Biden administration officials have urged Israel to wind down its blistering air and ground offensive in Gaza and shift to more targeted attacks against Hamas leaders.
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Blinken meets Jordanian and Qatari leaders on new Mideast push to keep Gaza war from spreading
The mission – that will also take him to the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Israel, the West Bank, and Egypt before he returns to Washington – is Blinken’s fourth to the region since the war began.
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11-year-old killed in Iowa school shooting remembered as a joyful boy who loved soccer and singing
Ahmir Jolliff was killed Thursday before class even started when a 17-year-old student at Perry High School opened fire in the cafeteria.
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Plan to send human remains to moon draws criticism from Navajo Nation
Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren met with White House officials but said there was no intention to delay the mission or remove the payloads before Monday’s planned liftoff atop a United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur from Cape Canaveral.
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Defense secretary has been hospitalized since Jan. 1, but Pentagon kept quiet
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been hospitalized since Monday due to complications following a minor elective medical procedure, his press secretary said, in the Defense Department’s first acknowledgement that Austin had been admitted five days earlier to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said Friday that it […]
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FBI arrests 3 in Florida on charges of assaulting officers in Jan. 6 insurrection
All are charged with assaulting officers, violent entry into the Capitol, and other felonies. Court records do not list any attorneys for the three.
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Federal officials order grounding of Boeing 737-9 Max jetliners after plane suffers blowout
An Alaska Airlines jetliner blew out a window and a portion of its fuselage shortly after takeoff three miles above Oregon late Friday, creating a gaping hole that forced the pilots to make an emergency landing.
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Blinken holds talks with Turkey’s leaders as he seeks to prevent the Israel-Hamas war from expanding
Stepped-up attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea by Houthi rebels have disrupted international trade and led to increased efforts by the U.S. and its allies to patrol the vital commercial waterway and respond to threats.
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Joseph Lelyveld, former executive editor of The New York Times, dies at 86
The Times won several Pulitzers under his watch, and he himself won a Pulitzer in 1996 for his nonfiction book “Move Your Shadow: South Africa, Black and White.” He was the father of the Portland Press Herald’s managing editor, Nita Lelyveld.
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New gun law has blocked over 500 firearms from being bought by young people, attorney general says
The 2022 law was passed after a series of mass shootings, including the massacre of 19 students and two teachers at a Texas elementary school.