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Kushner has a rare meeting with Hamas' leader on the Gaza road map. A meeting with Netanyahu is next

U.S. negotiator and President Donald Trump 's son-in-law Jared Kushner held a rare meeting with the Hamas chief on Sunday in a new diplomatic effort to make progress in the stalled Gaza ceasefire. Kushner will meet with Israel's prime minister on Monday. The talks aim to salvage the new 15-point, U.S.-backed road map for Hamas to disarm in Gaza and Israel to withdraw from the Palestinian territory shattered by war. At stake are the lives of some 2 million people in Gaza and the reconstruction of the crowded enclave now largely controlled by Israeli forces, more tha

More than 100,000 without power in Hawaii as Lala downgraded to tropical storm

Zambia's Hichilema leads presidential vote count

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Colombian president asks Trump to suspend tariffs to help earthquake recovery

Colombia's President Abelardo de la Espriella has asked his ally U.S. President Donald Trump to suspend tariffs to help the South American nation recover from a powerful earthquake that killed at least 289 people. De la Espriella took office earlier this month just days before the 7.4 magnitude quake struck. He was backed by Trump in Colombia's closely contested presidential election, which was decided in a runoff on June 21, and has sought to emphasize his connections with the U.S. leader. On Saturday night, de la Espriella wrote on X that he spoke with Trump and

Brazil's Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro return to their strongholds to kick off presidential campaigns

At least 6 people have died from days of storms and record-setting flooding in Indiana

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Bou Meng, a Cambodian artist and survivor of a Khmer Rouge torture center, has died at 85

Cambodian artist Bou Meng, one of only seven people known to have survived a notorious Khmer Rouge torture center in the Southeast Asian country in the late 1970s, has died. He was 85. His ability to paint portraits of the then-leader Pol Pot was why he was kept alive. The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, a U.N.-backed tribunal that sought to try Khmer Rouge leaders for genocide and other crimes against humanity, said he died late Friday due to age-related illness. “The passing of Mr. Bou Meng represents the loss of an important his

Trump’s vaccine order is counterproductive and ‘wrong on so many levels,’ GOP lawmaker says

Bangladesh says better environment needed for India visit amid rift over ousted leader

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The key players in Tupac Shakur’s murder

Almost 30 years after hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur’s murder, the only person ever charged in his death is going to trial.Duane Keith Davis, also known as “Keffe D,” is accused of orchestrating Shakur’s killing via a drive-by shooting on September 7, 1996, after his nephew got into a fight with Shakur and his entourage following their attendance at a Mike Tyson fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. While prosecutors don’t allege Davis fired the gun, they argue he planned the attack and supplied the weapon. He has pleaded not guilty to one count of first-degree murder with a deadly weapo

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Six dead in Indiana after storms and floods, emergency officials say

Powerful storms and floods have killed at least six people in Indiana, including a 4-year-old boy, state officials said on Saturday. • In addition to the boy, three females and two males have died since the storm system started on Tuesday, the Indiana State Emergency Operations Center said.• Two deaths took place in Delaware County and one each in Jennings County, Lake County, Porter County and LaPorte County, the center said.• Indiana Governor Mike Braun said President Donald Trump told him on Saturday that the state's request for a presidential emergency declaration would be approved

Democrats pick South Carolina as first 2028 primary state

Hurricane Lala skirts Hawaii's Big Island without making landfall as heavy wind, rain lash region

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Judge refuses to block Trump administration from building border wall along tribe's reservation

A federal judge refused on Friday to block the Trump administration from taking steps to build 62 miles of international border wall along part of a Native American tribe's reservation without its consent. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon in Washington, D.C., denied the Tohono O’odham Nation's request for a court-ordered halt to border wall construction on its 2.8-million-acre reservation. Leon ruled the tribe hasn't established that a border wall will change its reservation boundaries without congressional authority. The judge also rejected the tribe's claim tha

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Seahawks, CB Devon Witherspoon agree to 4-year, $132 million deal, AP source says

The Seattle Seahawks and cornerback Devon Witherspoon have agreed to a four-year, $132 million contract extension with $101 million guaranteed, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Saturday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the contract, which would make Witherspoon the highest-paid cornerback in the NFL, hasn’t been finalized. In a television interview during Saturday's preseason game against the Dallas Cowboys, Witherspoon said he was grateful. “It feels good,” Witherspoon said. “Long time coming, bu

