska-based company said it had a loss of 35 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 25 cents per share. The provider
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Evergy, Inc. (EVRG) on Thursday reported second-quarter profit of $171.3 million. On a per-share basis, the Kansas City, Missouri-based company said it had net income of 74 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 82 cents per share. The results exceeded Wall
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By PETER SMITH Associated Press FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration and its allies have pushed aggressively for drilling, mining and logging in Alaska. This has intensified long-standing debate over extraction projects in the nation’s largest state, particularly within Alaska Native communities. Some view such projects as key to jobs and economic development.
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By SHARON LURYE AP Education Writer Lesley Mathis knows what her daughter said was wrong. But she never expected the 13-year-old girl would get arrested for it. The teenage girl made an offensive joke while chatting online with her classmates, triggering the school’s surveillance software. Before the morning was even over, the Tennessee eighth grader
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By PETER SMITH Associated Press BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — Fish camps still dot the banks of the broad Kuskokwim River in southwestern Alaska. Wooden huts and tarped shelters stand beside drying racks draped with bright red strips of salmon, which Alaska Native families have harvested for generations and preserved for the bitter winters ahead. But
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By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A British holidaymaker has been charged with attempted murder after he allegedly tried to drown his daughter-in-law in a Florida swimming pool, authorities have said. Mark Raymond Gibbon, 62, was on vacation at the Solterra Resort in Davenport, Florida, with his family when deputies from the Polk County Sheriff’s
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Tracking possible isolated t-storms this morning; hot and humid late-week
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By Amanda Sealy, CNN (CNN) — In the first Phase 3 trial of its once-daily oral GLP-1 pill in people with obesity, drugmaker Eli Lilly said Thursday that it helped people lower their weight by an average of 12% after 72 weeks. Lilly, which makes the injectable drugs Zepbound to treat obesity and Mounjaro and
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By Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — An active-duty Army sergeant is accused of shooting and wounding five of his fellow soldiers at Fort Stewart military base in Georgia on Wednesday, the latest act of violence on a US military base that raises questions about the safety of American servicemembers at facilities where they train, work
Continue Reading CNN, WJCL, WTOC, BROADCASTIFY, LIBERTY COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY., LIBERTY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, Broadcastify/Liberty County Public Safety. By Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — An active-duty Army sergeant is accused of shooting and wounding five of his fellow soldiers at Fort Stewart military base in Georgia on Wednesday, the latest act of violence on a US military
Continue Reading ELKHORN, Neb. (AP) — ELKHORN, Neb. (AP) — ACI Worldwide Inc. (ACIW) on Thursday reported second-quarter earnings of $12.2 million. On a per-share basis, the Elkhorn, Nebraska-based company said it had profit of 12 cents. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense and amortization costs, came to 35 cents per share. The maker of software for
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By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Nestled on a narrow, one-way street among Yale University buildings, a pizza joint and an ice cream shop, Toad’s Place looks like a typical haunt for college kids. But inside the modest, two-story building is a veritable museum of paintings and signed photos depicting the
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By DASHA LITVINOVA, BARRY HATTON and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would meet with Vladimir Putin even if the Russian leader will not meet with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in comments that suggested Washington and Moscow could soon hold a summit. Trump’s comments followed a statement from
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By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — As the Trump administration tries to chart a path out of its Jeffrey Epstein mess, senior aides turned to someone who has increasingly become one of the president’s chief problem solvers: Vice President JD Vance. Vance originally planned to convene top White House and Justice Department officials at his
Continue Reading CNN By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — As the Trump administration tries to chart a path out of its Jeffrey Epstein mess, senior aides turned to someone who has increasingly become one of the president’s chief problem solvers: Vice President JD Vance. Vance originally planned to convene top White House and Justice Department officials at
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By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ESPN’s much-discussed streaming service finally has its launch date. The network announced Wednesday that its direct-to-consumer service and enhanced app will debut Aug. 21. The announcement coincided with Disney’s quarterly earning report. This week’s expanded deals with the NFL and a new partnership with WWE provides ESPN with more
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By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press Israel has routed its enemies across the region but has yet to return all its hostages from the Gaza Strip. Hamas appears to have been decimated militarily but has kept up insurgent attacks. Gaza is in ruins and experts say it is sliding into famine, and long-running ceasefire talks seem
Continue Reading Associated Press Missouri Daybook for Thursday, Aug. 07. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Missouri bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Missouri@applanner.com. To see
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Continue Reading Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Thursday, Aug. 07. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Omaha bureau is reachable at 402-391-0031. Send daybook items to Nebraska@applanner.com. To see
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LONDON (AP) — British border authorities have detained the first group of migrants under a pilot plan that will send some who cross the English Channel on small boats back to France. The migrants were detained Wednesday, the day the program came into force, and will be held at immigration removal centers until they are
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