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HARISH, Israel (AP) — The sound of children and music echoed down a narrow basement hallway in Israel as they scrambled in a pool of balls, climbed on a jungle gym, munched popcorn and laughed.The atmosphere changed suddenly on that Saturday last month, as at least a dozen religious men appeared and blocked the entrance,… […]

By KEN MORITSUGU Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] BEIJING (AP) — Italy and China signed a three-year action plan on Sunday to implement past agreements and experiment with new forms of cooperation, Italy’s Prime Minister Georgia Meloni said on an official visit to the Chinese capital. Meloni is trying to reset relations with […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has raised $200 million since she emerged as the likely Democratic presidential nominee last week, an eyepopping haul in her race against the Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump . The campaign, which announced its latest fundraising total on Sunday, said the bulk of the donations — […]

By JEROME PUGMIRE Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] PARIS (AP) — Paris Olympics organizers apologized to anyone who was offended by a tableau that evoked Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” during the glamorous opening ceremony but defended the concept behind it Sunday. Da Vinci’s painting depicts the moment when Jesus Christ declared […]

Marvel is back on top with “ Deadpool & Wolverine .” The comic-book movie made a staggering $205 million in its first weekend in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. It shattered the opening record for R-rated films previously held by the first “Deadpool” ($132 million) and notched a spot in the top […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Kash Patel was not part of a Signal chat in which other Trump administration national security officials discussed detailed attack plans but that didn’t spare him from being questioned by lawmakers this week about whether the nation’s premier law enforcement agency would investigate. Patel made no such commitments during the […]

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — The alleged leader of the violent MS-13 street gang on the East Coast has been arrested in Virginia, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday. Bondi lauded the the early morning arrest of the 24-year-old man from El Salvador, who […]

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] TOKYO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva swiped Thursday at U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to raise U.S. tariffs on a wide range of products, saying Trump should consider the potential harm to the American and global economies. Lula made the comments […]

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s law banning most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy goes into effect Monday, a drastic change that enrages — but doesn’t surprise — Sarah Traxler. When Traxler, an OB-GYN based in Minnesota and the chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood North Central States, went to high school in a […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson disclosed Wednesday that she received a $1,200 congratulatory floral display from Oprah Winfrey and $6,580 in designer clothing for a magazine photo shoot in her first months as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. The details of gifts given to Jackson were among the reports provided… […]