DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli air raids in the Gaza Strip killed more than a dozen people overnight into Saturday morning, hospital and local […]
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As US colleges raise the stakes for protests, activists are weighing new strategies
University of Southern California law student Elizabeth Howell-Egan isn’t allowed on campus because of her role in last spring’s anti-war protests, but she is keeping […]
UN officials hail limited pauses in fighting in Gaza to allow polio vaccinations
UNITED NATIONS — UNITED NATIONS (AP) — United Nations officials on Wednesday hailed limited pauses in the fighting between Israel and Hamas to allow children’s […]
Israel-Hamas war latest: UNICEF says polio vaccination campaign in Gaza is surpassing its target
The U.N. children’s agency says a polio vaccination campaign in Gaza reached 189,000 children, surpassing its target and providing a “rare bright spot” in nearly […]
Emhoff ‘gutted’ after hostages killed by Hamas in Gaza, says he and VP Harris ‘both grieving’
WASHINGTON — Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris — and the first Jewish person married to a nationally elected U.S. leader — […]
Harris set to oppose sale of US Steel to a Japanese firm during joint Pennsylvania event with Biden
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris plans to use Monday’s joint campaign appearance in the industrial city of Pittsburgh with President Joe Biden to say […]
Harris looks to tap into Biden’s union support as she rallies with him in Pennsylvania for Labor Day
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden are co-headlining a campaign event Monday in the marquee battleground state of Pennsylvania as Harris […]
Health authorities begin large-scale polio vaccinations in war-ravaged Gaza
Palestinian health authorities and United Nations agencies have begun a large-scale campaign of vaccinations against polio in the Gaza Strip, hoping to prevent an outbreak […]
Polio vaccine campaign begins in Gaza as strikes continue and West Bank remains on edge
JERUSALEM — A campaign to inoculate children in Gaza against polio and prevent the spread of the virus began on Saturday as Palestinians in both […]
Iran claims Yemen’s Houthi rebels will allow rescuers to salvage oil tanker ablaze in Red Sea
UNITED NATIONS — Yemen’s Houthi rebels have agreed to allow tugboats and rescue ships to assist a Greek-flagged oil tanker that remains ablaze in the […]