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More than 17 million people in Yemen are going hungry, including over 1 million children, UN says

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — More than 17 million people in conflict-torn Yemen are going hungry, including over a million children under the age of 5 who are suffering from “life-threatening acute malnutrition,” the United Nations humanitarian chief said Wednesday. Tom Fletcher told the U.N. Security Council that the food

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US issues sanctions against UN investigator probing abuses in Gaza

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it is issuing sanctions against an independent investigator tasked with probing human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories, the latest effort by the United States to punish critics of Israel’s 21-month war in Gaza. The State Department’s decision to impose

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A surprise IRS move on political endorsements leaves faith leaders and legal experts divided

By DEEPA BHARATH and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A surprise move by the IRS that would allow pastors to back political candidates from the pulpit without losing their organization’s tax-exempt status is drawing praise from conservatives and even some progressive religious groups but concern from other leaders of faith, along with tax

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Syria’s government and Kurds still at odds over merging forces after latest talks, US envoy says

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A U.S. envoy said Wednesday that Syria’s central government and the Kurds remain at odds over plans on merging their forces after the latest round of talks, a persistent obstacle as the new authorities in Damascus struggle to consolidate control after the country’s yearslong civil war.

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President Joe Biden speaks with White House Physician Kevin O'Connor as he arrives back at the White House in Washington

Biden’s physician refuses to answer questions from Republicans in House probe of former president’s mental fitness

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Joe Biden’s White House physician on Wednesday declined to answer questions during a closed-door deposition with the House Oversight Committee, invoking his Fifth Amendment right as the Republican-led panel pushes forward in its probe of the former president’s mental fitness and decline. While Dr. Kevin O’Connor appeared on Capitol

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Former Wisconsin clerk who failed to count ballots broke laws, the state’s elections commission says

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A “confluence of errors” including unlawful actions by the former clerk in Wisconsin’s capital city led to nearly 200 absentee ballots not being counted in the November presidential election, an investigation by the state elections commission released Wednesday concluded. Maribeth Witzel-Behl resigned as Madison city clerk

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