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More than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, the territory’s Health Ministry says

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - More than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, the territory's Health Ministry said Thursday. Israel's offensive has also wounded 92,4...

Aug 15, 2024

Australian Olympic Committee hits out at criticism of controversial breaker Rachael Gunn

SYDNEY (AP) - The Australian Olympic Committee has criticized an anonymous online petition attacking controversial Paris Games breaking competitor Rachael Gunn, saying the petition was "vexatious, mis...

Aug 14, 2024

The president of Columbia University has resigned, effective immediately

NEW YORK (AP) - Columbia University President Minouche Shafik resigned Wednesday after a brief, tumultuous tenure that saw the head of the prestigious New York university grapple with protests over th...

Aug 14, 2024

Ruling: Fetus can be referred to as 'unborn human being' in Arizona abortion measure voter pamphlet

PHOENIX (AP) - An informational pamphlet for Arizona voters who will decide in the fall whether to guarantee a constitutional right to an abortion can refer to a fetus as an "unborn human being," the ...

Aug 14, 2024

Ernesto has intensified into a hurricane and is on a path toward Bermuda, forecasters say

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Ernesto intensified Wednesday into a hurricane over the Caribbean and is on a path toward Bermuda, forecasters said. The storm had maximum sustained winds of 120 kph (75 m...

Aug 14, 2024

Judge rejects Donald Trump's latest demand to step aside from hush money criminal case

NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump has lost his latest bid for a new judge in his hush money case as it heads toward a key ruling and potential sentencing next month. Judge Juan M. Merchan on Wednesday decl...

Aug 14, 2024

Thai Prime Minister Srettha is removed from office by a court order over an ethics violation

BANGKOK (AP) - A court in Thailand on Wednesday removed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin from office over an ethical violation, further shaking up Thai politics after the court-ordered dissolution of t...

Aug 14, 2024

Confusion over new legislative district leads to ballot error in northern Wisconsin Assembly primary

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A local election clerk failed to realize that Wisconsin's new legislative maps moved a rural town into a new district, leading to an administrative error that could disenfranchise...

Aug 13, 2024

Americans give Harris an advantage over Trump on honesty and discipline, an AP-NORC poll finds

WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Kamala Harris has a perceived advantage over former President Donald Trump on several leadership qualities such as honesty, a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC C...

Aug 13, 2024

Houston’s former mayor is the Democrats’ nominee to succeed the late US Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee

HOUSTON (AP) - Former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner was picked Tuesday as the Democrats' nominee to succeed the late U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who died last month after being diagnosed with pancr...

Aug 13, 2024