Today: October 05, 2024
Today: October 05, 2024

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The Latest | Death toll climbs after airstrikes and rocket fire on Lebanon-Israel border

A series of Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon has killed at least 16 people, including paramedics

The Latest | Death toll climbs after airstrikes and rocket fire on Lebanon-Israel border
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The Latest | Hezbollah launches rockets into Israel after an Israeli strike kills 7 in Lebanon

Around 30 rockets were launched from Lebanon toward northern Israel on Wednesday morning, according to the Israeli military

The Latest | Hezbollah launches rockets into Israel after an Israeli strike kills 7 in Lebanon
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March Madness: TV ratings slightly up over last year despite Sunday's blowouts

The first three days of the NCAA Tournament attracted record ratings, only to see the momentum stifled due to Sunday’s games being blowouts

March Madness: TV ratings slightly up over last year despite Sunday's blowouts
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Biden administration approves the nation's seventh large offshore wind project

The Biden administration greenlit the seventh large offshore wind project in the United States Tuesday

Biden administration approves the nation's seventh large offshore wind project
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Live updates | 6 construction workers are missing after bridge collapse

Officials say that six people remain unaccounted for after the bridge collapse, and that all are believed to have been working on it at the time

Live updates | 6 construction workers are missing after bridge collapse
Technology

A list of major US bridge collapses caused by ships and barges

A world shipping association says there have been at least 35 major bridge collapses worldwide from 1960 to 2015 due to ship or barge collision with a total of more than 340 killed

A list of major US bridge collapses caused by ships and barges
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The Latest | Hamas rejects the latest cease-fire proposal, saying Israel is ignoring its key demands

Hamas has rejected the latest cease-fire proposal, accusing Israel of ignoring its core demands, which include an end to the war and a full withdrawal from Gaza

The Latest | Hamas rejects the latest cease-fire proposal, saying Israel is ignoring its key demands
News

Is there a winner of the $800 million Powerball jackpot? The numbers have been drawn

The numbers have been drawn for the estimated $800 million Powerball jackpot that has grown so large thanks to nearly three dozen consecutive drawings without a winner of the top prize

Is there a winner of the $800 million Powerball jackpot? The numbers have been drawn
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The Latest | Aid groups describe an 'unimaginable' situation after visiting a packed Gaza hospital

Aid groups that visited a packed Gaza hospital have described an “unimaginable” situation in which large open wounds were left untreated

The Latest | Aid groups describe an 'unimaginable' situation after visiting a packed Gaza hospital
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Chick-Fil-A backtracks from its no-antibiotics-in-chicken pledge, blames projected supply shortages

The fast-food chain Chick-Fil-A backtracked from its decade-old “no antibiotics ever” pledge intended to help prevent human antibiotic resistance linked to the rampant use of the drugs in livestock production

Chick-Fil-A backtracks from its no-antibiotics-in-chicken pledge, blames projected supply shortages
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Concert hall attack dents Putin's tough image. He tries to use it to rally support for Ukraine war

The attack on a Moscow-area concert hall that killed scores of people has dealt a major blow to President Vladimir Putin's image as a tough guy who is able to defend Russia from all threats

Concert hall attack dents Putin's tough image. He tries to use it to rally support for Ukraine war
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The Moscow concert hall attack wasn't the first during Putin's 25-year rule

The attack on a Moscow concert hall in which armed men opened fire and set the building ablaze, killing at least 133 people, was the latest in a long series of bombings and sieges that have unsettled and outraged Russians during Vladimir Putin’s nearly quarter-century as either prime minister or president

The Moscow concert hall attack wasn't the first during Putin's 25-year rule
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Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden announce birth of 'awesome' baby boy, Cardinal, in Instagram post

Star couple Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden say they are “blessed and grateful” to have welcomed a baby boy

Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden announce birth of 'awesome' baby boy, Cardinal, in Instagram post
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Russia attacks Ukrainian electrical power facilities, including major hydroelectric plant

Russia has attacked electrical power facilities in much of Ukraine, including the country’s largest hydroelectric plant, causing widespread outages

Russia attacks Ukrainian electrical power facilities, including major hydroelectric plant
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The Latest | Blinken arrives in Israel for talks as UN prepares to vote on a cease-fire resolution

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Tel Aviv, Israel, on the final stop in his sixth urgent trip to the region since the start of the war

The Latest | Blinken arrives in Israel for talks as UN prepares to vote on a cease-fire resolution
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Betting scandal with Ohtani's interpreter is far from the first in professional sports

Sports and gambling are once again in the spotlight in the wake of the Los Angeles Dodgers firing Ippei Mizuhara, the interpreter and close friend of newly acquired star player Shohei Ohtani

Betting scandal with Ohtani's interpreter is far from the first in professional sports
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After preordained election, Putin claims vote proves public support for his policies

President Vladimir Putin has thanked Russians for casting ballots in a presidential vote in which he cemented his grip on the country for another six years after the harshest crackdown on dissent since Soviet times

After preordained election, Putin claims vote proves public support for his policies
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The Latest | Gaps are narrowing in Israel-Hamas cease-fire talks, Blinken says during Mideast visit

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the “gaps are narrowing” in indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas over another cease-fire and hostage release that the U.S., Egypt and Qatar have spent several weeks trying to broker

The Latest | Gaps are narrowing in Israel-Hamas cease-fire talks, Blinken says during Mideast visit
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Russia’s Belgorod region is under attack again from Ukraine. Why does it keep getting targeted?

Russia’s Belgorod region has come under increasing Ukrainian attacks this month as the invasion by Moscow grinds into its third year

Russia’s Belgorod region is under attack again from Ukraine. Why does it keep getting targeted?
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The Latest | Palestinians mourn 28 killed in Israeli airstrikes on urban refugee camps in Gaza

Mourners were holding funeral prayers Wednesday morning outside a hospital in central Gaza for 28 people killed in three separate Israeli airstrikes on urban refugee camps

The Latest | Palestinians mourn 28 killed in Israeli airstrikes on urban refugee camps in Gaza
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Russia says it will evacuate 9,000 children from a border region targeted from the Ukrainian side

Officials say a Russian border region plans to evacuate some 9,000 children from the area that is being continuously shelled from the Ukrainian side

Russia says it will evacuate 9,000 children from a border region targeted from the Ukrainian side
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The Latest | Incoming Palestinian prime minister lays out postwar plans for devastated Gaza

The incoming Palestinian prime minister has laid out wide-ranging plans for a revitalized Palestinian Authority and an independent trust fund to oversee Gaza’s reconstruction in a mission statement acquired Tuesday by The Associated Press

The Latest | Incoming Palestinian prime minister lays out postwar plans for devastated Gaza
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UnitedHealth says it has made progress on recovering from a massive cyberattack

UnitedHealth Group is testing software for submitting medical claims as it continues to recover from a cyberattack that disrupted care billing systems

UnitedHealth says it has made progress on recovering from a massive cyberattack
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Reactions as Vladimir Putin secures a fifth term as Russia's president after tightly controlled vote

Vladimir Putin has secured an unprecedented fifth term as president of Russia

Reactions as Vladimir Putin secures a fifth term as Russia's president after tightly controlled vote
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Putin says Russia is planning a buffer zone to protect against Ukrainian cross-border attacks

Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country won’t relent in its invasion of Ukraine, with one of its goals being to establish a buffer zone along the border to protect against long-range Ukrainian strikes and cross-border raids

Putin says Russia is planning a buffer zone to protect against Ukrainian cross-border attacks

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