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Nation & World
National and world news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Israeli Cabinet approves cease-fire with Hamas that includes release of some 50 hostages
Ahead of the vote, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would resume its offensive against Hamas after the cease-fire expires.
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Slain New Hampshire security guard honored at candlelight vigil
Bradley Haas was shot to death Friday afternoon in the lobby of the state psychiatric hospital and the gunman was then shot and killed by a state trooper assigned to the hospital.
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Biden pardons a couple of Thanksgiving turkeys, marks 81st birthday with jokes about his age
In the annual White House tradition President Biden issued a pardon to turkeys named Liberty and Bell, sparing them from becoming someone’s holiday dinner.
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Israel reveals signs of Hamas activity at Shifa, but a promised command center remains elusive
What Israel finds – or fails to find – in the Gaza hospital could play a large part in its efforts to rally international support for its war against Hamas.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Federal court deals blow to Voting Rights Act, ruling that private plaintiffs can’t sue
The 2-1 decision found that only the U.S. attorney general can enforce the section of the Voting Rights Act that requires political maps to include districts where minority populations’ preferred candidates can win elections.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Not just child’s play: Toy companies aim more products at older adults
Toymakers are tweaking original classic games or coming out with new ones that embrace an audience that’s been around for a while: people over 65 years old.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Pop star Shakira reaches deal with Spanish prosecutors on first day of tax fraud trial
She will receive a suspended three-year sentence and pay a fine of $8 million, plus the $15.8 million in previously unpaid taxes and interest.
Posted inNation & World, News
Israel battles Hamas near another Gaza hospital sheltering thousands
A medical worker inside the facility and the Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said a shell struck the second floor of the Indonesian Hospital, killing 12 people.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Austin meets with Zelensky in Kyiv
Lloyd Austin said Ukraine’s effort to defeat Russia’s invasion ‘matters to the rest of the world’ and that U.S. support would continue ‘for the long haul.’