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NEW HOMES – Tents are crammed together as displaced Palestinians camp on the beach, west of Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Aug. 20. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Associated PressAugust 23, 2024

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Israel’s evacuation orders have displaced 90% of Gaza residents, UN says GAZA (AP) – Successive Israeli evacuation orders in Gaza,…

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MORE DEATHS – Palestinian women mourn a relative killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, at a hospital in Deir al-Balah, Thursday, Aug. 22. (AP Photo / Abdel Kareem Hana)

Associated PressAugust 22, 2024

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Israeli strikes kill at least 16 in Gaza, Palestinian officials say GAZA (AP) – Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes…

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MORE CHALLENGES – A man works next to a destroyed home after rockets struck in Katzrin, in the Israel-annexed Golan Heights, Wednesday, Aug. 21. Lebanon's Hezbollah has launched more than 50 rockets, hitting a number of private homes in the area. (AP Photo / Ariel Schalit)

Associated PressAugust 21, 2024

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Hezbollah fires more than 50 rockets, hitting Israel-annexed Golan Heights ISRAEL (AP) – Lebanon’s Hezbollah on Wednesday launched more than…

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SEARCH CONTINUES – In this frame grab taken from footage released by the Italian Firefighters Tuesday, Aug. 20, scuba divers on the scene of the search for a missing boat, in Porticello, southern Italy. Rescue teams and divers returned to the site of a storm-sunken superyacht Tuesday to search for six people, including British tech magnate Mike Lynch, who are believed to be still trapped in the hull 50 metres (164-feet) underwater. (Italian Firefighters via AP, HO)

Associated PressAugust 20, 2024

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Tech tycoon, defence attorney, and Morgan Stanley banker among those missing in freak yacht sinking By: Kelvin Chan LONDON (AP)…

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LEGEND PASSES – Phil Donahue attends the 2019 American Icon Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on May 19, 2019, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision / AP, File)

Associated PressAugust 19, 2024

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Phil Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre, has died By: Julie Carr Smyth (AP) –…

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INVESTIGATION CONTINUES – Matthew Perry appears at the 2022 GQ Men of the Year Party in West Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan / Invision/AP, File)

Associated PressAugust 16, 2024

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Perry’s death leads to indictment of five people By: Andrew Dalton And Kaitlyn Huamani LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nearly 10…

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JAILED – Ksenia Karelina, also known as Khavana, sits in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 15. A Russian court on Thursday sentenced the U.S.-Russian dual national to 12 years in prison on a treason conviction for allegedly raising money for the Ukrainian military. (AP Photo)

Associated PressAugust 15, 2024

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U.S.-Russian dual national jailed for 12 years on treason charges for $52 donation to Ukraine YEKATERINBURG, Russia (AP) — U.S.-Russian…

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HURRICANE STRENGTH NOW – Tourists sit on La Pared beach as Tropical Storm Ernesto passes by Luquillo, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Aug. 13. (AP Photo / Alejandro Granadillo)

Associated PressAugust 14, 2024

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Ernesto becomes a hurricane after pummelling northeast Caribbean and knocking out power in the region By: Dánica Coto SAN JUAN,…

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CROSS-BORDER INCURSIONS – In this photo taken from a video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Monday, Aug. 12, Russian Army "Grad" self-propelled 122 mm multiple rocket launcher fires rockets toward Ukrainian position at an undisclosed location. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service photo via AP)

Associated PressAugust 13, 2024

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Russia says it thwarted a Ukrainian charge to expand its incursion. Kyiv says it won’t occupy land By: Illia Novikov…

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SCATTERED REMNANTS – The debris at the site where an airplane crashed with 61 people on board, in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, early on Saturday, Aug. 10. Brazilian authorities are working to piece together what exactly caused the plane crash in Sao Paulo state the previous day, killing all 61 people aboard. (AP Photo / Andre Penner)

Associated PressAugust 12, 2024

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Rescuers retrieve remains of all 62 passengers in Brazil plane crash. Families gather in Sao Paulo By: Mauricio Savarese, Gabriela…

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