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Biden orders US military to set up temporary aid port for Gaza as famine threatens
By Samy Magdy, Abby Sewell, Ellen Knickmeyer And Aamer Madhani, The Associated Press on March 7th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden ordered the U.S. military Thursday to set up a temporary port off the coast of Gaza, joining international partners in trying to carve out a sea route to deliver food and other aid to desperate Palestinian civilians cut off by the Hamas-Israel war and by Israeli restrictions on humanitarian ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Biden uses feisty State of the Union to contrast with Trump, sell voters on a second term
By Zeke Miller And Seung Min Kim, The Associated Press on March 7th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden turned his State of the Union speech Thursday night into an animated argument for a second term as he laced into GOP front-runner Donald Trump for espousing “resentment, revenge and retribution” and jeopardizing freedom at home and abroad. Over and over, Biden delivered broadsides at “my predecessor” without mentioning ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Biden using State of the Union to contrast with Trump, sell voters on a second term
By Zeke Miller And Seung Min Kim, The Associated Press on March 7th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – Urging voters to reject “resentment, revenge and retribution,” President Joe Biden used his State of the Union address Thursday to make his case for a second term to a dispirited electorate and to warn that GOP front-runner Donald Trump would be a dangerous alternative. His speech from the House rostrum, delivered just ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hong Kong’s new national security bill includes stiff penalties and more power to suppress dissent
By Kanis Leung And Zen Soo, The Associated Press on March 7th, 2024
HONG KONG (AP) – Hong Kong unveiled a new national security bill Friday that proposes up to life imprisonment for offenses like treason and insurrection, a move deepening worries over further erosion of the city’s freedoms after Beijing imposed a similar law four years ago that all but wiped out dissent. The proposed law will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Democrat Min to face Republican Baugh in California’s competitive 47th Congressional District
By The Associated Press on March 7th, 2024
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Democratic state Sen. Dave Min has advanced to the November general election in California’s competitive 47th Congressional District. He’ll face Republican Scott Baugh, a former state lawmaker. The Orange County seat may be key to determining which party controls the House. It’s currently held by Democratic Rep. Katie Porter, who decided ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hong Kong proposes life terms for treason and insurrection in new national security bill
By Kanis Leung And Zen Soo, The Associated Press on March 7th, 2024
HONG KONG (AP) – Hong Kong unveiled a new national security bill Friday that proposes up to life imprisonment for offenses like treason and insurrection, a move deepening worries over further erosion of the city’s freedoms after Beijing imposed a similar law four years ago that all but wiped out dissent. The proposed law will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Uvalde parents angered by new report that clears city police of missteps during Texas school attack
By Acacia Coronado, The Associated Press on March 7th, 2024
UVALDE, Texas (AP) – An investigation Uvalde city leaders ordered into the Robb Elementary School shooting put no blame on local police officers and defended their actions Thursday, despite acknowledging a series of rippling failures during the fumbled response to the 2022 classroom attack that left 19 children and two teachers dead. Several family members ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gunmen abduct 287 students in the latest school attack in Nigeria’s northwest, headteacher says
By Chinedu Asadu, The Associated Press on March 7th, 2024
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) – Gunmen attacked a school in Nigeria’s northwest region Thursday and abducted at least 287 students, the headteacher told authorities, marking the second mass abduction in the West African nation in less than a week. Abductions of students from schools in northern Nigeria are common and have become a source of concern ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Uvalde parents lash out after new report clears city police of missteps during Texas school attack
By Acacia Coronado, The Associated Press on March 7th, 2024
UVALDE, Texas (AP) – An investigation Uvalde city leaders ordered into the Robb Elementary School shooting cleared local police officers of missteps Thursday, despite acknowledging a series of rippling failures during the fumbled response to the 2022 classroom attack that left 19 children and two teachers dead. Several family members of victims walked out in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!287 students abducted by gunmen in the latest school attack in Nigeria’s northwest, headteacher says
By Chinedu Asadu, The Associated Press on March 7th, 2024
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) – Gunmen attacked a school in Nigeria’s northwest region Thursday morning and abducted at least 287 students, the headteacher told authorities, marking the second mass abduction in the West African nation in less than a week. Locals told The Associated Press the assailants surrounded the government-owned school in Kaduna State’s Kuriga town ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Uvalde parents lash out after new report clears city police of wrongdoing during 2022 school attack
By Acacia Coronado, The Associated Press on March 7th, 2024
UVALDE, Texas (AP) – An investigation Uvalde city leaders ordered into the Robb Elementary School shooting cleared local police officers of wrongdoing Thursday, despite acknowledging a series of rippling failures during the fumbled response to the 2022 classroom attack that left 19 children and two teachers dead. Several family members of victims walked out in ... Read More »
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