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Month: October 2023

Experts say Hamas and Israel are committing war crimes in their fight

By MIKE CORDER and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The deadly attacks by Hamas on Israeli civilians and the devastating Israeli airstrikes and blockade of Gaza have raised accusations among international legal experts that both sides were violating international law. A United Nations Commission of Inquiry said it has been “collecting

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Austin and Blinken pledge fulsome support for Israel as concerns about expected ground offensive grow

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration underlined its public and fulsome show of support for Israel Friday as two of its most senior national security officials visited the Middle East ahead of an expected Israeli ground incursion into Gaza. Behind the scenes, however, the US faces a difficult diplomatic challenge – providing

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US cities boost security as fears spread over Israel-Hamas war despite lack of credible threats

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Police in New York, Los Angeles, and other U.S. cities increased patrols, authorities put up fencing around the U.S. Capitol and some schools closed Friday amid fears of violence inspired by the Israel-Hamas war. But law enforcement officials stressed there were no credible threats in the

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Matthew Shepard’s Murder Remembered 25 Years Later With a Renewed Call to Fight Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate

By Trudy Ring Click here for updates on this story     Wyoming (Advocate.com) — Twenty-five years ago this week, Americans — and possibly much of the world — began thinking about anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes to an extent they hadn’t before. On October 12, 1998, 21-year-old gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard died in a hospital

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Louise Glück, Nobel-winning poet of terse and candid lyricism, dies at 80

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nobel laureate Louise Glück, a poet of unblinking candor and perception who wove classical allusions, philosophical reveries, bittersweet memories and humorous asides into indelible portraits of a fallen and heartrending world, has died at 80. Glück’s death was confirmed Friday by Jonathan Galassi, her editor

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Trump Org. execs considered boosting net worth with a ‘presidential premium’ while Trump was in office, employee says

By Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — Trump Organization executives considered tacking on “presidential premiums” to some of then-President Donald Trump’s properties in a way that would increase asset values and inflate his net worth in 2017, according to exhibits and testimony shown at Trump’s civil fraud trial on Friday.

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US intelligence warned of the potential for violence days before Hamas attack

CNN By Katie Bo Lillis, Zachary Cohen, Alex Marquardt and Natasha Bertrand, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US intelligence community produced at least two assessments based in part on intelligence provided by Israel warning the Biden administration of an increased risk for Palestinian-Israeli conflict in the weeks ahead of Saturday’s seismic attack on southern Israel,

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