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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Israeli Soldiers Push into Gaza’s Jabaliya Refugee Camp, “Firing at Anyone Who Moves”

Israeli Bombs Rain Down on Lebanon as Hezbollah Says It Repelled Israeli Border Incursions

Israeli PM Netanyahu Warns Lebanon Could Face “Destruction and Suffering Like Gaza”

Syria Says Israeli Strike on Damascus Killed 7 Civilians

U.N. Chief Warns Israel Against Blocking UNRWA’s Work Aiding Palestinian Refugees

Israeli Defense Minister Cancels Plans to Meet in Washington, D.C., with Pentagon Chief

5.5 Million Urged to Evacuate Florida’s Gulf Coast as “Catastrophic” Hurricane Milton Approaches

Smoke Blankets Bolivian Skies After Wildfires Char Record 25 Million Acres

Russian Attack on Kharkiv, Ukraine, Kills 2 and Injures Dozens 

NYC First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright Becomes 7th Top Official to Quit Eric Adams’s Administration

EPA Mandates Replacement of Lead Pipes in U.S. Cities Within Next Decade

Palestinian Activist Issa Amro and British Israeli Architect Eyal Weizman Win Right Livelihood Awards

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Five Children Among the Dead as Israel Bombs Homes in Deir al-Balah 

Israeli Forces Kill 12-Year-Old Child and 66-Year-Old Man in Raids on Occupied West Bank 

Israel Orders Expulsion of Lebanon’s Southern Coast, Expands Attacks on Beirut Suburbs

Mourners in Michigan Hold Funeral for Hajj Kamel Ahmad Jawad, Killed by Israeli Strike in Lebanon

Florida’s Gulf Coast Braces for Catastrophic Storm Surge as Hurricane Milton Rapidly Intensifies

Georgia Supreme Court Reinstates 6-Week Abortion Ban

U.S. Supreme Court Rules Texas Hospitals Cannot Be Compelled to Provide Emergency Abortions

Colorado Election Official Sentenced to 9 Years for Vote Rigging Lies After Trump’s 2020 Defeat

600 Hilton Workers in Boston Join Nationwide Hotel Strike

Tunisia’s Kais Saied Retains Presidency After Near-Total Crackdown on Opposition

“Every Life a Universe”: On Oct. 7, Jewish Activists Mourn, Pray and Demand End to Gaza Genocide

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, October 7, 2024

Dozens Killed in Gaza as Israel Bombs Mosque, School and Homes on Anniversary of Oct. 7 Attacks

Gaza Journalist Hassan Hamad Killed by Artillery Fire After Threats from Israeli Officer

Massive Explosions Rock Beirut and Southern Lebanon as Israel Steps Up Bombing Campaign

“Netanyahu Dragged Israel into Never-ending War”: Hostage Families Protest on Oct. 7 Anniversary

President Macron Halts French Weapons Exports to Israel

New Reports Reveal U.S. Ignored Warnings of Israeli Plans to Decimate Gaza, Attack Aid Convoys

Protesters Take to the Streets Across the Globe to Mark One Year of Israel’s Genocidal War on Gaza

Photojournalist Sets Self on Fire to Protest Media Complicity in Gaza Genocide

Dominican Republic to Start Expelling Up to 10,000 Haitians Per Week

Mexican President Vows to Reduce Gang Violence After Mayor Is Killed Days After Taking Office

Florida Orders Evacuations Ahead of Hurricane Milton as Helene Death Toll Reaches 232

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, October 4, 2024

Israeli Strikes on Lebanon Kill Dozens of Medical Workers, Shuttering Hospitals

Biden Says He Discussed Possible Attack on Iranian Oil Sites with Israeli Leaders

Iran’s Supreme Leader Calls on Muslim Leaders to Unite Against Israeli Aggression

Yemen’s Houthis Claim Attack on British Oil Vessel in Red Sea

“We Wish You Could See the Nightmares”: U.S. Health Workers Back from Gaza Write to Biden and Harris

Israel’s Deadliest Airstrike on West Bank in Decades Kills 18 Palestinians

U.S. Port Strike Ends as Dockworkers Win Agreement on Wage Increases

“Why We Need Medicare for All”: Boeing Cuts Off Health Coverage to 33,000 Striking Workers

Relief Workers Describe “Absolute Devastation” in Western NC as Hurricane Helene Toll Rises to 213

Kamala Harris Rallies with Republican Ex-Lawmaker Liz Cheney After Winning Her Endorsement

Melania Trump Defends Abortion Rights, Putting Her at Odds with Donald Trump and GOP

Ex-Memphis Police Officers Acquitted of Most Serious Charges Over Killing of Tyre Nichols

Dozens Die as Ferry Capsizes in DR Congo’s Lake Kivu

Mexican Soldiers Arrested over Massacre of Asylum Seekers

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, October 3, 2024

Israeli Airstrike Kills 9 Near Lebanon’s Parliament as Hezbollah Battles Israeli Invasion

Lebanese FM Claims Israel Killed Nasrallah Shortly After He Agreed to Ceasefire

U.S. Remains “Fully, Fully, Fully Supportive of Israel” as Netanyahu Mulls Attacks on Iran

Israel’s Attacks on Gaza Have Wiped Out 902 Entire Palestinian Families

Court Filing Reveals New Evidence About Trump’s Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election

Kamala Harris Tours Storm-Ravaged Parts of Georgia as Hurricane Helene’s Toll Rises to 190

October Heat Wave Grips Western U.S., Breaking Hundreds of Records

U.K. to Hand Chagos Islands Over to Mauritius But Won’t Give Up Diego Garcia Air Base

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Issues Formal Apology for 1968 Student Massacre

Prosecutors Indict 68 Members of Neo-Nazi Gang in Southern California

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Netanyahu Vows to Retaliate After Iran Fires Hundreds of Missiles at Israel

7 Killed, 16 Wounded in Shooting and Stabbing Attack in Tel Aviv

Hezbollah Says Its Fighters Repelled Israeli Troops Invading Southern Lebanon

Israel Bombs Gaza School and Orphanage, Killing Displaced Palestinians

In Vice-Presidential Debate with Tim Walz, JD Vance Refuses to Say Trump Lost 2020 Election

Russian Attack on Kherson Market Kills 6 as Ukraine Loses More Territory in Donbas

