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Hamas attacks Israel-Gaza border crossing as cease-fire talks appear to fizzle

Hamas militants attacked Israel’s main crossing point for delivering humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip on Sunday, dealing a blow to the ongoing crease-fire efforts that appear at an impasse with both sides blaming each other. The attack on Israel’s Kerem Shalom crossing killed three Israeli soldiers and wounded several others, three of whom were critically wounded, a spokesperson for …

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Leader Hakeem Jeffries on the Israel-Hamas war, Republicans in Congress, and the stakes of the 2024 election

The United States Congress is not particularly popular these days, and look no further than the current session to understand why. It will likely be the least productive Congress since the Civil War. One lawmaker who’s figured out a way to get a few things done is Congressman Hakeem Jeffries. He replaced Nancy Pelosi as the leader of the Democrats …

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says Democrats effectively have been governing as if we were in the majority

Though they disagree on most issues, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has opposed efforts to oust embattled Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson. After Johnson worked with Democrats to pass a foreign aid bill that included $61 billion for Ukraine, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, who opposed the bill, said she’d follow through with a threat to remove Johnson …

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Wisconsin police fatally shot student after he pointed pellet rifle at them, state DOJ says

MOUNT HOREB, Wis. —Police in Wisconsin fatally shot a student who had pointed a pellet rifle in their direction outside a middle school, according to the state’s Department of Justice. On Saturday, the Wisconsin DOJ released an update to its ongoing investigation into the fatal shooting outside Mount Horeb Middle School. The DOJ said someone called 911 shortly before 11:15 …

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Massachusetts detectives affair exposed during investigation into his wifes shooting death

It was 1 p.m. on May 8, 2018, when Massachusetts State Police detectives arrived at a farmhouse in Westfield. 51-year-old Amy Fanion lay dead in the dining room from a single gunshot wound to the head. Amy Fanion’s husband, Brian Fanion, a detective in the Westfield Police Department, had called 911 minutes earlier, reporting that his wife had shot herself. …

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Berkshire Hathaway has first annual meeting since death of longtime vice chairman Charlie Munger

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway gathered for its first annual meeting in an Omaha arena on Saturday, bringing together shareholders for the first time since the death of longtime vice chairman and right-hand manCharlie Munger. Tens of thousands of shareholders filled the arena eager to vacuum up tidbits of wisdom from billionaire Buffett, who famously dubbed the meeting “Woodstock for Capitalists” …

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All the past Met Gala themes over the years up to 2024

The Metropolitan Museum of Art‘s Costume Institute Benefit, known around the globe as the Met Gala, took place this year on Monday, May 6, 2024, in New York City. The Spring 2024 exhibition, titled “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion,” highlights the sensory experience behind clothes and their transitory nature. But the dress code of the 2024 Met Gala — typically related …

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Bumblebee babies are dying in their nests because global temperatures are getting too warm, study finds

Scientists have been warning for years that bumblebee populations are declining, posing a risk to the vital role that pollinators have in helping maintain food and plants across the world. New research has found a “major factor” in why. The answer? It’s getting way too hot. Like humans, bumblebees’ bodies thrive best within certain temperature thresholds. Based on 180 years …

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What is Sidechat? The controversial app students have used amid campus protests, explained

When Los Angeles Police Department officers in riot gear arrived at the University of California, Los Angeles early Thursday, the anonymous messaging app Sidechat filled with posts trying to piece together what was happening: “Is everyone ok? I just heard like 8 cop cars go by,” one post read. Others shared rumors about police action and outside agitators and pointed …

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