Former President Donald Trump is vowing to bar refugees from Gaza and expand his first-term travel ban following the deadly attack on Israel last week.
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Reese’s $25,000 promotion may violate sweepstakes laws
‘As with all of our promotions, we place great care and diligence to ensure they are compliant with all regulations,’ Hershey Co., that Pennsylvania candymaker that owns the Reese’s brand, said in a statement.
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Biden will head to Israel, Jordan as concerns mount that conflict will spread
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Biden’s travel to Israel as the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip grows more dire.
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Wall Street rises, and oil and gold fall as some of last week’s moves unwind
U.S. stocks rallied as some of last week’s moves driven by worries about war in the Middle East unwound.
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Rite Aid seeks Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it deals with lawsuits and losses
Rite Aid Corp. said in its federal bankruptcy filing that it runs more than 2,000 stores.
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Supreme Court orders makers of gun parts to comply with Biden rules on ghost guns
The regulation changed the definition of a firearm under federal law to include unfinished parts, like the frame of a handgun or the receiver of a long gun, so they can be tracked more easily.
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Muslim child killed, mother stabbed in Illinois after she urged landlord to ‘pray for peace’
The 71-year-old suspect’s wife told police that her husband feared they would be attacked by people of Middle Eastern descent and had withdrawn $1,000 from a bank ‘in case the U.S. grid went down.’
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Miniature ‘Star Wars’ X-wing gets over $3 million at auction of Hollywood model-maker’s collection
Also going for an eye-popping amount was a stormtrooper costume that sold for $645,000.
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Republican Jim Jordan is shoring up support and peeling off detractors ahead of a House speaker vote
The political climb has been steep for Jordan, an outsider and founding member of the right-flank Freedom Caucus who is now just votes away from a seat central to U.S power.
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Russia’s assault on a key Ukraine city reported to be weakening as the war marks 600 days
Ukrainian officials have said their troops are holding out against fierce Russian efforts to wrest control of Avdiivka, a heavily fortified city.