Emotional outburst on live TV from Gaza over death of reporter encapsulates collective grief | AP News (apnews.com)
Fall back: How daylight saving time can seriously affect your health (apnews.com)
Can Trump be on the ballot in 2024? It can hinge on the meaning of 'insurrection' (apnews.com)
Liberal groups have filed lawsuits in Colorado, Minnesota and other states to bar Trump from the ballot, citing a rarely used constitutional prohibition against holding office for those who swore an oath to uphold the Constitution but then “engaged in insurrection” against it. The two-sentence clause in the 14th Amendment...
Blinken warns Israel that humanitarian conditions in Gaza must improve to have 'partners for peace' (apnews.com)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is warning Israel that it risks destroying an eventual possibility for peace unless it acts swiftly to improve humanitarian conditions in Gaza for Palestinian civilians as it intensifies its war against Hamas.
Blinken warns Israel that humanitarian conditions in Gaza must improve to have 'partners for peace' (apnews.com)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is warning Israel that it risks destroying an eventual possibility for peace unless it acts swiftly to improve humanitarian conditions in Gaza for Palestinian civilians as it intensifies its war against Hamas.
Netanyahu has sidestepped accountability for failing to prevent Hamas attack, instead blaming others (apnews.com)
A growing list of Israeli officials have accepted responsibility for failing to prevent Hamas’ brutal attack on Israeli communities during the Oct. 7 incursion that triggered the current Israel-Hamas war. Conspicuously absent from that roll call is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu....
Justice Department opens civil rights probes into South Carolina jails beset by deaths and violence (apnews.com)
Two South Carolina jails where incarcerated people have died violently at the hands of employees or others held behind bars are under federal investigation, the U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday....
Thousands of Bangladesh’s garment factory workers take to the streets demanding better wages (apnews.com)
Newspaper publisher and reporter arrested and accused of revealing grand jury information (apnews.com)
A smalltown newspaper publisher and reporter in Alabama were arrested after authorities accused them of publishing an article that revealed information about a grand jury investigation involving the local school system.
Israeli troops advance toward Gaza City as the Palestinian death toll rises above 9,000 (apnews.com)
The US sanctions more foreign firms in a bid to choke off Russia's supplies for its war in Ukraine (apnews.com)
The United States on Thursday imposed a new round of sanctions on 130 firms and people from Turkey, China and the United Arab Emirates in an effort to choke off Russia’s access to tools and equipment that support its invasion of Ukraine....
Mormon church sued again over how it uses tithing contributions from members (apnews.com)
Australian police arrest host of lunch that left 3 guests dead from suspected mushroom poisoning (apnews.com)
At 15, he is defending his home and parenting his sister. One young man's struggle to stay in school (apnews.com)
Time is running out on high school, yet millions of students aren’t showing up to class every day. When they do make it, untold numbers are so consumed with their troubles that they struggle to learn. Others have disappeared from school altogether....
State is paying fired Tennessee vaccine chief $150K in lawsuit settlement (apnews.com)
The state of Tennessee has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a federal lawsuit by its former vaccine leader over her firing during the COVID-19 pandemic....
Judge indicates she may delay Trump trial on charges he hid classified documents at Mar-a-Lago (apnews.com)
A federal judge in Florida indicated Wednesday that she may delay the start of the classified documents trial of Donald Trump, pointing to the other criminal cases the former president is facing as well as the mounds of evidence his attorneys need to review....
Man trapped in jewelry vault overnight is freed when timer opens the chamber as scheduled (apnews.com)
NEW YORK (AP) — A man was trapped inside a steel-reinforced concrete jewelry vault in New York City overnight after firefighters had to abandon an attempt to rescue him for safety reasons. Fortunately, the vault was on a timer and opened on its own Wednesday morning, officials said.
Delta says pilot accused of threatening to shoot the captain no longer works for the airline (apnews.com)
Bob Knight, Indiana’s combustible coaching giant, dies at age 83 (apnews.com)
A media freedom group accuses Israel and Hamas of war crimes and reports deaths of 34 journalists (apnews.com)
Donald Trump’s sons Don Jr. and Eric will testify at fraud trial that threatens the family’s empire (apnews.com)
Maine gunman may have targeted businesses over delusions they were disparaging him online (apnews.com)
Maine State Police documents released Tuesday shed light on why a delusional U.S. Army reservist who killed 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston may have targeted those locations....
The US infant mortality rate rose last year. The CDC says it’s the largest increase in two decades (apnews.com)
The U.S. infant mortality rate rose 3% last year — the largest increase in two decades, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
Largest Christian university in US faces record fine after federal probe into alleged deception | AP News (apnews.com)
Biden administration takes on JetBlue as its fight against industry consolidation goes to court (apnews.com)
The Biden administration’s fight against consolidation in the airline industry is being tested Tuesday as lawyers for JetBlue Airways and the Justice Department squared off in court....