NATO’s New Secretary General Warns China over Aiding Russia in Ukraine

Biden Approves Record $567 Million Military Aid Package to Taiwan

Claudia Sheinbaum Inaugurated as Mexico’s First Female President

6 Tennessee Plastics Workers Presumed Dead After Being Swept Away by Hurricane Helene Floodwaters

Texas Prisoner Garcia Glen White Put to Death in 6th U.S. Execution in Less Than 2 Weeks

Department of Justice Says Violence and Sexual Assault Are Rampant in Georgia Prisons

U.S. to Open Cold Case Civil Rights Investigation into 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Hezbollah Denies Reports Israeli Troops Have Invaded Southern Lebanon 

Syria Says Israeli Strikes on Damascus Kill 3 Civilians Including TV News Anchor

Overnight Israeli Airstrike Kills More Displaced Palestinians, Including Children

Israel Releases Palestinian Dr. Khaled Alser, Half a Year After Abducting Him from Gaza Hospital

Half of Haiti Is Suffering Acute Hunger; U.N. Renews Int’l Security Force Amid Spiraling Violence

“Devastation Beyond Belief”: Hurricane Helene Claims 133 Lives, Wipes Out Homes and Neighborhoods

Georgia Judge Strikes Down 6-Week Abortion Ban

Biden Administration Escalates Crackdown on Asylum Seekers at Southern Border

45,000 Dockworkers on East and Gulf Coasts Launch Major Strike 

Kansas City Renters Launch Strike Against Predatory Landlords, Demand Federal Rent Cap

“I Chose Freedom Over Justice”: Julian Assange Addresses Public for First Time Since Prison Release

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, September 30, 2024

Israel Kills Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah; Netanyahu Addresses U.N. Despite Growing Pariah Status

Israeli Airstrikes in Gaza Kill More Displaced Palestinians, Journalist Wafa al-Udaini

Israeli Attack on Yemen Kills at Least 4, Injures 29

“This Must Be a Wake-up Call for Climate Justice”: Hurricane Helene’s Death Toll Nears 100

200 People Killed in Monsoon Flooding in Nepal

Over 50 Refugees Believed to Be Dead in Canary Islands Shipwreck

“A Catastrophe”: Austria’s Nazi-Created Freedom Party Wins Parliamentary Election

Ukraine Says Putin “Waging War on Hospitals” as Conflict Grinds On

Egypt Refuses to Release Political Prisoner Alaa Abd El-Fattah, Extends 5-Year Sentence by 2 Years

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump Ramp Up Anti-Immigration Threats on Campaign Trail

Gov. Newsom Vetoes Bill That Would Have Regulated Dangers of AI

Fire at Georgia’s BioLab Plant Leads to Mass Evacuation, Shelter-in-Place Orders

U.K. Climate Activists Recreate Soup Attack on Van Gogh Painting After Sentencing of Original Protesters

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, September 27, 2024

Lebanon Calls for Int’l Community to Intervene as Israel’s Attacks Kill 700+ in a Matter of Days

Israel Kills at Least 14 Palestinians in Another Attack on Gaza School Shelter

100+ U.S. Lawmakers Demand Biden Admin Investigate Israel’s Killing of U.S. Activist Ayşenur Eygi

Cornell University Student Facing Deportation for Participating in Gaza Solidarity Protest

Acclaimed Author Jhumpa Lahiri Declines Noguchi Award over Museum’s Keffiyeh Ban

“No War Criminals in NYC”: Activists Take Aim at Netanyahu Ahead of Contested UNGA Speech

Tuvalu Says Low-Lying Pacific Nations Must Retain Sovereignty in Face of Existential Climate Threat

Hurricane Helene Strikes Florida as “Catastrophic” Category 4 Storm

“A Significant Step Forward”: Sunrise Movement Welcomes Kamala Harris’s Climate Proposal

Federal Prosecutors Charge NYC Mayor Eric Adams with Bribery and Campaign Finance Crimes

Special Counsel Files Sealed Brief on Trump’s Efforts to Overturn the 2020 Election

Sen. Ron Wyden Proposes Adding 6 Justices as Part of Sweeping Reforms to Supreme Court

Biden Signs Temporary Spending Bill to Avoid a Government Shutdown

Biden Signs Executive Order Seeking to Curb Gun Violence

Harris Pledges “Unwavering” Support to Ukraine as White House Approves $8 Billion in Military Aid

Editors of Banned Hong Kong Newspaper Sentenced on Sedition Charges

Haitian Gangs Have Killed Over 3,600 in 2024, Warns U.N.

Argentina’s Poverty Rate Skyrockets After 6 Months of Javier Milei’s Austerity Measures

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, September 26, 2024

Israel Rejects Ceasefire Calls, Prepares for Possible Ground Invasion as Lebanon Death Toll Tops 620

“Israel Is Violating Our Sovereignty”: Lebanon’s Prime Minister Pleads with UNSC to Do Its Job

One Year into Genocide, Palestinians in Gaza Warn Israel Is Poised to Subject Lebanon to Same Fate

Israel Dumps Truck with 88 Unidentified Palestinian Bodies in Gaza

Journalist Mujahed al-Saadi Arrested Amid Unprecedented Israeli Assault on West Bank Reporters

Sudan’s Army Launches Offensive to Retake Khartoum from Rapid Support Forces

FBI Searches Gracie Mansion as NYC Mayor Eric Adams Faces Indictment for Corruption

MAGA Rep. Clay Higgins to Face Censure Vote for Racist Tweet About Haitians

Senate Passes Resolution Honoring 6-Year-Old Palestinian American Hate Crime Victim

Former U.N. Chief Endorses Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

Families Demand Justice for Mexican Students on 10th Anniversary of Ayotzinapa Disappearances

Thai King Signs Marriage Equality Bill into Law

“It’s Bisan from Gaza and I’m Still Alive” Wins Emmy for Outstanding Hard News Feature

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Thousands Flee as Israel Continues Assault on Southern Lebanon

U.N. Staffers and Journalist Among Those Killed by Israeli Strikes on Lebanon

Israeli Attacks on Gaza Kill 53 Palestinians, Including a Mother and Her Five Children

World Leaders Gathered at U.N. General Assembly Condemn Israel’s Assaults on Gaza, Lebanon

Kharkiv Apartment Block Leveled by Russian Strike; U.S. to Send More Cluster Bombs to Ukraine

Haitian Group Brings Criminal Charges Against Trump, Vance over False Pet-Eating Claims in Ohio

Sen. Joe Manchin Won’t Endorse Kamala Harris for President 

NYC Schools Chancellor Quits as FBI Corruption Probe Targets Mayor Eric Adams’s Administration

