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Israel orders beefed up troops around Gaza as ceasefire shows signs of faltering

JERUSALEM (AP) - An Israeli official says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the army to beef up troops in and around the Gaza Strip after Hamas threatened to call off a scheduled hostage r...

Feb 11, 2025

Israel orders beefed up troops around Gaza as ceasefire shows signs of faltering

JERUSALEM (AP) - An Israeli official says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the army to beef up troops in and around the Gaza Strip after Hamas threatened to call off a scheduled hostage r...

Feb 11, 2025

Trump ally Steve Bannon pleads guilty and avoids jail time in border wall fraud case

NEW YORK (AP) - Steve Bannon pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a fraud charge related to duping donors who gave money to a private effort to build a wall along the U.S. southern border - a case the conserv...

Feb 11, 2025

Salman Rushdie testifies against the man charged with stabbing him on stage in 2022

Author Salman Rushdie took the stand in a New York courtroom Tuesday to testify against the man charged with stabbing him in a frenzied knife attack. Hadi Matar, 27, is charged with attempted murder a...

Feb 11, 2025

Australia soccer star Sam Kerr found not guilty of racially aggravated harassment

LONDON (AP) - Sam Kerr, one of the world's top female soccer players, was found not guilty of the racially aggravated harassment of a police officer, Britain's Press Association reported Tuesday. Kerr...

Feb 11, 2025

27 religious groups sue Trump administration to protect houses of worship from immigration arrests

More than two-dozen Christian and Jewish groups representing millions of Americans - ranging from the Episcopal Church and the Union for Reform Judaism to the Mennonites and Unitarian Universalists - ...

Feb 11, 2025

Pope rebukes Trump administration over migrant deportations, warns 'it will end badly'

ROME (AP) - Pope Francis issued a major rebuke Tuesday to the Trump administration's mass deportation of migrants, warning that the program to forcefully deport people purely because of their illegal ...

Feb 11, 2025

Pope rebukes Trump administration over migrant deportations, warns 'it will end badly'

ROME (AP) - Pope Francis issued a major rebuke Tuesday to the Trump administration's mass deportation of migrants, warning that the program to forcefully deport people purely because of their illegal ...

Feb 11, 2025

A look at Green Party of Ontario Leader Mike Schreiner

Mike Schreiner has led the Green Party of Ontario since 2009. Born: June 9, 1969. Early years: Schreiner was born in Kansas and raised on his family's grain and cattle farm. His father was a farmer an...

Feb 10, 2025

European trip gives PM a chance to tout Canada's AI efforts, strengthen ties: experts

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's five-day visit to Europe offers Canada an opportunity to shore up its relationship with the European Union and show Canadian leadership in artificial intellige...

Feb 10, 2025