Joshua Báez of the Cardinals hits 3 homers in his first 3 at-bats in a historic major league debut

Man who official says has past mental health issues faces hate crime charges after disrupting service at Manhattan synagogue

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The debate over Jason Arday’s life continues – just as viciously - despite his death at 41

Jason Arday, the youngest black professor in the University of Cambridge’s 817-year history, is dead. But the intense public debate over his life and work, and what it means for a society grappling with multiculturalism, is continuing - perhaps even more furiously.Arday’s death, on Friday aged 41, followed mounting pressure from the UK and international media probing every aspect of his life. The questioning spanned everything from his academic record, to claims he was mute until he was 11 and even his athleticism following his claim that he once ran 30 marathons in 35 days.His family blam

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1 killed, 4 injured in shooting at park in Kentucky

Police in Kentucky said one person was killed and four others were injured in a shooting at a park Saturday evening. Lexington police officers responded just before 7 p.m. to a report of shots fired and found five victims, according to a department statement. One person was declared dead at a hospital while the other four were believed to have non-life-threatening injuries, police said. Local news outlets reported that Police Chief Lawrence Weathers said two children, aged 4 and 14, were among those shot at Charles Young Park in downtown Lexington. W

Kushner has a rare meeting with Hamas' leader on the Gaza road map. A meeting with Netanyahu is next

Thieves steal 4 Renaissance artworks in a Sicilian museum heist during an Italian holiday

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JD Vance and the Trump team keep moving the goalposts on Iran

One of the Trump administration’s biggest problems in extracting itself from the Iran war is the list of very absolutist goals that President Donald Trump and his team laid out.The goals have included complete Iranian surrender, regime change, Iran never getting a nuclear weapon and ending Tehran’s support for its Middle East proxy groups like Hezbollah.As the war — now in its sixth month — has dragged on, this list of goals has conspicuously shifted and been pared back. And Vice President JD Vance appears to have pared it back recently in a remarkable way, offering the latest indicati

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What the death sentence for former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad tells us about the future of the country

The judge who sentenced Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia last week was himself sentenced to death in absentia by the same regime years earlier.Irony in its purest form.Judge Fakhr al-Din al-Aryan defected from the Ministry of Justice in 2013 joining the judicial bodies of the opposition. His reinstatement as judge after Assad was toppled and fled the country for Russia in December 2024 is an illustration of the country’s pursuit of transitional justice.Some Syrians celebrated in the streets after the death sentence handed down to al-Assad and his younger brother, Maher.

Nearly 10 years after a Florida teen vanished in the middle of the night, detectives turn to psychics for help

Lala is again a tropical storm, sending drenching rain and winds across the Hawaiian islands

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Trump’s vaccine order is counterproductive and ‘wrong on so many levels,’ GOP lawmaker says

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While Taliban leaders mark 5 years in power in Afghanistan, a UN official warns of a rights crisis

Taliban rulers have celebrated the fifth anniversary of their return to power in Afghanistan

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The world’s oldest president left for a ‘brief stay’ in Europe. He hasn’t returned in two months

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UAE says Iran attacked ADNOC vessel in Hormuz, urges waterway's reopening

The United Arab Emirates said on Saturday Iran had attacked an Abu Dhabi National Oil Company vessel while it was transiting the Strait of Hormuz a day earlier, the Emirati

Taliban mark five years in power as aid groups warn of crisis

The Taliban marked five years in power on Saturday, seeking to portray their government as in control even as aid and rights

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‘Very outdated’: Trump’s directive to revert to steam catapults on new aircraft carrier baffles naval experts

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Bezos and Saverin join a consortium buying a minority stake in Liverpool

A consortium containing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin is buying a minority stake in Premier League club Liverpool

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Luigi Mangione admits killing insurance CEO, pleads guilty in federal case

Luigi Mangione admitted in court on Friday that he fatally shot health insurance executive Brian Thompson and pleaded guilty to two federal

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Afghanistan marks 5 years under the Taliban with safer streets but pleas for jobs and education

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers are marking five years since regaining power

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls