By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press UMM AL-KHAIR, West Bank (AP) — Nearly two dozen Bedouin women, enrobed in black, sat on the floor of a modest hut that baked under the desert sun of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The room was quiet, the women still. The women are on a hunger strike to call for
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By Shania Shelton, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is planning to reinstall two Confederate monuments, following through on a push by President Donald Trump to restore statues that were removed in the wake of the George Floyd protests. Hours after the US National Park Service said Monday that it will restore
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By Mike Hellgren, Christian Olaniran Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — The owner and operator of the Dali, the cargo ship that collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on March 26, 2024, are suing the vessel’s shipbuilder, alleging that defective electrical equipment caused a power failure before
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By Christian Edwards and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — A court in Moldova has sentenced a Kremlin-friendly regional politician to seven years in prison for funneling money from Russia to finance a political party. Evgenia Gutul, the leader of Gagauzia, a historically pro-Russian ethnic region in southern Moldova, was detained in March on suspicion of
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By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The US Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation tasked with examining the June 2023 implosion of the Titan submersible released its report on Tuesday, with the board chair stating that the deaths of the five people on board were “preventable.” The report lays responsibility for the tragedy largely at
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WBZ, BOSTON POLICE, CNN By Neal J. Riley, Neal J. Riley Click here for updates on this story BOSTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A 69-year-old Boston man is accused of trying to place a chemical-laced handkerchief over the mouth of a 13-year-old boy in what prosecutors are calling a “bizarre” assault. “It’s basically like facing your
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By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh ’s interim leader announced Tuesday that the parliamentary election will be in February, as the country marked a year since a student-led uprising led to the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Muhammad Yunus spoke in a televised address and said he would request
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By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is no longer being considered as a replacement for Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve Chair. “I love Scott, but he wants to stay where he is,” Trump said Tuesday in a CNBC interview Tuesday morning. “I’ll take him off, because I
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Russo i s the latest author to be welcomed into the inner circle of Oprah Winfrey book club picks. Winfrey announced Tuesday that she had selected Russo’s “Bridge of Sighs,” a 2007 novel centered in a rural New York community. Russo
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By Asuka Koda, CNN (CNN) — This year, people are seeking emergency care for tick bites in the highest level since 2017, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and reported cases of Lyme disease have continued to rise through the years. Experts say the increases are driven by warmer
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By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — When American teenager Kerri Cunningham was dragged by her parents to Europe in the summer of 1993, she was less than impressed. Dragged might sound like dramatic wording, but that’s how 14-year-old Kerri saw it at the time. Kerri reacted to the vacation plans “from the teenage point of
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By JULIA FRANKEL and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted at wider military action in devastated Gaza on Tuesday, even as former Israeli army and intelligence chiefs called for an end to the nearly 22-month war. The new pressure on Netanyahu came as Gaza’s Health Ministry said the
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ST LOUIS (AP) — ST LOUIS (AP) — Spire Inc. (SR) on Tuesday reported fiscal third-quarter net income of $20.9 million. On a per-share basis, the St. Louis-based company said it had net income of 29 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, were 1 cent per share. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average
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By NICHOLAS RICCARDI, LINLEY SANDERS and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Mairekk Griffiths, a 26-year-old cook in a Denver suburb, doesn’t think he’ll ever pay a lot of attention to U.S. politics unless radical change happens. “If another party was likely to win, I’d be interested in that,” said Griffiths, who voted for
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By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Harrison Smith, just like anyone approaching middle age, has learned to accept the realities of getting older. The joints, for one, don’t quite move as effortlessly as they once did. So that’s where the 14th-year free safety for the Minnesota Vikings has aimed his
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has declared that it no longer considers itself bound by a self-imposed moratorium on the deployment of nuclear-capable intermediate range missiles, a warning that potentially sets the stage for a new arms race as tensions between Moscow and Washington rise again over Ukraine. In a statement Monday, the Russian Foreign Ministry
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TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ INTERLEAGUE Final Philadelphia 5 Baltimore 0 Final Houston 7 Miami 3 Final Cleveland 3 N.Y. Mets 2 Final Athletics 16 Washington 7 Final Toronto 10 Colorado 4 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Boston 6 Kansas City 2 Final Minnesota 6 Detroit 3 Final Texas 2 N.Y. Yankees 0 Final Tampa Bay 7
Continue Reading Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Tuesday, Aug. 05. 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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CNN, KCRA, WRGB, STATE OF NEW YORK By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Texas Republicans on Tuesday failed again to move forward with their redistricting efforts despite issuing civil arrest warrants for Democrats who fled the state to stop them. A day after authorizing the warrants against Democrats, Republican House Speaker Dustin Burrows said the
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Kansas City Royals (56-57, third in the AL Central) vs. Boston Red Sox (63-51, second in the AL East) Boston; Tuesday, 7:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Ryan Bergert (1-0, 2.78 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 34 strikeouts); Red Sox: Garrett Crochet (12-4, 2.23 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 175 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Red
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Monday evening’s drawing of the “Missouri Pick 3 Evening” game were: 1, 5, 9 (one, five, nine) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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