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Palestinian health officials say Israeli airstrike on school killed at least 19 people
By Wafaa Shurafa And Samy Magdy, The Associated Press on July 9th, 2024
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – Palestinian health officials say an apparent Israeli airstrike on a school where displaced people were sheltering in southern Gaza has killed at least 19 Palestinians and wounded dozens more. The Health Ministry and a spokesman for a local hospital confirmed the toll and said it was likely to rise ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Appeals court orders release of woman whose murder conviction was reversed after 43 years in prison
By Heather Hollingsworth, The Associated Press on July 9th, 2024
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – An appellate court has ordered the release of a Missouri woman whose murder conviction was overturned after she served 43 years in prison, but the state attorney general is still trying to keep her behind bars as the case is reviewed. Monday’s ruling by a panel of appeals court judges ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former US Sen. Jim Inhofe, defense hawk who called human-caused climate change a ‘hoax,’ dies at 89
By Ken Miller, The Associated Press on July 9th, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Former Sen. Jim Inhofe, a conservative firebrand known for his strong support of defense spending and his denial that human activity is responsible for the bulk of climate change, has died. He was 89. Inhofe, a powerful fixture in Oklahoma politics for over six decades, died Tuesday morning after he had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma dies at 89
By The Associated Press on July 9th, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe, a conservative firebrand known for his strong support of defense spending and his denial that human activity is responsible for the bulk of climate change, has died. He was 89. Inhofe, a powerful fixture in Oklahoma politics for over six decades, died Tuesday morning, his family said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Indian nationals who were misled into joining the Russian army will be discharged, official says
By Emma Burrows And Krutika Pathi, The Associated Press on July 9th, 2024
India said Tuesday that its nationals who were “misled” into joining the Russian army will be discharged, a development that came as Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his first visit to Moscow since the war in Ukraine began. Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra made the announcement at a briefing in Moscow, following a meeting between ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israeli strike in Syria kills former bodyguard of Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader
By Bassem Mroue, The Associated Press on July 9th, 2024
BEIRUT (AP) – An Israeli strike in Syria Tuesday killed a former personal bodyguard of Hezbollah leader, an official with the Lebanese militant group said. The news comes hours after an Israeli drone strike on a car in Syria near the Syria-Lebanon border was reported by a war monitor and by pro-government radio Sham FM. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rescuers search for dozens buried in an Indonesian landslide that killed at least 17 people
By The Associated Press on July 9th, 2024
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – Rescue workers searched for dozens of missing people Tuesday, digging through tons of mud and the rubble left by a landslide that hit an unauthorized traditional gold mining area on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island and killed at least 11 people. More than 100 villagers were digging for grains of gold Sunday in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Russia’s heaviest bombardment of Kyiv in 4 months kills at least 31 and hits a children’s hospital
By Hanna Arhirova And Illia Novikov, The Associated Press on July 8th, 2024
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russian missiles blasted cities across Ukraine on Monday, damaging the country’s largest children’s hospital and other buildings in a fierce assault that interrupted heart surgeries and forced young cancer patients to take their treatments outdoors. At least 31 people were killed, officials said. The daytime barrage targeted five Ukrainian cities with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Beryl weakens to tropical depression after slamming into Texas as Category 1 hurricane
By Mark Vancleave And Juan A. Lozano, The Associated Press on July 8th, 2024
HOUSTON (AP) – After Tropical Storm Beryl slammed into Texas early Monday, knocking out power to nearly 3 million homes and businesses and killing several people it moved east and weakened to a tropical depression, the National Hurricane Center said Monday evening. Flooding, rains and tornadoes were possible across portions of eastern Texas, Western Louisiana ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Texas officials say restoring electricity will take days after Beryl knocked out power to millions
By Mark Vancleave And Juan A. Lozano, The Associated Press on July 8th, 2024
HOUSTON (AP) – Texas officials say restoring electricity will take days after Beryl came ashore Monday as a Category 1 hurricane and knocked out power to nearly 3 million homes and businesses. Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who is acting governor while Gov. Greg Abbott is out of the country, said CenterPoint Energy was bringing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tropical Storm Beryl topples trees, floods highways and leaves more than 2M without power in Texas
By Mark Vancleave And Juan A. Lozano, The Associated Press on July 8th, 2024
HOUSTON (AP) – Tropical Storm Beryl sped across the Texas coast on Monday, leaving more than 2 million people and businesses without power in the Houston area and unleashing heavy rains that prompted dozens of high-water rescues. The fast-moving tempest threatened to carve a harsh path over several more states in coming days. Within hours ... Read More »
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