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As Israel ends 2-day West Bank offensive, Palestinian residents emerge to scenes of vast destruction

As Israel ends 2-day West Bank offensive, Palestinian residents emerge to scenes of vast destruction

JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian residents of the Jenin refugee camp encountered scenes of widespread destruction Wednesday as they emerged from their homes and returned from nearby shelters following the most intense Israeli military
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A bus careens into a gulch in southern Mexico, leaving 27 people dead

A bus careens into a gulch in southern Mexico, leaving 27 people dead

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A passenger bus lost control and veered off a road and into a 75-foot-deep (25 meter-deep) gully in southern Mexico on Wednesday, killing at least 27 passengers, an official said.
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Iowa's Republican governor calls a special legislative session to revive abortion restrictions

Iowa's Republican governor calls a special legislative session to revive abortion restrictions

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Wednesday called a special legislative session to pursue new abortion restrictions after the state Supreme Court declined to reinstate a 2018 ban after about six weeks of pregnancy.
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Tuesday set an unofficial record for the hottest day on Earth. Wednesday may break it.

Tuesday set an unofficial record for the hottest day on Earth. Wednesday may break it.

The planet's temperature spiked on Tuesday to its hottest day in at least 44 years and likely much longer, and Wednesday could become the third straight day Earth unofficially marks a record-breaking high, the latest in a series of climate-change ext
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UK, Canada, Sweden, Ukraine take Iran to top UN court over 2020 downing of a Ukrainian passenger jet

UK, Canada, Sweden, Ukraine take Iran to top UN court over 2020 downing of a Ukrainian passenger jet

Flight PS752 was traveling from Tehran to Kyiv on Jan. 8, 2020 when it was shot down soon after takeoff.
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Israel withdraws troops from West Bank militant stronghold and warns 2-day raid is not a one-off

Israel withdraws troops from West Bank militant stronghold and warns 2-day raid is not a one-off

JENIN, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli military withdrew its troops from a militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, ending an intense two-day operation that killed at least 12 Palestinians, drove thousands of people from their homes a
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Woman rescued after days stuck in swamp in Massachusetts park after hikers hear screams, police say

Woman rescued after days stuck in swamp in Massachusetts park after hikers hear screams, police say

EASTON, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman who went missing last week has been found alive in a swampy area of a state park after hikers heard the woman's cries for help, police said.
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South Carolina woman dies after alligator attack near golf course lagoon

South Carolina woman dies after alligator attack near golf course lagoon

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina woman died Tuesday after she was attacked by an alligator while walking her dog near a golf course, authorities said.
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Suspicious powder found at the White House when Biden was gone was cocaine, AP sources say

Suspicious powder found at the White House when Biden was gone was cocaine, AP sources say

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House was briefly evacuated Sunday evening while President Joe Biden was at Camp David after the Secret Service discovered suspicious powder in a common area of the West Wing, and a preliminary test showed the substance wa
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Iowa man's collection of 70,000 pencils being evaluated as possible world record

Iowa man's collection of 70,000 pencils being evaluated as possible world record

COLFAX, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man may be well on his way to an official world record — for pencils. Aaron Bartholmey of Colfax has been collecting wooden advertising pencils since he was a child. Now, he claims to own more than 70,000.
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