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What to know as Israel considers reoccupying Gaza in what would be a major escalation of the war

By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering ordering the full reoccupation of the Gaza Strip, according to Israeli media, a move that would draw fierce opposition internationally and within Israel. It would mark a stunning escalation of the nearly 22-month war in the territory that has already been largely destroyed

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Crucial exemption allows majority of Canadian and Mexican goods to be shipped to US without tariffs

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump raised the tariffs on Canadian goods to 35% last week, but a key exemption for Canada and Mexico shields the vast majority of goods from the punishing duties. Goods that comply with the 2020 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement that Trump negotiated during his first

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What’s known and not yet known about the Justice Department’s scrutiny of Trump-Russia probe origins

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — News that Attorney General Pam Bondi is advancing a criminal investigation into the Obama-era origins of the Trump-Russia investigation means that one of the most studied, and politically polarizing, chapters of modern American history will be under the microscope yet again. Here’s a look at what’s known

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PBS North Carolina announced it is offering a series of voluntary separation offers to its employees following a significant loss of federal funding in a press release on August 5.

PBS North Carolina offers voluntary separation to staff amid major federal funding cuts

By Marisa Sardonia Click here for updates on this story     ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — PBS North Carolina announced it is offering a series of voluntary separation offers to its employees following a significant loss of federal funding. The public media network confirmed via a press release on Tuesday that its “most permanent employees” will

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A photograph of Sarah Lynn Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky is displayed outside the Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum in Washington

Justice Department to seek federal hate crime charges and death penalty in killing of Israeli Embassy staffers

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department will seek to indict the man accused of killing two Israeli Embassy staff members in Washington, DC, on federal hate crime charges this week, according to sources familiar with the matter. The indictment against Elias Rodriguez is expected to include special findings for capital punishment, where

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Great Plains News Digest

To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— NEBRASKA ————-——————— US–Congress-Town Hall-Nebraska GOP congressman faces heated town hall where hundreds boo him for supporting Trump’s big bill SUMMARY: Republican congressman Mike Flood has gotten

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Great Plains News Digest

To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— NEBRASKA ————-——————— US–Congress-Town Hall-Nebraska GOP congressman faces heated town hall where hundreds boo him for supporting Trump’s big bill SUMMARY: Republican congressman Mike Flood has gotten

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Great Plains News Digest

To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— NEBRASKA ————-——————— US–Congress-Town Hall-Nebraska GOP congressman faces heated town hall where hundreds boo him for supporting Trump’s big bill SUMMARY: Republican congressman Mike Flood has gotten

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