Hamas has survived the killing of several top leaders across more than three decades, while maintaining a high degree of internal cohesion – and tapping Yahya Sinwar, who tops Israel’s most-wanted list, was a show of defiance.
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U.S. abortion numbers have risen slightly since Roe was overturned, study finds
Numbers went up in places where abortion remains legal until further into pregnancy – and especially in states such as Illinois, Kansas and New Mexico, which border states with bans.
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Hamas names Yahya Sinwar, mastermind of Oct. 7 attacks, as its new leader
Israel’s killings of multiple senior officials in Hamas over recent months left Sinwar as the most prominent figure in the group.
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Nobel laureate to head Bangladesh’s interim government after unrest
Muhammad Yunus has been hailed for bringing thousands out of poverty through a bank he founded that offered microloans to business owners.
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Nissan is developing ‘cool paint’ for cars to keep drivers comfortable
The company says the paint lowered the cars’ roof-panel temperature by 22 degrees Fahrenheit and the interiors by 9 degrees.
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Elon Musk’s X sues advertisers over alleged ‘massive advertiser boycott’ after Twitter takeover
About a year after Musk bought the company, a number of advertisers began fleeing over concerns about ads showing up next to pro-Nazi content and hate speech on the site.
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Judge in Trump’s hush money case delays date for ruling on presidential immunity
The immunity decision had been due Sept. 6, with Trump’s sentencing set for Sept. 18.
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Fossils suggest even smaller ‘hobbits’ roamed an Indonesian island 700,000 years ago
Researchers have debated how Homo floresiensis evolved to be so small and where they fall in the human evolutionary story.
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Tropical Storm Debby drenches Southeast as it drifts along the Atlantic coast
The storm was forecast to move relatively slowly across some of America’s most historic Southern cities.
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Calm returns to Wall Street as stocks bounce back from worst drop in nearly 2 years
Stronger-than-expected profit reports from several big U.S. companies helped drive the market after Japan’s Nikkei index soared earlier.