With the Gaza ceasefire in limbo, Israel tries to impose an alternative plan on Hamas
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By By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press 
March 4, 2025
Israel this week introduced what it said was a new U.S. ceasefire plan — different from the one it agreed to in January — and is trying to force Hamas to accept it by imposing a siege on the Gaza Stri...
Strip club Cinderella story ‘Anora’ captures Oscar for best picture
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March 3, 2025
The independent film won five major awards, including best director and best screenplay. LOSANGELES (AP) — “Anora,” a strip club Cinderella story without the fairy tale ending, was crowned best pictur...
Freeman praises Gene Hackman in Oscars tributes
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March 3, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Oscars brought a somber elegy for Gene Hackman and a joyful tribute to Quincy Jones on Sunday night. In a late addition to the ceremony, Morgan Freeman praised the two-time Osca...
Are egg producers inflating prices during the bird flu outbreak to boost profits?
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By JOSH FUNK, AP Business Writer 
March 1, 2025
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Egg producers blame the bird flu outbreak for driving prices to record highs, but critics believe giant companies are taking advantage of their market dominance to profit handsomely...
As measles cases mount in the U.S., what’s the situation worldwide?
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February 28, 2025
By The Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The U.S. registered its first death from measles since 2015 this week, as a child who wasn’t vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in rural West Texas. Normally,...
Nightmare drags on for families of hostages who remain in Gaza
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By By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press 
February 27, 2025
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Yael Alexander has been watching the release of hostages from Gaza over the past six weeks with a mix of joy, envy and fear. Her son Edan, an American-Israeli hostage held for ...
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By By THALIA BEATY Associated Press 
February 27, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Though they know they can never replace all the money lost due to the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign assistance, nonprofits are fundraising to help organizations struggling w...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer a threat to Earth, scientists say
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By By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer 
February 26, 2025
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have finally given the allclear to Earth from a newly discovered asteroid. After two months of observations, scientists have almost fully ruled out any threat fr...
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By By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer 
February 26, 2025
Apple shareholders rebuffed an attempt to pressure the technology trendsetter into joining President Donald Trump’s push to scrub corporate programs designed to diversify its workforce. The proposal d...
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February 25, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservatives from across the country filled a ballroom a few blocks from the White House and lamented that the United States is abandoning the ideals that forged a great nation. Som...
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By By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer 
February 22, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in January as rising mortgage rates and prices put off many would-be homebuyers despite a wider selection of properties on the market. S...
Palestinian families flee West Bank homes in droves as Israel confronts militants
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By By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press 
February 20, 2025
FAR’A REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — By car and on foot, through muddy olive groves and snipers’ sight lines, tens of thousands of Palestinians in recent weeks have fled Israeli military operations ac...