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TULKAREM, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli military said it killed five more West Bank militants, including a local commander, as it pressed ahead Thursday with its deadliest operation in the occupied territory since the start of the war in Gaza . Israel says the raids across the northern West Bank — which have killed […]

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday defended shifting away from some of her more liberal positions in her first major television interview of her presidential campaign, but insisted her “values have not changed” even as she is “seeking consensus.” Sitting with her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz Harris was asked […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s campaign was warned about not taking photographs before an altercation at Arlington National Cemetery during a wreath-laying ceremony earlier this week to honor service members killed in the Afghanistan War withdrawal, a defense official told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a […]

By STEVE LeBLANC Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey launched a $1 million taxpayer-funded initiative in June designed to discourage people from seeking help from “crisis pregnancy centers” that are typically religiously affiliated and counsel clients against having abortions. The campaign includes ads on social media, billboards […]

By COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL BALSAMO Published [hour]: [minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]   WASHINGTON (AP) — No fingerprints or DNA turned up on the baggie of cocaine found in a lobby at the White House last week despite a sophisticated FBI crime lab analysis, and surveillance footage of the area didn’t identify a suspect,… […]

Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] At least nine people have died after being infected with listeria from Boar’s Head deli meats tied to a massive recall last month, federal health officials said Wednesday. The new food poisoning toll includes two deaths in South Carolina plus one each in Florida, New Mexico, Tennessee and […]

VENICE, Italy (AP) — The 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival kicked off in Hollywood fashion with the world premiere of “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” Wednesday evening on the Lido. To make the sequel, Tim Burton reunited with several key cast members from his 1988 horror-comedy, including Michael Keaton playing the titular ghoul, Catherine O’Hara, and […]

AL-FARAA REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Israeli forces launched a large operation in the occupied West Bank overnight and into Wednesday, killing at least 10 Hamas militants, carrying out arrests and sealing off the volatile city of Jenin. The ongoing operation was among the largest in the West Bank in months, and a reminder […]

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s tourist hotspot of Waikiki is known for bikinis, shopping and surfboards. But resident Andrew Roberts has recently introduced a different item on evening walks through his neighborhood: a long-poled battle-axe. Roberts, director of the nonprofit Hawaii Firearms Coalition, has been […]

Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for the state of Florida say the execution of a man with Parkinson’s symptoms should not be delayed, despite his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court challenging the state’s lethal injection procedures. Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody argued that Loran Cole waited too […]