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Israeli strike kills at least 33 people at a Gaza school the military claims was being used by Hamas
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli strike early Thursday on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in central Gaza killed more than 30 people, including 23 women and children, according to local health officials. The Israeli military said that Hamas militants were operating from...
Israeli settlers in the West Bank were hit with international sanctions. It only emboldened them
SOUTH HEBRON HILLS, West Bank (AP) — For weeks after being sanctioned by the United States, Yinon Levi struggled to pay the bills, living at his farming outpost atop a hill in the occupied West Bank. But the Israeli settler's problems didn’t last. When the banks froze his...
As the world marks 80th anniversary of D-Day landings, renewed war in Europe is on minds of many
UTAH BEACH, France (AP) — Leaders, veterans and visitors from around the world paid tribute Thursday to the D-Day generation in moving ceremonies on and around the Normandy beaches where the Allies landed exactly 80 years ago, with the war in Ukraine on the minds of many and a common message that...
Jurors in Hunter Biden's trial hear from the clerk who sold him the gun at the center of the case
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jurors in Hunter Biden's criminal trial got a look at the .38 caliber Colt revolver he bought back in October 2018. They saw Form 4473, the firearms transaction record at the center of the case. And they're hearing testimony from the former store clerk who watched as the...
Election certification disputes in a handful of states spark concerns over presidential contest
In Michigan's Upper Peninsula, two Republican members of a county canvassing board last month refused to sign off on the results of an election that led to the recall of three GOP members of the county commission. They did so only after state officials warned them it was their legal duty to record...
Netherlands kicks off 4 days of European Union elections across 27 nations
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Polls opened in the Netherlands on Thursday to kick off four days of voting in European Union parliamentary elections across the 27 member states that are expected to deliver gains for the hard right. Geert Wilders, of the far-right Party for Freedom,...
Spain applies to join South Africa’s case at top UN court accusing Israel of genocide
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain became on Thursday the first European country to ask a United Nations court for permission to join South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza. South Africa filed its case with the International Court of Justice late last year. It alleged...
Tornado hits Michigan without warning, killing toddler, while twister in Maryland injures 5
LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) — A toddler was killed and his mother was injured when a tornado struck suburban Detroit without warning, while five people were injured when a tornado in Maryland collapsed structures and trapped people inside. Officials in Livonia, Michigan, said the tornado...
Migrants are rattled and unsure as deportations begin under new rule halting asylum
DULZURA, Calif. (AP) — Abigail Castillo was about to cross the U.S. border illegally when she heard President Joe Biden was halting asylum. She continued anyway, walking hours through the mountains east of San Diego with her toddler son, hoping it wasn't too late. “I heard that...
A realistic way to protect kids from social media? Find a middle ground
Ahmed Othman isn't on TikTok and doesn't want to be. He and his younger sister got iPhones when they were in eighth and seventh grade respectively, but with no social media, just iMessage. Their parents, who are both computer scientists, spent the next year teaching them about social...
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Editorial Roundup: Louisiana
The Advocate. June 4 , 2024. Editorial: Ideological content has no place in Louisiana public schools Louisiana Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley points proudly to the state’s “new, rigorous social studies standards that teach students about American...
Editorial Roundup: Tennessee - Advisory
Eds: The Tennessee editorial roundup will not move this week due to a lack of editorials of state-wide interest. We will resume the roundup at its normal time on Thursday, June 13, 2024. The APEditorial Roundup: Kentucky
Ashland Daily Independent. May 30, 2024. Editorial: McConnell is right Kentucky’s senior senator, Mitch McConnell, paid a morning visit to Boyd County Tuesday to stop by Pathways and then address a Northeast Kentucky Chamber of Commerce event at UK King’s Daughters...
Editorial Roundup: West Virginia
Gazette-Mail. June 4, 2024. Editorial: Manchin’s switch to independent gets a shrug Sen. Joe Manchin announced Friday that he left the Democratic Party, switching his affiliation to independent, to very little public reaction or fanfare. Perhaps...
Editorial Roundup: New York
New York Post. June 4, 2024. Editorial: Hooray for Hochul: New York leads nation in protecting kids on social media Hand it to Gov. Hochul for wrangling the Legislature into passing first-in-the-nation legislation to regulate social-media feeds for younger kids. ...
Editorial Roundup: Georgia
Valdosta Daily Times. June 3, 2024. Editorial: Constitution change not needed to keep non-citizens from voting Last week, a survey arrived in the mail from Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s organization, Integrity Works for Georgia Action, Inc. It was...
The Latest | D-Day's 80th anniversary brings World War II veterans back to the beaches of Normandy
World War II veterans joined heads of state and others Thursday on the beaches of Normandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The Allied invasion, which began on June 6, 1944, led to the defeat of the Nazis and the end of the war. The assault began with Allied aircraft...
As the world marks 80th anniversary of D-Day landings, renewed war in Europe is on minds of many
UTAH BEACH, France (AP) — Leaders, veterans and visitors from around the world paid tribute Thursday to the D-Day generation in moving ceremonies on and around the Normandy beaches where the Allies landed exactly 80 years ago, with the war in Ukraine on the minds of many and a common message that...
EV sales boom in Nepal, helping to save on oil imports, alleviate smog
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s abundant hydroelectric power is helping the Himalayan nation cut its oil imports and clean up its air, thanks to a boom in sales of electric vehicles. Nearly all of the electricity produced in Nepal is clean energy, most of it generated by...
Russian court begins trial of US soldier arrested on theft charges
MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Russia's far eastern city of Vladivostok on Thursday began the trial of an American soldier arrested in the city earlier this year on charges of stealing. Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, 34, flew to Vladivostok, a Pacific port city, to see his girlfriend and was...
