Articles by By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer
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Biden administration to send $1b more in weapons, ammo to Israel
Wednesday, 15 May 2024, 4:12PMThe Biden administration has told key lawmakers it will send more than $1 billion ($1.6 billion) in additional arms and ammunition...
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Baltimore bridge: As work continues to remove cargo ship, what about its crew?
Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 4:15PMA crew of Indian and Sri Lankan men has spent the last 49 days confined to a hulking and motionless cargo vessel in Baltimore,...
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Misery deepens in Rafah as aid blocked
Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 1:48PMAid workers struggled on Monday to distribute dwindling food and other supplies to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians...
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Emergency at Australian airport as plan with mechanical issues circles for two hours
Monday, 13 May 2024, 2:30PMA light plane with three people aboard was circling Newcastle Airport north of Sydney to burn off fuel before making an emergency...
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'A horrible loss of life': Blinken slams Israel's handling of the war
Monday, 13 May 2024, 1:27PMUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered some of the Biden administration’s strongest public criticism yet of Israel’s...
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'Extensive devastation': Flash floods sweep Afghanistan, killing 300
Sunday, 12 May 2024, 4:28PMFlash floods from unusually heavy seasonal rains in Afghanistan have killed more than 300 people and destroyed over 1000...
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Bodies in well identified as Australian and American surfers killed for tyres
Monday, 6 May 2024, 3:51PMRelatives have positively identified three bodies found in a well as those of two Australian surfers and one American who...
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Denial and uncertainty are looming over a Biden-Trump rematch 6 months out from Election Day
Monday, 6 May 2024, 11:30AMThis North Carolina voter is nervous. Will Rikard, a 49-year-old father of two, was among several hundred Democrats who...
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Runaway steel drum kills woman walking in US
Sunday, 5 May 2024, 4:15PMA steel drum weighing thousands of pounds somehow rolled out of a construction site in Pittsburgh and eventually struck and...
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Missing Aussie, US surfers: Mexico police make grim discovery down well
Sunday, 5 May 2024, 3:52PMThree bodies recovered in an area of Mexico’s Baja California state are likely to be those of the two Australians and an...
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There's progress in truce talks, but Israel downplays chances of ending war
Sunday, 5 May 2024, 3:36PMA Hamas delegation was in Cairo on Saturday as Egyptian state media reported “noticeable progress” in ceasefire talks for...
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Harvey Weinstein hospitalised amid return to New York
Sunday, 28 April 2024, 4:04PMHarvey Weinstein’s lawyer said on Saturday that the onetime movie mogul has been hospitalised for a battery of tests after...
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20 Cambodian soldiers killed in explosion at military base
Sunday, 28 April 2024, 2:22PMAn ammunition explosion at a base in southwestern Cambodia killed 20 soldiers and wounded several others, Prime Minister...
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'It's a tragedy': Hamas is reviewing new ceasefire proposal as strikes resume
Sunday, 28 April 2024, 9:45AMHamas said it was reviewing a new Israeli proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, as Egypt intensified efforts to broker a deal...
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US lawmakers pass bill to allow teachers to carry handguns
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 3:21PMProtesters chanted “Blood on your hands” at Tennessee House Republicans after they passed a bill that would allow some teachers...
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Dixon claims win at IndyCar's Long Beach Grand Prix
Monday, 22 April 2024, 12:11PMScott Dixon has claimed his 57th victory in the American IndyCar championship, taking the chequered flag at the Long Beach...
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Nottingham Forest hint at referee corruption in EPL defeat to Everton
Monday, 22 April 2024, 10:08AMNottingham Forest have appeared to question the integrity of a match official in a social media post published soon after...
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UK lawmaker won't run again late night call allegations
Monday, 22 April 2024, 9:20AMA British lawmaker who allegedly used campaign funds to pay off people who were holding him hostage said Sunday that he wouldn't...
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Verstappen wins first F1 sprint race of season
Saturday, 20 April 2024, 4:52PMMax Verstappen, continuing his dominance in Formula One, took Saturday’s first sprint race of the season - the prelude to...
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'Whatever is required': Israel set to respond to Iran's weekend missile attack
Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 4:42PMIsrael’s military chief says that his country will respond to Iran’s weekend attack, but he did not elaborate on when and...
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US forces shoot down Iranian drones flying towards Israel after missile attack
Sunday, 14 April 2024, 9:43AMUS forces have shot down some Iran-launched attack drones flying toward Israel. President Joe Biden and his national security...
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Astrologer killed partner, daughter as eclipse drew near
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 2:52PMA woman who authorities say fatally stabbed her partner at their Los Angeles apartment then threw her two children from a...
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Former Trump executive Allen Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months in jail
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 11:29AMAllen Weisselberg, a retired executive in Donald Trump’s real estate empire, was sentenced Wednesday to five months in jail...
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Two tribal nations sue social media companies over Native youth suicides
Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 1:00PMWARNING: This article discusses suicide and mental health issues. Two tribal nations are accusing social media companies...
