As the Israel-Hamas war enters a new phase, President Biden is pressing Israeli and Arab leaders to think hard about their eventual postwar reality.
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National and world news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Hurricane Otis death toll increases to 48, with 36 missing as search continues
More resources are arriving on Mexico’s battered Pacific coast, and the death toll from Hurricane Otis is growing as searchers recover more bodies from Acapulco’s harbor and under fallen trees and other storm debris.
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White House gun violence adviser arrives in Maine to offer support
An official from the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention arrived in Lewiston Sunday night to lend support to the community and ensure federal resources are available.
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Russia says it shot down 36 Ukrainian drones as fighting grinds on in Ukraine’s east
Drone strikes and shelling on the Russian border regions and Moscow-annexed Crimea are a regular occurrence. Ukrainian officials never acknowledge responsibility for attacks on Russian territory or the Crimean peninsula.
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4 people, including 2 students, shot near Atlanta college campus
Authorities said three of the victims were in stable condition and one was in critical condition.
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Shooting kills 2 and injures 18 victims in Florida street with hundreds of people nearby
At least two shooters opened fire just before 3 a.m. on the 1600 block of East 7th Avenue in the Ybor City area, Tampa Police Chief Lee Bercaw said.
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Supporters rally in Pakistan against Israel’s bombing in Gaza, chanting anti-American slogans
The extreme right party, Jamaat-e-Islami, had announced a march from Islamabad’s famous Abpara intersection to the US embassy in the high-security diplomatic enclave.
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Macron vows to enshrine women’s rights to abortion in French Constitution in 2024
Abortion in France was decriminalized under a 1975 law, but there is nothing in the constitution that would guarantee abortion rights.
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New Hampshire’s presidential primary ballots will have 24 Republicans and 21 Democrats, but no Biden
The stage is set for the New Hampshire presidential primary, even though the date hasn’t been picked yet
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Thousands break into aid warehouses in Gaza as deaths top 8,000 and Israel widens ground offensive
Tanks and infantry pushed into Gaza over the weekend as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a ‘second stage’ in the war, three weeks after Hamas launched a brutal incursion into Israel.