Missouri Executes Marcellus Williams Despite Evidence of Wrongful Conviction

Texas Lawmakers Want Clemency for Father Condemned to Death over “Junk Science” Conviction

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Israel Vows to Ramp Up Its Assault on Lebanon After Killing 558+ People in One Day

“They’re Being Killed in Schools as They Seek Shelter”: U.N. Decries Israel’s War on Gaza’s Children

Biden Admin Kept Arming Genocide After State Dept., USAID Found Israel Blocked Gaza Aid Delivery

Prosecutors to Charge Trump’s Would-Be Shooter with Attempted Assassination

Missouri Set to Execute Marcellus Williams Tonight

Activists Disrupt Biden Adviser at Climate Week Event

Greta Thunberg Joins Palestinian Call to Boycott Chevron

Climate Activists Demand Kamala Harris Present a Plan to Combat the Climate Crisis

California Sues ExxonMobil for Lying About Recyclability of Plastics

Biden Designates United Arab Emirates a “Major Defense Partner”

France Sends Banned Riot Police to Martinique

Refugee Boat with Remains of 30 People Recovered Off Senegalese Coast

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, September 23, 2024

Massive Israeli Airstrikes in Lebanon Kill Over 180 People, Injure 700+

Ex-CIA Director: Israel’s Deadly Pager Attacks in Lebanon Was Act of “Terrorism”

Israeli Attacks Continue on Gaza’s Schools, Killing Displaced Palestinian Children Seeking Shelter

Israel Raids and Shuts Down Al Jazeera Ramallah Office Amid Intensifying West Bank Attacks

Leftist Anura Kumara Dissanayake Wins Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election

Voting Rights Advocates Sound Alarm After Georgia GOP Imposes Ballot Hand-Counting Rule

Trump Stays Mum on His Pick for North Carolina Gov., Self-Described “Black Nazi” Mark Robinson

SCOTUS Rules Against Including Green Party Candidate Jill Stein on Nevada’s Ballot

Heavy Fighting in Sudan’s El Fasher Leads to Fears of Greater Regional Violence

“Conflicts Are Multiplying”: U.N. Chief Warns of World at War as General Assembly Kicks Off

Biden Hosts Final Quad Summit of His Presidency

Global Climate Strike Demands Justice, an End to Fossil Fuels as Climate Week Kicks Off

South Carolina Executes Freddie Eugene Owens in State’s First Execution in 13 Years

Three Mile Island to Reopen as Power Supplier for Microsoft AI

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, September 20, 2024

Hezbollah Leader Says Israel Has Crossed “All Red Lines” as Israel Escalates War with Lebanon

Video Shows Israeli Soldiers Pushing Bodies of Palestinians They Killed Off West Bank Roof

U.N. Panel Accuses Israel of Unprecedented Violations of Children’s Rights in War on Palestine

Students Across U.S. Continue to Protest Universities’ Complicity in War on Gaza

Trump Says Jewish Voters Will Be to Blame If He Loses November’s Election

CNN: North Carolina GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Praised Slavery, Declared Himself a “Black Nazi”

Ex-CIA Officer Sentenced to 30 Years for Serial Sexual Assault

Harvey Weinstein Pleads Not Guilty to New York Sex Crime Charge

Billionaire Harrods Owner Mohamed al-Fayed Accused of Sexual Assault, Rape

Horror and Outrage as France Hears Case of Serial Rape Survivor Gisèle Pelicot

WMO Issues Dire Warning on Climate as Floods Displace Millions in West and Central Africa

Jury Sees Video of Memphis Cops Failing to Render Aid After Brutally Beating Tyre Nichols

DOJ Launches Civil Rights Probe of White Mississippi Officers Who Tortured Black Men

Kentucky Sheriff Charged with Murdering District Judge After Courthouse Argument

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Tina Smith Unveil Homes Act to Create Social Housing Authority

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, September 19, 2024

At Least 25 Killed in Walkie-Talkie Explosions in Lebanon, One Day After Pager Attack Kills 12

Evidence in Pager Explosion Points to Israel as U.N. Warns Against Weaponizing Civilian Objects

Israel Declares War Is Moving Toward Lebanon Border as It Continues Deadly Attacks in Gaza

Third Doctor from Gaza Dies in Israeli Custody After He Was Abducted in Hospital Raid

U.N. General Assembly Adopts Resolution Calling on Israel to End Illegal Occupation of Palestine

“We Must End Our Complicity”: Sanders Unveils Resolution to Block $20B in Arms Sales to Israel

Teamsters Not Endorsing a Presidential Candidate as Harris Receives Backing of 100+ Ex-GOP Officials

House Rejects Stopgap Funding Bill That Included Voter Suppression Measure

Kamala Harris Warns of Mass Deportations If Trump Reelected

Fed Cuts Interest Rates; Child Poverty Skyrockets After Congress Fails to Renew Child Tax Credit

Tunisia’s Authoritarian Leader Cracks Down on Opposition Ahead of Elections

Malian Army Repels Attacks on Bamako by al-Qaeda-Affiliated Fighters

Protesters Take to NYC Streets After NYPD Officer Shoots 4 People at Subway Station

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Netanyahu Expands War Aims to Include Return of Israelis Displaced by Fighting with Lebanon

Israeli Assaults Have Killed 11,000 Students, Says Palestinian Education Ministry

U.N. Special Rapporteur Blasts Western Nations for Supporting Israel’s Assault on Gaza

Trump and JD Vance Blame Democrats’ Rhetoric for Inspiring Assassination Attempts

Prosecutors Allege Gunman Spent 12 Hours Lying in Wait to Attempt Trump Assassination

Ohio Orders Daily Bomb Sweeps in Springfield Schools Amid Right-Wing Attack on Haitian Community

Putin Boosts Active-Duty Troops, Warns NATO over Ukraine’s Long-Range Attacks

Taliban Suspends U.N.-Led Polio Vaccination Campaign

Man Sets Himself on Fire Near Boston’s Israeli Consulate to Protest Gaza Genocide

NYPD Officer Shoots and Hospitalizes Four People over Subway Fare Evasion

“Give People a Choice”: Atlantans Disrupt City Council Meeting to Demand Referendum on Cop City

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, September 16, 2024

Suspect in Custody After Another Apparent Assassination Attempt Against Trump

Bided Admin OKs More Weapons for Israel as Death Toll of Gaza Genocide Tops 41,200

Israeli Sniper Kills UNRWA Employee in Occupied West Bank

Houthi-Launched Missile Strikes Central Israel, No Casualties Reported

Biden and Harris Have Not Contacted the Family of Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, the U.S. Citizen Killed by Israel

Ohio’s Haitian Community Under Attack as Trump and JD Vance Spew More Racist Lies

Congolese Court Sentences 37 People to Death over Plot to Overthrow President

At Least 8 Refugees Died While Attempting to Cross English Channel

Outspoken Honduran Land and Water Defender Juan López Is Killed

Venezuela Arrests 6 Foreigners, Incl. 3 U.S. Citizens, in Alleged Presidential Assassination Plot

Mexico Court Overhaul Goes into Effect Despite Judicial Uproar

August 2024 Was Hottest Ever as Typhoon Yagi Kills 400 Across Asia, European Flooding Wreaks Havoc

Mayor Eric Adams’s Chief Legal Adviser Resigns

Paramedic Who Injected Elijah McClain with Deadly Dose of Ketamine Is Released Early from Prison

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, September 13, 2024

U.N. Evacuates 100 Gaza Patients for Treatment in UAE, Says 25% of War Injuries “Life-Changing”

Calls Mount for U.S. to Investigate, Hold Israel Accountable for Killing Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi

North Dakota Judge Strikes Down State’s Near-Total Abortion Ban

33,000 Boeing Workers in PNW Go on Strike for Better Pay, Improved Safety Standards

Florida Judge Finds Uhuru 3 Guilty of Conspiracy, Clears Activists of “Russian Agent” Charges

Georgia Judge Tosses 2 More Charges Against Trump in Election Subversion Case

Springfield, OH, City Hall Evacuated over Bomb Threat Amid Trump/Vance-Fueled Anti-Haitian Attacks

U.S. Approves $1.3 Billion in Military Aid to Egypt Despite Widespread Human Rights Abuses

At Least 30 Killed in Northeastern Nigeria as Heavy Rains Spawn Flooding

Democrats Unveil Bill to Make Fossil Fuel Companies Pay $1 Trillion over Climate Crisis

NYC Police Commissioner Resigns as FBI Expands Probe into Mayor’s Inner Circle

Chile’s President Calls for Repeal of Dictatorship-Era Amnesty Law

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, September 12, 2024

Israel Strikes Gaza’s al-Jaouni School for 5th Time, Kills 18 Palestinians, Incl. 6 UNRWA Staffers

Israel’s Assault on West Bank Continues as Death Toll in Occupied Territory Reaches 50 Over 2 Weeks

Biden Calls Israel’s Killing of Turkish American Activist Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi “Totally Unacceptable”

Kyiv Pushes for U.S. Greenlight on Long-Range Missiles as Russian Army Retakes Parts of Kursk

Protesters March to Demand End to Ethnic Violence in India’s Manipur State

3.2 Million Afghan Children Face Acute Malnutrition

Spanish Congress Recognizes Edmundo González as Venezuela’s President-Elect

Peruvian Ex-Dictator Alberto Fujimori Dies at 86

Grieving Ohio Father Blasts Trump and Vance for Politicizing Son’s Death

Report Finds Doctors Far More Likely to Order C-Sections for Black Patients

Black Enrollment Drops at Harvard After Supreme Court Rolls Back Affirmative Action

Amnesty Asks Biden to Grant Clemency to U.S. Political Prisoner Leonard Peltier, Who Turns 80 Today

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Presidential Debate Reveals Sharp Contrast Between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump

Israel Used U.S.-Made 2,000-Pound Bombs in Assault on Gaza Encampment for Displaced Palestinians

Israeli Airstrike on West Bank Kills 5 Palestinians in Tubas

Blinken Calls Israel’s Killing of U.S. Activist Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi “Unprovoked and Unjustified”

Canada Suspends Some Arms Export Licenses to Israel

Antiwar Protesters Rally Outside U.S. Presidential Debate, Australian Arms Expo

Protesters Storm Mexican Senate to Oppose Judicial Overhaul Plan

Missouri High Court OKs Ballot Measure to Enshrine Abortion Rights

Tropical Storms Wreak Havoc in Vietnam, U.S. Gulf Coast

Colombia Tops List of Deadliest Nations for Environmental Defenders in 2023

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Israeli Strike Kills 40 Displaced Palestinians in Gaza “Safe Zone”

Funeral Held for Turkish American Activist Killed by Israeli Forces in West Bank

1 Killed, 3 Wounded in Major Ukrainian Drone Attack on Russia

Texas Sues to Gain Access to Medical Records of Patients Who Travel for Abortions

DOJ Charges 2 Leaders of White Supremacist Group Who Were Plotting Assassinations, “Race War”

JD Vance, Trump Campaign Pile on Racist Attacks Against Ohio’s Haitian Community

Mother of Apalachee HS Shooter Warned School After Receiving “I’m Sorry, Mom” Text

Tens of Thousands Ordered to Evacuate as Wildfires Rage Across Western States

Google and Apple Lose EU Appeals as Google’s Second U.S. Antitrust Lawsuit Opens

Miami Police Video Shows Officers Violently Detaining NFL Star Tyreek Hill

James Earl Jones, Prolific and Beloved Actor Who Voiced Darth Vader and Mufasa, Has Died at 93

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, September 9, 2024

U.N.: Israel Carrying Out “Starvation Campaign” as the Entire Gaza Strip Remains in Urgent Need of Food

Israeli Forces Kill American Activist Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi in Occupied West Bank

Israelis Take to Streets for Mass Protests Calling for Hostage Deal, Removal of Netanyahu

Israel Temporarily Closes Border Crossings with Jordan After Shooting of 3 Israeli Security Guards

Separate Israeli Attacks Kill 3 Paramedics in Lebanon, 16 People in Syria

Trump’s NY Election Interference Sentencing Pushed to After Nov. Election

Sudan Rejects U.N. Call for Internat’l Peacekeeping Force as Video Emerges of RSF’s Ethnic Massacres

Protesters Slam France’s Macron for Ignoring People’s Will, Vote Results by Naming Right-Wing PM

Opposition Leader Edmundo González Flees Venezuela, Seeks Asylum in Spain

Pope Francis in East Timor Amid Uproar over $12M Cost of Papal Visit, Specter of Church Sexual Abuse

Typhoon Yagi Kills Dozens in Vietnam After Barreling Through Philippines, Southern China

Boeing Reaches Tentative Deal with 30,000+ Unionized Workers in Hopes of Averting Possible Strike

“What If I Wasn’t Tyreek Hill?”: Miami Police Detain, Handcuff Football Stars Before NFL Game

