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By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinians across the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem spent Thursday captivated by the proceedings in a faraway courtroom, closely following the first hearing in an unprecedented case brought by South Africa that accuses Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip. Friends and family

DETROIT (AP) — Factory workers at Tesla have been told to expect pay raises this year. That move that comes as the United Auto Workers union tries to organize the electric vehicle maker’s U.S. plants. The UAW said Thursday that Tesla workers have told the union about company statements on the raises, which did not

NEW YORK (AP) — Television viewers were more interested in watching a Donald Trump town hall than the first head-to-head debate between Republican challengers Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis. The live town hall, which aired on Fox News Channel in prime time on Wednesday, was watched by 4.3 million viewers, the Nielsen company said. The

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer The 19-year-old daughter of NFL Hall of Famer and “Good Morning America” co-anchor Michael Strahan is undergoing treatment for brain cancer. Isabella Strahan appeared on a prerecorded videotape segment sitting next to her father while discussing her diagnosis of medulloblastoma, a cancerous brain tumor, with fellow GMA co-anchor Robin

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — A federal inmate already serving a life sentence has been sentenced to a second life term after pleading guilty to fatally strangling a fellow inmate and stabbing a second inmate at a federal prison in Indiana. The U.S. Attorneys Office says 58-year-old Rodney Curtis Hamrick was sentenced to life in

BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — ESPN has apologized to the organization that administers the Sports Emmy Awards after it was found several on-air personalities on “College GameDay” were given award statues they were ineligible to win. The Athletic revealed the scam, which ESPN said may have gone back to 1997. The network said “some members of

By DÉBORA REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s statistics agency says the country has registered a monthly inflation rate of 25.5% in December and closed 2023 with an annual inflation of 211.4%. That’s the highest rate in 32 years. The data reflects the strong impact of a series of shock measures, including

By The Associated Press The Bayreuth Festival will have three female conductors this summer, three years after the podium gender barrier was broken at the annual showcase of Richard Wagner’s operas. The festival said Thursday that Simone Young will conduct “The Ring of the Nibelung” following the cancellation of Phillipe Jordan. There will be three

NEW YORK (AP) — Judy Blume’s latest honor is a new prize named for a former first lady. The Eleanor Roosevelt Center and the Fisher Center at Bard College announced Thursday that Blume is the first-ever recipient of the Eleanor Roosevelt Lifetime Achievement Award for Bravery in Literature. Blume, 85, is known for such novels

CLEVELAND (AP) — Franz Welser-Möst will retire as music director of the Cleveland Orchestra in June 2027, ending a 25-season tenure that will be the longest in the ensemble’s history. The orchestra said in September that the 63-year-old had a cancerous tumor removed and he was canceling conducting performances from late October through the end

By ELOGE WILLY KANEZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Burundi’s internal affairs minister says the country is suspending diplomatic ties with Rwanda, closing their border and deporting Rwandan citizens. Burundi claims it is a response to its neighbor’s alleged support for a rebel group that has been attacking Burundi. The minister calls Rwandan President

By HOLLY RAMER, NICK PERRY and DAVID SHARP Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Sean Hodgson watched and worried as his best friend of nearly two decades unraveled. His former roommate and fellow U.S. Army reservist’s anger and paranoia were mounting, he had access to guns, and he refused to get help. So Hodgson did

ROME (AP) — Rome authorities on Thursday inaugurated a new archaeological park and museum in the shadow of the Colosseum that features an original marble map of Ancient Rome that visitors can literally walk over. The opening of the Archaeological Park of the Celio and the new Museum of the Forma Urbis is part of

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio woman facing a criminal charge for her handling of a home miscarriage will not be charged, a grand jury decided Thursday. The Trumbull County prosecutor’s office said grand jurors declined to return an indictment for abuse of a corpse against Brittany Watts, 34,

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press UNION, N.J. (AP) — A top officer of an Italian cargo ship that caught fire last summer in one of America’s busiest seaports broke down in sobs recalling his crew’s initial efforts to put out the blaze. Benito LaFauci is chief mate of the Grande Costa D’Avorio. He told relatives

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian presidential hopeful opposing Moscow’s military action in Ukraine has met with a group of soldiers’ wives who are demanding that their husbands be discharged from military service. Longtime Kremlin critic Boris Nadezhdin, who serves as a local legislator, is collecting signatures to qualify for the race and challenge President Vladimir

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Maine man has pleaded guilty to attempted murder charges, admitting he tried to kill three police officers with a machete near New York’s Times Square on New Year’s Eve a year ago. Twenty-year-old Trevor Bickford of Wells, Maine, entered the plea Thursday in Manhattan federal

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A new survey of the entertainment industry finds that the culture of Hollywood has shifted in the years since the downfall of Harvey Weinstein and the launch of the #MeToo movement, but many still don’t trust that sexual harassers will be held accountable. The Hollywood

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press The trial of a woman charged in the 2019 killing of a mother of five has begun in a Connecticut courtroom. A six-person jury began hearing the case against Michelle Troconis in Stamford Superior Court on Thursday. She has pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit murder and other crimes

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft will cringe when he turns on the TV — or perhaps even looks at the other Gillette Stadium sideline — and sees Bill Belichick wearing a ratty sweatshirt with another team’s colors. But he has bigger things to worry about now. The Patriots