U.S. and Israeli-backed group pauses food delivery in Gaza after deadly shootings
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By By WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press 
June 5, 2025
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli- and U.S.-backed group paused food delivery at its three distribution sites in the Gaza Strip after health officials said dozens of Palestinians were killed...
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June 3, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — A split Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge to a state ban on assault weapons, semiautomatic rifles that are popular among gun owners and that have also been used in...
CEO pay rose nearly 10% in 2024 as stock prices and profits soared
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May 30, 2025
By MAE ANDERSON AND PAUL HARLOFF AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — The typical compensation package for chief executives who run companies in the S&P 500 jumped nearly 10% in 2024 as the stock marke...
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May 30, 2025
By FU TING, KANIS LEUNG, AND HUIZHONG WU Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese students studying in the U.S. are scrambling to figure out their futures after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio an...
Get ready for several years of killer heat, top weather forecasters warn
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By By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer 
May 29, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Get ready for several years of even more record-breaking heat that pushes Earth to more deadly, fiery and uncomfortable extremes, two of the world’s top weather agencies forecast. Th...
Hong Kong’s baby pandas finally have names. Meet Jia Jia and De De
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By By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press 
May 28, 2025
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s first locally born giant pandas have finally been named and introduced as Jia Jia and De De. The names of the cubs, affectionately known as “Elder Sister” and “Little Brot...
How has Minneapolis changed since the murder of George Floyd 5 years ago?
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By By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press 
May 27, 2025
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Some things have changed for the better in Minneapolis since Memorial Day 2020, when a police officer murdered George Floyd. Some have not. Sunday marked five years since white Offi...
The U.S. military spent $6 billion in the past 3 years to recruit and retain troops
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By By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press 
May 27, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military spent more than $6 billion over the past three years to recruit and retain service members, in what has been a growing campaign to counter enlistment shortfalls. Th...
Stop making cents: U.S. Mint moves forward with plans to kill the penny
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May 24, 2025
By FATIMA HUSSEIN AND ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration says making cents doesn’t make sense anymore. The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and...