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, September 6, 2024

Israel Hinders Polio Vaccination; U.N. Warns Gazans Getting No Food in “Beyond Catastrophic” Scenario

Israel Continues Assault on West Bank, Leaves Devastating Scenes After Attacking Jenin and Tulkarm

Georgia Authorities Charge Father of Apalachee High School Mass Shooter

Harris Calls for 28% Capital Gains Tax Rate, Proposes Tax Benefits for Small Businesses

DOJ Indicts Russians over Election Subversion Scheme Involving Social Media “Propaganda” Accounts

Activists Demand Justice After Ugandan Olympic Runner Rebecca Cheptegei Is Killed by Her Partner

DRC Finally Gets First Mpox Vaccine Doses

Nicaragua Expels 135 Prisoners Jailed by Daniel Ortega’s Crackdown on Opposition

Honduran Pres. Xiomara Castro Warns of Possible U.S. Coup Against Her Gov’t

Haiti Expands State of Emergency Nationwide as Blinken Visits Port-au-Prince

Hunter Biden Pleads Guilty to 9 Tax Evasion Charges

FBI Raids Homes of Four Top Members of NYC Mayor Eric Adams’s Inner Circle

50 Climate Activists Arrested at Citibank HQ Demanding Fossil Fuel Divestment

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, September 5, 2024

Israel Continues Deadly West Bank Incursion, Destroying Streets, Homes, Water & Health Infrastructure

Israel’s Genocide in Gaza Continues as New Leak Details How Netanyahu Torpedoed Ceasefire Deals

U.S. Criticizes Netayahu’s Failure to Reach Ceasefire But Continues to Arm His War on Gaza

Portland, Maine, to Divest from Israeli Companies Tied to Israel’s Assault on Palestinians

“From the River to the Sea”: Meta Says Palestinian Solidarity Slogan Is Not Hate Speech

14-Year-Old with Assault Rifle Kills Two Teachers and Two Students at Georgia High School

U.K. Prime Minister Apologizes for Grenfell Fire as Report Makes Clear Disaster Was Preventable

AfD Becomes First Far-Right Party to Win German State Election Since Nazis

Macron Appoints Conservative Politician as New PM, Eschewing Demands for a Progressive Leader

Biden Administration Considers Making Sweeping Asylum Restrictions Permanent

Harris Agrees to Terms of Debate with Trump; Liz Cheney Endorses Harris for President

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Israeli Attacks Kill 42 in Gaza as WHO Cites Progress in Polio Vaccination Efforts

Israeli Raids on West Bank Kill 33 Palestinians in a Week

Doctors Demand Justice for Palestinian Medical Workers Tortured in Israeli Custody

Thousands of Israelis Continue Protests Demanding Gaza Ceasefire and Hostage Deal

Russia Continues Deadly Airstrikes as Ukraine’s President Orders Cabinet Reshuffle

At Least 129 Killed as Prisoners Try to Escape DRC’s Notorious Makala Prison

Boko Haram Attack in Northeastern Nigeria Leaves 81 Dead

12 Asylum Seekers Die Attempting to Cross English Channel

Phoenix Records 100th Day Over 100° as Heat Wave Bakes Southwestern U.S.

Trump Pleads “Not Guilty” to Amended Indictment in Election Interference Case

Montana GOP Senate Candidate Tim Sheehy Recorded Making Racist Comments

Indictment Alleges Former Aide to New York Gov. Hochul Worked as Chinese Government Agent

Trial of “Uhuru Three” Opens in Florida as Group Rejects Russian Influence Claims

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Israeli Attack on U.N.-Operated Shelter in Gaza Kills 8 Palestinians in Bread Line

Polio Mass Vaccination Campaign Begins in Gaza Despite Ongoing Israeli Attacks

Israeli Military Returns Body of 58-Year-Old Palestinian Man with Signs of Torture and Abuse

Israeli Military Attacks Journalists Covering West Bank Raids, Kills Gaza TikTok Star 

Hundreds of Thousands of Israelis Protest After Army Recovers Bodies of 6 Hostages

U.K. Suspends Some Weapons Shipments to Israel 

CENTCOM Says 7 U.S. Military Personnel Are Injured in Raid on ISIS in Iraq

The New Yorker Publishes Images from U.S. Marines’ 2005 Massacre of Iraqi Civilians

Attacks by Russia and Ukraine Leave Civilians Dead and Wounded

Venezuela Accuses U.S. of “Piracy” After President Maduro’s Plane Is Seized 

10,000 U.S. Hotel Workers Go on Strike to Demand Higher Pay and Increased Staffing 

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, September 2, 2024

Democracy Now! television program for Friday, August 30, 2024

WHO Readies to Start Gaza Polio Vaccine Drive After Israel Agrees to 3-Day Partial Pause

Israeli Forces Continue Deadly Assault on West Bank’s Jenin, Leave Tulkarm and Tubas in Ruins

Kamala Harris and Tim Walz Give First TV Interview as Democratic Ticket

JD Vance Says Kamala Harris “Can Go to Hell” at Pennsylvania Rally

Arlington Nat’l Cemetery Files Report After Trump Aides Attack an Employee

South Korea Court Finds Climate Law Violates Rights of Future Generations

Heavy Flooding Brings Death, Displacement and Disease in Sudan, Yemen and Bangladesh

Record Wildfires in Brazil Rage Across Amazon, Pantanal Wetlands

Klamath River Flows Freely Again After Crews Take Down Last Dam

East Timor Marks 25 Years of Independence

Immigrant Prisoners in California Are on Labor and Hunger Strike Against Their Inhumane Detention

4 Arrested at UMich Gaza Protest; Pro-Palestinian Students at Columbia, NYU Face Censorship

Painters’ Union to Divest Pension Fund from Israeli Firms to Protest Gaza Genocide

Video Game Performers Enter Second Month of Strike, Seeking Protections from AI

First Arrest Made as New York’s Nassau County Bans Face Masks in Public

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, August 29, 2024

Israeli Attacks Kill Another 68 Palestinians in Gaza; Mother of First Polio Patient Decries Baby’s Fate

WFP Suspends Staff Travel in Gaza After Israel Attacks Convoy

Israel Escalates Invasion of Occupied West Bank, Kills at Least 18 Palestinians

EU Weighs Sanctions on Israeli Ministers Propagating “Hate Messages Against Palestinians”

Egypt Rejects Israeli Troops on Border; Namibia Blocks Vessel Heading to Israel with Weapons

