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By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press BELLEAIR BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Milton rapidly strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane Monday in the Gulf of Mexico on a path toward Florida, threatening a dangerous storm surge in Tampa…
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israelis were holding vigils and somber ceremonies on Monday to mark a year since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack, the deadliest in the country’s…
MIAMI (AP) — A storm system that was brewing in the Gulf of Mexico strengthened into Tropical Storm Milton on Saturday and forecasters warned it could intensify into a hurricane and slam into the west…
A year into the Israel-Hamas war, students say a chill on free speech has reached college classrooms
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — As a junior at George Washington University, Ty Lindia meets new students every day. But with the shadow of the Israel-Hamas war hanging over the Washington, D.C., campus,…
By JULIE CARR SMYTH, JILL COLVIN and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump picked up where he left off back in July when a gunman tried to assassinate him but only struck his ear…
By BASSAM HATOUM, MELANIE LIDMAN, BASSEM MROUE Associated Press MASNAA BORDER CROSSING, Lebanon (AP) — Israel expanded its bombardment in Lebanon on Saturday, hitting Beirut’s southern suburbs with a dozen airstrikes and striking a Palestinian…