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Israeli strike kills at least 33 people at a Gaza school the military claims was being used by Hamas

Jun. 06, 2024 05:36 AM EDT

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

Jun. 06, 2024 00:49 AM EDT

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...

The sun rises over Normandy's beaches on D-Day's 80th anniversary

Jun. 06, 2024 05:44 AM EDT

UTAH BEACH, France (AP) — As the sun sets on the D-Day generation, it rose again over Normandy beaches where soldiers fought and died exactly 80 years ago Thursday, kicking off intense anniversary commemorations against the backdrop of renewed war in Europe, in Ukraine. ...

Jurors in Hunter Biden's trial hear from the clerk who sold him the gun at the center of the case

Jun. 06, 2024 00:10 AM EDT

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

Jun. 06, 2024 00:14 AM EDT

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

Jun. 06, 2024 04:05 AM EDT

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

Jun. 06, 2024 05:34 AM EDT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain will ask a United Nations court for permission to join South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, its foreign minister announced Thursday. Spain is the first European country to take the step after South Africa filed its case with the...

Tornado hits Michigan without warning, killing toddler, while twister in Maryland injures 5

Jun. 06, 2024 01:24 AM EDT

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

Jun. 06, 2024 00:16 AM EDT

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

Jun. 06, 2024 00:10 AM EDT

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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French President Macron tells D-Day veterans ''France will never forget'' their battle to liberate Europe from the Nazis

Jun. 06, 2024 06:15 AM EDT
VER-SUR-MER, France (AP) — French President Macron tells D-Day veterans ''France will never forget'' their battle to liberate Europe from the Nazis.

King Charles III honors a generation that fought, died and waited for freedom

Jun. 06, 2024 06:14 AM EDT

VER-SUR-Mer, France (AP) — King Charles III came to northern France on Thursday to honor the 22,442 British troops who died in the Battle of Normandy. He also came to honor a generation. It is a generation that sacrificed and fought and died and waited through five...

In the UK's top baseball league, crowds are small, babysitters are key and the Mets are a dynasty

Jun. 06, 2024 06:07 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — This might be the year, mate. The London Mets are the defending champs, but they're looking beatable. The London Capitals have been close, and they've got ace pitcher Masa Hashiguchi. Talk about a subway series. These two National...

Opening arguments starting in class-action lawsuit against NFL by 'Sunday Ticket' subscribers

Jun. 06, 2024 06:03 AM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Opening arguments were expected to begin Thursday in federal court in a class-action lawsuit filed by “Sunday Ticket” subscribers claiming the NFL broke antitrust laws. The lawsuit was filed in 2015 and has withstood numerous challenges, including a dismissal...

The Latest | D-Day's 80th anniversary brings World War II veterans back to the beaches of Normandy

Jun. 06, 2024 05:53 AM EDT

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...

South Africa's president attends a key meeting of his party over how to form a new government

Jun. 06, 2024 05:50 AM EDT

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was meeting with senior officials of the African National Congress on Thursday to decide how to go about forming a government after the party lost its 30-year grip on power and left a post-election deadlock. The...

The sun rises over Normandy's beaches on D-Day's 80th anniversary

Jun. 06, 2024 05:44 AM EDT

UTAH BEACH, France (AP) — As the sun sets on the D-Day generation, it rose again over Normandy beaches where soldiers fought and died exactly 80 years ago Thursday, kicking off intense anniversary commemorations against the backdrop of renewed war in Europe, in Ukraine. ...

German chancellor vows to deport criminals following brutal attack by Afghan migrant

Jun. 06, 2024 05:43 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed Thursday that Germany will start deporting criminals from Afghanistan and Syria again after a knife attack by an Afghan immigrant last week left one police officer dead and four more people injured. The brutal attack in Mannheim, which...

The UN says a quarter of the world's children under 5 have severe food poverty. Many are in Africa

Jun. 06, 2024 05:37 AM EDT

KALTUNGO, Nigeria (AP) — The 9-month-old twins cried nonstop and tugged at their mother, seeking attention but also food. They had received little in the past 24 hours, and there were signs of deeper hunger in the heads too big for their tiny bodies. “Not much milk comes out,”...

Israeli strike kills at least 33 people at a Gaza school the military claims was being used by Hamas

Jun. 06, 2024 05:36 AM EDT

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...