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By FARES AKRAM and SAM McNEIL Associated Press JEBALIYA, Gaza Strip (AP) — A Palestinian human rights group and an Israeli newspaper are reporting that an explosion in a cemetery that killed five Palestinian children during the latest Gaza flare-up was caused by an Israeli airstrike. It was one of a number of blasts during

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Top congressional Democrats are demanding that the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general respond to their requests for information on deleted Secret Service texts. The leaders of the House Oversight and Homeland Security committees wrote a letter to the department’s inspector general on Tuesday accusing him of

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin is fighting to keep his seat as a New Mexico county commissioner as he faces possible removal and disqualification from public office for his participation in last year’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Griffin was previously convicted of a misdemeanor for entering Capitol grounds

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After a string of arrests and erratic behavior that spanned Hawaii to Vermont, “Flash” actor Ezra Miller said they have begun treatment for “complex mental health issues.” The 29-year-old Miller, who identifies as non-binary, issued a statement late Monday. On Sept. 26, Miller is due

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Federal officials on Tuesday are expected to announce water cuts that would further reduce how much Colorado River water some users in the seven U.S. states reliant on the river and Mexico receive. Cities, farms and water managers in Arizona, Nevada and

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s environment ministry says water samples are being sent to laboratories abroad in a bid to solve the mystery of a massive fish die-off in the Oder River, while the government is pledging tougher laws against environmental polluters. Experts in Poland and in Germany, which share the lower course of the

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the U.S government, accusing it of endangering wildlife and humans as it prepares to dredge and expand Puerto Rico’s biggest bay to accommodate massive tankers that will serve a new liquid natural gas terminal.

NEW YORK (AP) — Longtime CNBC chief Mark Hoffman is leaving the network after 28 years, His departure was announced Tuesday. Hoffman has been in charge of the financial news network for nearly two decade: He was named president in 2005 and chairman in 2015. He’ll be replaced early next month by KC Sullivan, currently

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer The NBA will be off on Election Day. The league’s schedule for the coming season will have all 30 teams playing on Nov. 7, the night before the midterm elections. The NBA is hoping teams use that night as an opportunity to encourage fans to get out and vote,

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $38.8 million to Junior Achievement USA and 26 local operations — the largest single gift in its 103-year history — the national education nonprofit announced Tuesday. Like all of Scott’s nearly $12 billion in donations since 2019, her gift to Junior Achievement USA is

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A high school textbook produced under the auspices of Poland’s conservative government has provoked criticism for what some government critics see as an attempt to indoctrinate young people. Recent criticism of the book, titled “History and the Present,” has focused on a passage that describes what the author views as modern

BOSTON (AP) — Officers with the Boston Police Department’s harbor patrol unit are used to helping boaters in distress, but last weekend Officer Joe Matthews came to the rescue of a groom in danger of missing his own wedding. Patrick Mahoney was scheduled to get married on Thompson Island in Boston Harbor on Saturday, but

By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — First lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 and was experiencing “mild symptoms,” the White House announced Tuesday. President Joe Biden continues to test negative after recently recovering from the virus but will wear a mask indoors for 10 days as a precaution.

LONDON (AP) — A law has taken effect in Scotland to ensure period products are available free of charge to anyone who needs them. The Scottish government said it became the first in the world to legally protect the right to access free period products when its Period Products Act came into force Monday. Under

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening mostly lower on Wall Street Tuesday despite some encouraging results from Walmart and Home Depot, which both beat analysts’ forecasts for earnings in the latest quarter. The S&P 500 index was down just 0.1% in the early going, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq was off a bit more. The

BERLIN (AP) — A German man has been found guilty of murder and attempted murder for a high-speed car rampage in the southwestern city of Trier two years ago. Five people were killed and more than a dozen seriously injured in the attack in December 2020. The Trier regional court on Tuesday sentenced the 52-year-old

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The National Weather Service forecasts more thunderstorms for much of West Virginia, including areas that flooded Monday. Storms were expected to develop Tuesday and Wednesday, but a flood watch was no longer in effect. West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice declared a state of emergency in two southern counties where people had

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan opposition figure Raila Odinga says he’ll challenge the results of the close presidential election with “all legal options” after Deputy President William Ruto was declared the winner. The announcement brings new uncertainty to a country where last Tuesday’s vote was widely considered to be its