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Hamas frees the first 2 of 6 Israeli hostages to be released in the latest exchange

Hamas frees the first 2 of 6 Israeli hostages to be released in the latest exchange

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas freed the first two of six Israeli hostages due to be released Saturday even as heightened tension between the adversaries clouded the future of the fragile ceasefire deal .
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Trump fires chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and two other military officers

Trump fires chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and two other military officers

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump abruptly fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr.
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LA mayor dismisses fire chief over response to most destructive wildfire in city history last month

LA mayor dismisses fire chief over response to most destructive wildfire in city history last month

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Six weeks after the start of the most destructive wildfire in city history, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ousted the fire chief Friday amid a public rift over preparations for a potential blaze and finger-pointing between the chief
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Netanyahu decries release of wrong body as a ceasefire violation. Hamas pledges to investigate

Netanyahu decries release of wrong body as a ceasefire violation. Hamas pledges to investigate

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed revenge Friday for what he described as a “cruel and malicious violation” of the ceasefire agreement after authorities determined that a body released by Hamas was not an Israeli mother
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Judge blocks Trump’s executive order ending federal support for DEI programs

Judge blocks Trump’s executive order ending federal support for DEI programs

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday blocked a sweeping executive order from President Donald Trump that sought to end government support for programs promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Woman accused of drugging and robbing older men in a deadly romance scheme

Woman accused of drugging and robbing older men in a deadly romance scheme

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A woman used online dating apps to lure at least four older men to meet her in person, then drugged them with sedatives and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in a “sinister” romance scheme, FBI officials in Las Vegas said Friday
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The Supreme Court won’t allow Trump to immediately fire head of whistleblower office

The Supreme Court won’t allow Trump to immediately fire head of whistleblower office

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily kept on the job the head of the federal agency that protects government whistleblowers, in its first word on the many legal fights over President Donald Trump's second-term agenda.
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Judge clears way for Trump administration to pull thousands of USAID staffers off the job

Judge clears way for Trump administration to pull thousands of USAID staffers off the job

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for the Trump administration to pull thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development staffers off the job in the United States and around the world. U.S.
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Police arrest a suspect in a stabbing at Berlin's Holocaust Memorial that injures 1 victim

Police arrest a suspect in a stabbing at Berlin's Holocaust Memorial that injures 1 victim

BERLIN (AP) — Police arrested a man suspected in a stabbing attack Friday at Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial that left a Spanish tourist seriously injured, police said.
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A New Jersey man is convicted of attempted murder in the stabbing of Salman Rushdie

A New Jersey man is convicted of attempted murder in the stabbing of Salman Rushdie

MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A New Jersey man was convicted Friday of attempted murder for stabbing author Salman Rushdie multiple times on a New York lecture stage in 2022.
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