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Israel’s Netanyahu set to address the US Congress on July 24, AP source says
By Farnoush Amiri, Lisa Mascaro And Mary Clare Jalonick, The Associated Press on June 6th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to address a joint meeting of Congress on July 24, according to a person familiar with the matter. Congressional leaders last week formally invited Netanyahu to come speak, delivering the most recent show of wartime support for the longtime ally despite mounting political divisions over ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israeli strike kills at least 33 people at a Gaza school the military claims was being used by Hamas
By Wafaa Shurafa And Samy Magdy, The Associated Press on June 6th, 2024
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – An Israeli strike early Thursday on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in central Gaza killed at least 33 people, including 12 women and children, according to local health officials. The Israeli military said that Hamas militants were operating from within the school. It was the latest instance of mass ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US to send new $225 million military aid package to Ukraine, officials say.
By Lolita C. Baldor And Matthew Lee, The Associated Press on June 6th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. will send about $225 million in military aid to Ukraine, U.S. officials said Thursday, in a new package that includes ammunition Kyiv’s forces could use to strike threats inside Russia to defend the city of Kharkiv from a heavy Russian assault. The officials said the aid includes munitions for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Widow of Beau Biden tells jurors in Hunter Biden’s gun trial that she threw firearm in a trash can
By Michael Kunzelman, Randall Chase, Colleen Long And Mike Catalini, The Associated Press on June 6th, 2024
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) – The widow of Hunter Biden’s brother told jurors in his federal gun trial Thursday about the moment she found the revolver in his truck, describing how she put it into a leather pouch, stuffed it into a shopping bag and tossed it in a trash can outside a market near her ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Texas sheriff says 7 suspects arrested, 11 migrants hospitalized after sting near San Antonio
By The Associated Press on June 6th, 2024
SAN ANTONIO (AP) – Seven migrant smuggling suspects have been arrested and 11 migrants were hospitalized after a law enforcement sting Thursday near San Antonio. Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said a total of 26 migrants were found at a house in South Bexar County. Of those, 11 were taken to a hospital with heat-related ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dutch exit poll suggests neck and neck race between far right and center left in EU election
By Mike Corder And Raf Casert, The Associated Press on June 6th, 2024
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – A final exit poll suggested Thursday that Geert Wilders’ far-right party made big gains and was in a neck and neck race with a center-left alliance in Dutch elections for the European Union parliament. In a possible harbinger of strong electoral gains for the hard right in the Europe Union, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dutch exit poll points toward neck and neck race between far right, center left for EU elections
By Mike Corder And Raf Casert, The Associated Press on June 6th, 2024
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – An exit poll suggested Thursday that Geert Wilders’ far-right party and a center-left-alliance were neck-and-neck in Dutch elections for the European Union parliament. In a possible harbinger of strong electoral gains for the hard right in the Europe Union, the exit poll indicated that Wilders’ Party for Freedom had made ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Giraffe’s nibble turns into airborne safari adventure for Texas toddler
By The Associated Press on June 6th, 2024
GLEN ROSE, Texas (AP) – A Texas family got a brief scare when a nibble from a giraffe turned a 2-year-old’s safari visit into an airborne adventure. Paisley Toten was in the bed of a pickup truck on June 1 when her family drove through the Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, where visitors can see exotic ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man charged in Gilgo Beach serial killings kept ‘blueprint’ of crimes on computer, prosecutors say
By Philip Marcelo, The Associated Press on June 6th, 2024
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) – The New York architect accused of murdering multiple women and leaving their corpses scattered along the Long Island coast kept a “blueprint” of his crimes on his computer, prosecutors revealed Thursday as they brought charges against Rex Heuermann in two more killings. Heuermann, 60, appeared before a judge to be arraigned ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A court ruling will allow new student housing at University of California, Berkeley’s People’s Park.
By The Associated Press on June 6th, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A California Supreme Court ruling will allow student housing at University of California to be built at Berkeley’s historic People’s Park. The court on Thursday ruled that a new law enacted in 2021 invalidates the claims by two local organizations that sued the school, saying students living in downtown Berkeley would ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump ally Steve Bannon must surrender to prison by July 1 to start contempt sentence, judge says
By Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press on June 6th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, must report to prison by July 1 to serve his four-month sentence for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the attack on the U.S. Capitol, a federal judge ruled Thursday. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols in Washington granted prosecutors’ ... Read More »
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