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Pro-Palestinian protest outside LA synagogue criticized as ‘antisemitic’ after street fights with pro-Israel protesters

By Cindy Von Quednow and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — A pro-Palestinian protest held outside a Los Angeles synagogue devolved into chaotic street violence with pro-Israel counterprotesters on Sunday in an incident that several officials, including President Joe Biden, criticized as antisemitic. The Los Angeles Police Department said it responded to two protests Sunday in

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‘Intense phase of war with Hamas about to end,’ focus to shift to Lebanon border, Netanyahu says

By Lauren Izso and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the “intense phase of the war with Hamas (in Gaza) is about to end,” and that the military’s focus could then shift to Israel’s northern border with Lebanon, where fighting with the Iran-backed group Hezbollah has intensified in

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83 years after finishing her master’s coursework, this Stanford graduate finally received her education degree

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Virginia “Ginger” Hislop, 105, recently walked the stage at Stanford University to receive her master’s degree in education for the coursework she completed in 1941. A smiling Hislop rose to an ovation on June 16 as she received her degree and master’s hood at the university’s Graduate School

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At least 5 dead after missile fragments scatter over beachgoers in Russian-occupied Crimea

By Zahid Mahmood, Darya Tarasova, Xiaofei Xu and Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — At least five people were killed and over 100 injured when missile fragments scattered over beachgoers during a Ukrainian strike on the city of Sevastopol in Russia-occupied Crimea, authorities say. “Unfortunately, we currently have 124 victims, of which three [are] dead children and two

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Gunmen kill police, priest and civilians in attacks on places of worship in Russia’s Dagestan

By Darya Tarasova, Jen Deaton, Mariya Knight, Andrew Raine and Josh Pennington, CNN (CNN) — Gunmen opened fire on places of worship in two cities of Russia’s southernmost Dagestan province on Sunday, killing at least 15 police officers and four civilians, including an Orthodox priest, in what appeared to be a coordinated attack. Sergey Melikov,

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