U.S. Rejects Resumption of Nuclear Talks After Overture by Iran

Hong Kong Convicts Pro-Democracy Editors of Stand News of Sedition

U.S. National Security Adviser Meets Chinese President Xi Jinping

Honduras Ends Extradition Treaty with U.S. over Ambassador’s Narcotrafficking Allegations

Rights Groups Sound Alarm as Texas GOP Purges 1 Million Voters from Rolls

Union Workers at Cornell University Win Historic Pay Increases After 10-Day Strike

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9 Palestinians Killed as Israel Launches Largest Raid on West Bank in Two Decades

Israeli Attacks Kill Dozens in Gaza, Including 8 at School Sheltering Displaced Palestinians

Israeli Forces Rescue Bedouin Arab Man Kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7

Zelensky Rules Out Ceasefire as Russia Continues “Largest Aerial Assault” of Its War on Ukraine

IAEA Chief Warns Ukraine’s Advance on Russian Power Plant Threatens Nuclear Catastrophe

Afghan Taliban Approves Gender Apartheid Law Banning Women from Speaking in Public

Indian Police Fire Tear Gas as Protesters Decry Rape and Murder of Medical Trainee

Jack Smith Files Amended Indictment of Trump over Jan. 6 Insurrection

Trump Adds Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard to Transition Team

Mexico Freezes Diplomatic Relations After U.S. and Canada Criticize Judicial Reform Plan

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U.N. Forced to Halt Aid in Gaza Amid Dire Humanitarian Needs Due to Nonstop Evacuation Orders

U.S. Has Sent Over 50,000 Tons of Arms and Military Equipment to Israel Since Genocide Started

Israeli Forces and Illegal Settlers Continue Deadly Attacks in Occupied West Bank

Greek Tanker in Red Sea with 150,000 Tons of Crude Has Been on Fire for Days After Houthi Strike

Russia Ramps Up Attacks on Ukraine in Wake of Kyiv’s Surprise Incursion

Baloch Separatists Claim Attacks That Kill 40+ in Southwestern Pakistan

“There’s No Lifeboat to Take Us Back:” U.N. Head Demands Urgent Action Before Pacific Islands Wiped Out

Uganda Cracks Down on Climate Protesters Speaking Out Against EACOP, Arrests 20+ Activists

130+ Killed in Heavy Flooding in War-Torn Sudan; Arbaat Dam Collapses in Red Sea State

French President Macron Shuns Progressive Coalition as Talks on Future Gov’t Hit a Wall

Jake Sullivan Is First U.S. Nat’l Security Adviser to Visit China in 8 Years Amid Simmering Tensions

Trump and Vance Downplay Anti-Abortion Record and Plans

Special Counsel Jack Smith Seeks to Reinstate Classified Docs Case Against Trump

Texas Officials Raid Homes of Latino Elected Leaders

DNC and Georgia Dems Sue to Block New GOP Rules That Could Delay Election Results and Sow Chaos

Georgia Unveils Statue of John Lewis Outside Decatur Courthouse

U.S. Judge Blocks Biden Immigration Policy for Spouses of U.S. Citizens

Nashville Mayor Urges City Lawmakers to Pass New Safety Rules After Nazi Gatherings in TN City

Climate Reporter Peter Dykstra, Who Called Out Corporate Media Cover-Up of Climate Crisis, Dies at 67

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U.N. Seeks “Immediate Deescalation” After Israel and Hezbollah Exchange Heavy Fire

Human Rights Watch: Israel Has Tortured Detained Palestinian Medical Workers

No Deal Yet as Ceasefire Talks Continue in Egypt

Russia Launches Wave of Attacks on Ukraine

Member of Reuters Team Killed in Russian Attack on Ukrainian Hotel

Two Journalists Killed in Turkish Drone Strike in Iraqi Kurdistan

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Suspends Campaign & Endorses Donald Trump

Kamala Harris Raises Record $540 Million in a Month

Trump’s Bedminster Resort to Host Gala Honoring Jan. 6 Defendants

DOJ Sues RealPage for Helping Corporate Landlords Collude to Raise Rents

Felony Charges Tossed Against Two Former Cops Charged in Breonna Taylor Killing

Second Memphis Officer Pleads Guilty in Police Killing of Tyre Nichols

Sheriff’s Deputy in Florida Charged in Connection to Killing of Airman Roger Fortson

French Authorities Detain CEO of Telegram Messaging App

Militant Group Kills Up to 200 in Burkina Faso

At Least 13 Migrants Die After Boat Sinks Near Yemen

Extinction Rebellion Protesters Block Norwegian Oil Terminal

Summer of Heat: Dozens of Climate Activists Arrested Outside Home of Citi CEO Jane Fraser

Federal Court Bars Biden Administration from Using Civil Rights Law to Block New Fossil Fuel Projects

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DNC Kicks Off as Progressives and Uncommitted Delegates Demand Harris Take Action on Gaza Genocide

Gazans Hold Out Little Hope as Blinken Pushes for Ceasefire in Tel Aviv

Israeli Soldiers Attack Deir al-Balah, Wiping Out Families, Children, Another U.N. Worker

First Case of Polio Identified in Gaza in 10-Month-Old Baby

Israeli Relatives of Hamas Hostages Rally in Tel Aviv Ahead of Blinken Visit

Israel Attacks Southern Lebanon, Killing 10 Civilians from Syria

Cholera Outbreak Adds to Misery of Displacement and Starvation in Sudan War as Peace Talks Falter

Kamala Harris Lays Out Economic Policy Agenda, Vows to Lower Medical, Housing and Child Care Costs

Green Party Presidential Candidate Jill Stein Taps Historian Butch Ware as Running Mate

Philippines Reports Mpox Case in Patient Who Had Not Traveled Abroad

Protesters Demand “Not Another Bomb” on Gaza in Marches Across the Globe

Colombia Bans Coal Exports to Israel over Genocide

Belarus Threatens Kyiv over Border Troops as Ukraine Pushes Further into Russia’s Kursk

Dominican Pres. Abinader Starts 2nd Term After Enacting Hard-Line Immigration Policy Against Haitians

X to Shutter Operations in Brazil Amid Legal Challenges over Hate Speech, Misinformation

Bangladesh’s Interim Leader Muhammad Yunus Vows to Help Rohingya Refugees Who Fled Burma

SCOTUS Allows GOP-Led States to Continue Blocking Expansion of Title IX

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Israel Continues Deadly Attacks in Gaza as Ceasefire Talks Resume for Day 2

