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Palestinians across the Middle East mark their original 'catastrophe' with eyes on the war in Gaza
Palestinians across the Middle East are marking the anniversary of their mass expulsion from what is now Israel More »
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Biden challenges Trump to 2 debates but won’t participate in nonpartisan commission's debates
President Joe Biden says he won’t participate in the campaign debates sponsored by a nonpartisan commission, instead challenging Republican Donald Trump to a pair of debates More »
Lies, loyalty and a gag order upheld: Tuesday's Trump hush money trial takeaways
Donald Trump’s defense attorneys have grilled prosecutors’ star witness in his hush money trial, portraying former attorney Michael Cohen as a media-obsessed liar who’s determined to see the former president behind bars More »
Mexican citizens were traveling to work at a Florida farm when a pickup hit their bus, killing 8
Officials say Mexican citizens were among those going to work at a Florida watermelon farm when the bus they were traveling in was hit and crashed, killing eight people More »
On the eve of his visit to China, Putin says Russia is prepared to negotiate over Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin says the Kremlin is prepared to negotiate over the conflict in Ukraine in an interview with Chinese media More »
Ukrainian troops pull out of some areas and Zelenskyy postpones foreign trips amid Russian offensive
Ukrainian forces have withdrawn from some parts of the country’s northeast and were battling Russian troops in other areas More »
India's parliament has fewer Muslims as strength of Modi's party grows
The political power of Muslims is declining in the world's largest democracy More »
French president is considering imposing a state of emergency in the territory of New Caledonia
French President Emmanuel Macron is considering imposing state of emergency in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia to curb spiraling violence More »
70 years ago, school integration was a dream many believed could actually happen. It hasn't
Seventy years ago this week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled separating children in schools by race was unconstitutional More »
United Methodists scrap their anti-gay bans. A woman who defied them seeks reinstatement as pastor
Twenty years ago, Beth Stroud was defrocked from her beloved job as a United Methodist pastor in Philadelphia More »
