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Sesame Workshop regains control of Elmo’s hacked X account after racist posts

By The Associated Press Sesame Workshop regained control of its Elmo account on the X platform Monday after a hacker gained access and posted a string of racist and antisemitic messages. “Elmo’s X account was compromised by an unknown hacker who posted disgusting messages, including antisemitic and racist posts,” Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind “Sesame

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Former Israeli leader says planned ‘humanitarian city’ in Gaza would be a ‘concentration camp’

By Eugenia Yosef and Oren Liebermann, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — A planned “humanitarian city” inside Gaza intended to hold hundreds of thousands of Palestinians would be a “concentration camp,” former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has warned. Defense Minister Israel Katz said last week he had told the military to advance plans for the zone,

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Sports on TV for Tuesday, July 15

By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Tuesday, July 15 CYCLING 6:30 a.m. (Wednesday) PEACOCK — UCI: The Tour de France, Stage 11, Toulouse, France MLB BASEBALL 8 p.m. FOX — 2025 MLB All-Star Game: American League vs. National League, Atlanta NBA BASKETBALL 4:30 p.m. NBATV — Summer League:

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WNBA Glance

All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB New York 14 6 .700 — Atlanta 12 9 .571 2½ Indiana 11 10 .524 3½ Washington 11 10 .524 3½ Chicago 7 14 .333 7½ Connecticut 3 18 .143 11½ WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Minnesota 19 4 .826 — Phoenix 15 6 .714

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Kosovo fighter’s sentence cut to 13 years despite court upholding convictions for murder and torture

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Appeals judges at a European Union-backed court upheld murder, torture and arbitrary detention convictions against a former Kosovo war liberation fighter Monday. But they cut his prison term from 18 years to 13 years, saying judges imposed too harsh a sentence at his trial. Pjetër

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BBC Gaza documentary narrated by Hamas official’s son breached editorial guidelines, review says

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s media regulator said Monday it will investigate a BBC documentary about children’s lives in Gaza, after a review concluded that the narrator’s father has Hamas links and the program therefore breached editorial guidelines on accuracy. The broadcaster removed the program, “Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone,”

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German customs officials show images of tarantulas hidden in spongecake boxes after smuggling bust

BERLIN (AP) — Arachnophobes beware: Customs officials on Monday released photos from a seizure of roughly 1,500 young tarantulas found inside plastic containers that had been hidden in chocolate spongecake boxes shipped to an airport in western Germany. Customs officials found the shipment at Cologne Bonn airport in a package that had arrived from Vietnam,

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