Israeli Settlers Kill Palestinian as They Go on Armed Rampage in Occupied West Bank

Prices on 10 Common Medications Will Go Down in 2026 After First Round of Medicare Negotiations

Make the Road Action Endorses Kamala Harris for President

AZ’s Top Court Allows GOP to Describe Fetuses as “Unborn Human Beings” on Ballot Measure Pamphlet

Doctors in India to Strike Amid Protests over Rape and Murder of Kolkata Medical Trainee

Paetongtarn Shinawatra Named Thai Prime Minister

Indonesian President Holds First Cabinet Meeting in Future Capital Nusantara

Ukraine Says Its Troops Have Taken Full Control of Russian Town of Sudzha

Greenland Extends Detention of Anti-Whaling Activist Paul Watson as Japan Seeks Extradition

New York City Street Vendors Rally to Demand Easier Access to Permits

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Father Grieves Newborn Twins, Wife Who Were Killed by Israel as Gaza’s Death Toll Tops 40,000

“You Are Complicit”: Journalists, Media Groups Demand End to U.S. Arming of Israel

Columbia Univ. President Minouche Shafik Resigns After Ordering Brutal Crackdown on Protesters

Univ. of Chicago Delivers Diplomas, Drops Cases Against Gaza Solidarity Student Protesters

Tim Walz to Debate JD Vance on Oct. 1; WaPo: RFK Jr. Courted Both Harris and Trump for WH Jobs

Zelensky Denies WSJ Report Ukrainian Gov’t Approved Plan to Blow Up Nord Stream Pipelines

Tanzania Frees Opposition Leaders Amid Crackdown on Protests

WHO Declares Mpox a Global Public Health Emergency

Unions Organize “Heat Week” as Extreme Temperatures Pose Mounting Dangers to Workers

Citibank Security Guard Punches Peaceful Climate Activist in Face

Tropical Storm Ernesto Drenches Puerto Rico, Leaves Half the Island Without Power

Taliban Mark 3 Years Since Return to Power in Kabul, Amid Ongoing Humanitarian, Human Rights Crisis

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Israel Widens Evacuation Orders for Khan Younis Amid Deadly Strikes on Gaza and West Bank

U.N. Security Council Holds Emergency Meeting After Israeli Attack on Gaza School Kills 100+

Biden Administration Approves $20 Billion in Additional Weapons Sales to Israel

Sudan Peace Negotiations Open Without Participation of Sudan’s Army

Second Russian Region Declares State of Emergency as Ukrainian Forces Push Deeper into Russia

Germany Seeks Arrest of Ukrainian Diving Expert for Bombing Nord Stream Pipeline

Bangladesh Opens Murder Probe into Ousted PM Sheikh Hasina

Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin Sacked by Constitutional Court

Africa Centers for Disease Control Declares a Public Health Emergency over Mpox

Majority of U.S. States Report “Very High” Levels of Coronavirus in Wastewater Samples

UAW Labor Charges Allege Donald Trump and Elon Musk Threatened and Intimidated Workers

Tim Walz Rallies Union Members Against Anti-Labor Policies of Trump and JD Vance

Rep. Ilhan Omar Defeats Primary Challenge After Pro-Israel Groups Raise Funds for Her Opponent

Arizona and Missouri to Determine Fate of Abortion Rights in November Ballot Measures 

Ohio Cop Charged with Murdering 21-Year-Old Pregnant Black Mother Ta’Kiya Young

Olympic Boxer Imane Khelif Sues Elon Musk and J.K. Rowling for Cyberbullying

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Latest Israeli Attacks on Gaza Kill 32 Palestinians; Hamas Says Hostages Killed, Wounded

Israeli Settlers Storm Palestinian Villages and Al-Aqsa Mosque, Joined by Far-Right Minister

Hundreds of Minority Rohingya Muslims Killed in Burma’s Rakhine State 

Putin Vows to Retaliate as Ukraine’s Military Presses Deeper into Russia

Red Cross Marks 75th Anniversary of Geneva Conventions with Call for Action 

Jan. 6 Rioter Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Assaulting Capitol Police

Trump Campaign Charters Private Jet Formerly Owned by Jeffrey Epstein

Greek Wildfires Rage Near Athens After Record High Summer Temperatures

Kampala Landfill Landslide Buries at Least 22 People After Torrential Rains

110 Refugees Rescued Off Italian Coast Amid Stalled Plans to Transfer Migrants to Albania

Randy Kehler, Peace Activist Who Inspired Release of Pentagon Papers, Dies at 80

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Israel Used U.S. Munitions in Attack on Gaza School Killing More Than 100 Palestinians

U.S. Deploys Guided-Missile Submarine & Strike Group to Middle East

“Now Is the Time to Get a Ceasefire Deal”: Kamala Responds to Pro-Palestinian Protesters

Trump Falsely Claims Kamala Harris Is Using AI to Fabricate Photos of Large Crowds at Rallies

Ukraine Expands Surprise Incursion into Russia

Bangladesh’s Chief Justice & Central Bank Governor Resign

U.S. Lifts Ban on Sending Offensive Arms to Saud Arabia

Sudan Peace Talks to Go Ahead in Geneva Despite Questions over Sudan’s Participation

“Journalism Can Thrive, Even in the Line of Fire”: Rappler Wins Battle Against Duterte Closure Order

Wall Street Journal: U.S. Offering “Amnesty” to Maduro If He Concedes Venezuelan Election

Peru Passes Bill Barring Prosecution of Crimes Against Humanity Committed During 1980-2000 Conflict

Cancer Doctors, Lawyer Who Challenged Airlines Among the 62 Victims of Brazil Plane Crash

Appeals Court Extends GOP-Led Block on Biden’s SAVE Student Loan Repayment Plan

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Nations Call for Renewed Ceasefire Talks as Israel’s Genocidal War Kills and Displaces More Gazans

Kamala Harris and Tim Walz Address UAW in MI; Trump Goes on Lie-Filled Rant in Florida

Kamala Harris to Debate Donald Trump on Sept. 10

“A Shameful Abrogation of Responsibility”: Groups Slam FEC Refusal to Rein In Political Deepfakes

Microsoft and Palantir Partner to Sell Cloud and AI Services to Pentagon

Gov. Greg Abbott Orders Texas Hospitals to Gather Patients’ Immigration Status

Climate Activist Arrested as He Was Performing Bach Piece in NYC Public Plaza

Muhammad Yunus Sworn In to Lead Bangladesh’s Interim Gov’t

Tunisia’s Pres. Kais Saied Fires PM as Main Rivals Are Sentenced to Prison Ahead of Oct. Election

