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For Iran and Hezbollah, calibrating response to Israeli strikes leaves no room for error
Two back-to-back strikes in Beirut and Tehran targeted high-ranking figures in Hezbollah and Hamas and have been attributed to Israel More »
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Hopes of finding more survivors in the mud and debris wane after landslides in India kill 194
Hopes of finding more than 180 missing people alive are waning as rescue workers searched through mud and debris for a third day after landslides set off by torrential rains killed at least 194 people in southern India More »
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Trump ramps up his defense of Vance after one of the rockiest VP rollouts in recent memory
Donald Trump is used to defending himself More »
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What polling shows about the top VP contenders for Kamala Harris
As Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to announce her running mate, a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that several of the top potential contenders for the role are largely unknown to voters More »
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused as the main plotter of 9/11 attacks, agrees to plead guilty
The man accused of being the main plotter in al-Qaida’s Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has agreed to plead guilty More »
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Hollywood's video game performers head to the picket line over AI protections
Hollywood’s video game performers are heading to the Warner Bros More »
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Hong Kong young people struggle to rebuild their lives after being jailed under Beijing's crackdown
Five years after Hong Kong's massive anti-government protests erupted, the lives of many young people who were jailed or arrested during Beijing’s political crackdown on the city's pro-democracy movement remain in limbo More »
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Léon Marchand pulls off one of the most audacious doubles in swimming history at the Paris Olympics
Turns out, those comparisons to Michael Phelps weren’t farfetched at all when it comes to Léon Marchand More »
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Extended drought parches Sicily, and farmers worry about being forced to sell off animals
Crippling drought from a nearly rainless year, along with record-high temperatures, is stressing farmers on the Italian island of Sicily More »
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Senate Democrats tee up vote on child tax credit in election-year pitch to families
Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer is daring Republicans to vote against a bipartisan tax cut package aimed at expanding the child tax credit for millions of families and restoring some business tax breaks More »