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Living hostages and Palestinian prisoners are released as part of ceasefire in Gaza
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas released all 20 remaining living hostages held in Gaza on Monday, while Israel also began releasing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners as part of a ceasefire that the Trump administration secured from the warring sides. The war, which Hamas started when it invaded Israel’s southern border and killed 1,200…
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her struggle to achieve a democratic transition in the South American nation, winning recognition as a woman “who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.” The former opposition presidential candidate is a “key, unifying…
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President Trump cancels billions in clean energy grants only in blue states
The Trump administration is canceling $7.6 billion in grants that supported hundreds of clean energy projects in 16 states, all of which voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in last year’s presidential election. The move comes as Trump threatens deep cuts in his fight with congressional Democrats over the government shutdown. The Energy Department said in…
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Gazette Preps rewind: Recapping notable performances and contests
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Area athletes put up outstanding numbers and magnificent performances during last week’s contests. Here is a recap and highlights from those events. 14ers Blake Marshall, sr., Pine Creek, boys basketball — The Eagles’ flamethrower scored 20 or more in back-to-back games including a season-high 27…
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Gazette Preps rewind: Recapping notable performances and contests
Area athletes put up outstanding numbers and magnificent performances during last week’s contests. Here is a recap and highlights from those events. 14ers Blake Marshall, sr., Pine Creek, boys basketball — The Eagles’ flamethrower scored 20 or more in back-to-back games including a season-high 27 against Fountain-Fort Carson on Jan. 14. Marshall also knocked down…
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Tijuana protesters chant ‘out!’ to migrant campers
TIJUANA, Mexico • Hundreds of Tijuana residents congregated around a monument in an affluent section of the city south of California on Sunday to protest the thousands of Central American migrants who have arrived via caravan in hopes of a new life in the U.S. Tensions have built as nearly 3,000 migrants from the caravan…
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Tornadoes sweep through Iowa; major damage and some injuries
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DES MOINES, Iowa — A flurry of tornadoes that formed unexpectedly swept through central Iowa Thursday, injuring at least 17 people, flattening buildings in three cities and forcing the evacuation of a hospital. The tornadoes…
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Lava crashes through roof of Hawaii tour boat, injuring 23
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save HONOLULU — An explosion caused by lava oozing into the ocean sent molten rock crashing through the roof of a sightseeing boat off Hawaii’s Big Island, injuring 23 people Monday, officials said. A woman in…
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Baby survives 9 hours buried in western Montana woods
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save MISSOULA, Mont. — A 5-month-old infant who miraculously survived more than nine hours being buried under a pile of sticks and debris in the woods of western Montana suffered only minor injuries despite wearing wet and soiled clothes in cold weather, authorities said Monday. The…
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H. Clinton: Separating families at border a ‘moral crisis’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save NEW YORK— Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday called the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy that has separated children from their parents at the southern U.S. border “a moral and humanitarian crisis.” Speaking…