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Dwindling fuel supplies for Gaza’s hospital generators put premature babies in incubators at risk

Featured ArticlesOctober 23, 2023

DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A premature baby squirms inside a glass incubator in the neonatal ward of al-Aqsa Hospital in the...

Americans’ faith in institutions has been sliding for years. The chaos in Congress isn’t helping

Featured ArticlesOctober 23, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — For many Americans, the Republican dysfunction that has ground business in the U.S. House to a halt as two wars rage abroad and...

Biden asks Congress to secure $105 billion for Ukraine, Israel, the border and more

Featured ArticlesOctober 23, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Friday released a sweeping set of proposals to bolster Israel and Ukraine in the midst of two wars as well as...

Inside the meeting of Republican electors who sought to thwart Biden’s election win in Georgia

Featured ArticlesOctober 23, 2023

ATLANTA (AP) — It was a bad place to keep a secret. When Republicans gathered on Dec. 14, 2020, claiming to be legitimate electors casting the state's...

A police dog attacked a Black trucker on his knees. An Ohio city is dealing with the aftermath

Featured ArticlesOctober 23, 2023

CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (AP) — As Jadarrius Rose drove his 18-wheeler through rural Ohio, a simple missing mudflap caught the highway patrol’s eye. The trip...

Thursday’s Scores

Local SportsOctober 20, 2023

PREP FOOTBALL= Bay Springs 34, Lake 6 Biggersville 35, Baldwyn 14 Booneville 42, Alcorn Central 0 Coahoma Co. 30, Holly Springs 12 Humphreys 48, Jim Hill 6 Murrah 28, Lanier...

After 189 bodies were found in Colorado funeral home, evidence suggests families received fake ashes

Featured ArticlesOctober 20, 2023

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado funeral home where 189 decaying bodies were discovered this month appears to have fabricated cremation records and may have...

US military shoots down missiles and drones as it faces growing threats in volatile Middle East

Featured ArticlesOctober 20, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — With tensions spiking in the Middle East, U.S. forces in the region are facing increasing threats as a Navy warship shot...

Trump is ‘not above the law,’ prosecutors say in urging judge to let federal election case proceed

Featured ArticlesOctober 20, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors said Thursday that Donald Trump is “not above the law” as they urged a judge to reject the former president's...