Like many Americans, Jewish students’ views on the war in Gaza and the broader Israeli-Palestinian conflict are wide-ranging and often nuanced.
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Heavy rains over Texas have led to water rescues, school cancellations and orders to evacuate
A flash flood warning was also in effect in the Houston-area on Friday morning.
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Michael Cohen hasn’t taken the stand in Trump’s hush money trial. But jurors are hearing his words
Jurors on Thursday heard a potentially crucial piece of evidence: a recording of Trump and Cohen discussing a plan to pay off an ex-Playboy model who claimed to have an affair with Trump.
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I-95 in Connecticut to be closed for days after fiery crash damages bridge, governor says
A tanker truck carrying 8,500 gallons of fuel crashed in Norwalk on Thursday morning. There were no injuries but there was significant damage to a highway overpass, which must now be demolished.
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Russian trainers move to Niger airbase where small number of U.S. troops remain
The arrival of Russian trainers in the West African country about 3 weeks ago came in the wake of Niger’s decision to order out all U.S. troops.
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Death toll jumps to at least 48 as a search continues in southern China highway collapse
One side of the four-lane highway in the city of Meizhou gave way about 2 a.m. on Wednesday after a month of heavy rains in Guangdong province.
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A wild orangutan used a medicinal plant to treat a wound, scientists say
Previous research has documented several species of great apes foraging for medicines in forests to heal themselves, but scientists hadn’t yet seen an animal treat itself in this way.
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Hamas is sending a delegation to Egypt for further cease-fire talks in the latest sign of progress
The current proposal would bring an immediate six-week cease-fire in Gaza and partial release of Israeli hostages.
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New form of mpox found in Congo’s biggest outbreak
The disease may spread more easily spread among people but it seems to have a lower death rate, authorities said.
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Man who bragged he ‘fed’ an officer to the mob of Capitol rioters gets nearly 5 years in prison
Jack Wade Whitton struck an officer with a metal crutch and dragged him – head first and face down – into the crowd on the Capitol’s Lower West Terrace.