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By VERDA SUBZWARI Associated Press The image shows tents in a camp, highlighted to spell out one single phrase: “All Eyes on Rafah.” It has been shared more than 50 million times. A single image, not even an authentic photograph, is the focus of a singular campaign on Instagram that has caught the attention of

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Ahmed Othman isn’t on TikTok and doesn’t want to be. He and his younger sister got iPhones when they were in eighth and seventh grade respectively, but with no social media, just iMessage. Their parents, who are both computer scientists, spent the next year teaching them about social media,

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations humanitarian chief says leaders in many conflict areas are more interested in power and political rivalries than in listening to the needs of their people, improving their lives and ending the fighting. In an interview with The Associated Press, Martin Griffiths said

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Ahmed Othman isn’t on TikTok and doesn’t want to be. He and his younger sister got iPhones when they were in eighth and seventh grade respectively, but with no social media, just iMessage. Their parents, who are both computer scientists, spent the next year teaching them about social media,

By MIKE CORDER and RAF CASERT Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A final exit poll suggests that Geert Wilders’ far-right party and a center-left alliance are neck and neck in the Dutch election for the European Union parliament. In a possible harbinger of strong electoral gains for the hard right in the 27-nation

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli strike early Thursday on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in central Gaza killed at least 33 people, including 12 women and children, according to local health officials. The Israeli military said that Hamas militants were operating from within the

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Local officials on the Hawaiian island of Maui have voted to oppose a U.S. military proposal to build new telescopes on the summit of Haleakala volcano. It’s the latest observatory project to meet objection in the islands after protests blocked the construction of a new telescope on

By SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s bruised and battered opposition was largely written off in the lead-up to the national election as too weak and fragmented to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his powerful Hindu nationalist governing party. It scored a stunning comeback, slowing the Modi

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — At least six crewmembers of a fishing boat died while six others were rescued when an explosion and a fire hit the vessel at sea off a central Philippine province. Coast guard officials said Thursday surviving crewmembers, including the skipper of F/B King Bryan were either still being treated at a

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean activists’ group has flown large balloons carrying propaganda leaflets toward North Korea, which has threatened to send more balloons with manure and trash across the border in response. The launches are escalating animosities, with South Korea suspending a tension-easing deal with North

By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Officials say a passenger train collided head-on with a freight train in the Czech Republic, killing at least four people and injuring 27 others. Interior Minister Vít Rakušan says the crash took place late Wednesday night in the city of Pardubice east of Prague. The high-speed passenger

LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) — A tornado killed a 2-year-old boy and injured his mother Wednesday when a tree fell on their house in suburban Detroit, while emergency workers in Maryland were responding to reports of collapsed structures with people trapped inside after a tornado there. Officials in Livonia, Michigan, said in a post on the

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A judge has rejected a law Illinois Democrats approved last month that prohibited the slating of candidates who weren’t on a party primary ballot. A Sangamon County Circuit judge says the law violates the voting rights of those seeking ballot access. Democrats approved the law

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A man’s death in Mexico was caused by a strain of bird flu called H5N2 that has never before been found in a human, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. The WHO said it wasn’t clear how the man became infected, although H5N2 has been reported

By JAIMIE DING Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A state audit has found lax oversight by California’s transportation agency contributed to a destructive blaze that consumed a vital section of a Los Angeles freeway used by hundreds of thousands of commuters. The report released last Thursday says Caltrans conducted its required annual inspections of

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a New York judge who was censured after being seen on video shoving a police officer during a brawl with neighbors will be replaced on the bench. Judge Mark Grisanti’s term on the Court of Claims expired last year and he has been an acting state Supreme Court justice

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Three people have been shot and killed at a small grocery store in Montgomery. City officials say they are investigating if Tuesday night’s shooting is connected to a string of robberies targeting Latino-owned businesses in Alabama’s capital city. The shooting at Tienda Los Hermanos, a grocery store on the south side

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Professional athletes get the lecture at the start of every season, and see the warnings any time they walk into their locker room or clubhouse: If you gamble on your games, the consequences are severe. And, every once in a while, there is a more personal

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican legislators have advanced a proposed constitutional amendment to make it clear that only U.S. citizens can vote in the state. It would retool language on the books that already limits balloting to U.S.-born and naturalized citizens 18 and older. A House election-law

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state man who pleaded guilty to making 20 false reports of bombs and shootings around the U.S. and in Canada has been sentenced to three years in prison. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western District of Washington says Ashton Connor Garcia of Bremerton was sentenced Tuesday. Garcia pleaded