Western Officials Boycott Nagasaki Commemoration Ceremony Over Exclusion of Israel

Thailand’s Disbanded Opposition Party Reforms as People’s Party Days After Dissolution

Catalonia to Be Led by Socialists, Ending Separatist Rule as Puigdemont Manages to Flee Spain

Pres. Maduro Blocks X for 10 Days Amid Entrenched Dispute over July Election

New Records Show Warning Calls from Sonya Massey’s Mom Ahead of Police Killing

Michael Brown’s Mother Still Fighting for Justice 10 Years After Her Son’s Killing by Ferguson Officer

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WHO Sending 1.2 Million Polio Vaccines to Gaza as Israel Continues Its Genocidal War

Harris & Walz Rally in Midwest in Dueling Campaign Events with Ohio Sen. Vance

“We Won’t Vote for Genocide”: Pro-Palestinian Protesters Disrupt Kamala Harris’s Detroit Speech

Utah Orders Removal of 13 Books from Public Schools and Libraries in First Statewide Book Ban

Muhammad Yunus Returns to Bangladesh to Lead Interim Gov’t

Spanish Police Launch Manhunt for Catalan Separatist Leader Puigdemont as He Returns to Barcelona

Anti-Fascist Demonstrators Take to U.K. Streets to Counter Far-Right Violence

Moscow Accuses Kyiv of “Major Provocation” After Ukrainian Incursion in Kursk

Jailed Russian Pianist and War Critic Pavel Kushnir Dies; Oleg Orlov Speaks from Berlin After Release

Arizona Republican Pleads Guilty in Trump Fake Electors Case

NY County Votes to Ban Face Masks as COVID Surges in Dozens of Countries

Scientists Urge Immediate Global Action to Combat Coral Reef Destruction

Hualapai Nation Sues over Lithium Project; U.K. Police Arrest Activists over Planned Climate Action

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“Weird as Hell”: Tim Walz Blasts Trump in His First Speech as Harris’s Running Mate

Hamas Names Yahya Sinwar to Be Group’s New Political Leader

Report: Israeli Military in Gaza Relying on Help from Amazon, Google & Microsoft

U.N. Experts Decry Torture in Israeli Prisons; B’Tselem Accuses Israel of Running “Torture Camps”

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus to Head Bangladesh’s Interim Government

Thai Court Orders Disbandment of Country’s Largest Opposition Political Party

U.N. Urges Global Community to Help Sudan After Famine Declared

Rep. Cori Bush Loses Primary After AIPAC Spent Over $9 Million to Defeat Her

Migrants Launch Hunger Strike at Two Private ICE Detention Centers in California

Four Hotel Workers Charged in Murder of D’Vontaye Mitchell in Milwaukee

NYPD Charge Journalist with Hate Crimes for Filming Pro-Palestinian Direct Action

Police Chief in Marion, Kansas, to Face Charges over Raid on Newspaper & Publisher

Climate Activists Spray-Paint Lionel Messi’s Mansion in Spain

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Middle East Braces for Possible Wider War as Tensions Boil After Israeli Attacks on Lebanon, Iran

Israel Intensifies Attacks on Occupied West Bank, Killing at Least 8 Palestinians

Israel’s Far-Right Finance Minister Says Starving Gaza Is “Moral” and “Justified” as Child Hunger Soars

Bangladeshi Parliament Dissolved; Student Leaders Call for Muhammad Yunus to Lead Interim Gov’t

“Google Is a Monopolist”: Federal Judge Rules Against Tech Giant in Landmark Antitrust Case

Kamala Harris Clinches Nomination in DNC Virtual Roll Call Vote, Announces Gov. Tim Walz as Running Mate

Ex-Trump Lawyer Jenna Ellis Flips, Will Cooperate in 2020 “Fake Electors” Case

Global Markets Rebound After Taking a Plunge over U.S. Recession Fears

WHO: Extreme Heat Causes 175,000+ Deaths in Europe Every Year

Gunmen and Farmers Attack Indigenous People in Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul

U.S. Military Withdraws from Its Last Base in Niger

Nigeria Anti-Hunger Protests Continue Amid Violent Crackdown

Nigeria, Kenya, Indonesia and Others Warn Citizens in U.K. to Be Vigilant Amid Far-Right Riots

Gymnasts Rebeca Andrade, Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles Make History in First-Ever All-Black Podium

Peace Activists Shine Light on Gaza as Japan Marks 79th Anniversary of Hiroshima Bombing

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Bangladesh Prime Minister Resigns, Flees Country After Bloody Weekend, Weeks of Protests

U.S. Sends More Military to Middle East Amid Threats of Retaliation After Israel’s Assassinations

Israeli Attacks on Shelters for Displaced Gazans Kill Dozens, Most of Them Children

Far-Right Protests Roil U.K. in Aftermath of Deadly Stabbing Attack That Killed 3 Girls

Kamala Harris Gets Enough Votes to Clinch DNC Nom as Trump Pulls Out of Debate

WaPo: Egypt’s Abdel Fattah el-Sisi May Have Bribed Trump for $10 Million in 2017

Sudan’s Paramilitary RSF Continues Deadly Attack on El Fasher as U.N. Warns Famine Could Spread

Al-Shabab Claims Mogadishu Beach Attack That Killed 37

Dispute over Venezuela’s Election Results Deepens as Opposition Claims It Won by 2X the Vote Count

Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin Revokes Plea Deal for 9/11 Guantánamo Prisoners

U.S. Gov’t to Start Paying Out $2 Billion to BIPOC Farmers Who Suffered Institutional Discrimination

Southern States Brace for Hurricane Debby as It Makes Landfall in Florida

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Evan Gershkovich Arrives in U.S. with Other Freed Americans After Historic Prisoner Swap with Russia

Mourners Gather for Ismail Haniyeh’s Funeral in Doha Amid Questions over Fate of Ceasefire Talks

“A Long History of Fabrications”: Al Jazeera Blasts Israeli Claim Slain Reporter Worked for Hamas

The Uncommitted Movement Calls on Democrats to Let Doctor Who Volunteered in Gaza Address DNC

AIPAC Spending Millions to Unseat Progressive MO Congressmember Cori Bush

Jewish Activists Descend on Atlas Air to Shine Light on Its Role in Gaza Genocide

Famine Has Been Confirmed in Darfur’s Zamzam Camp, After Months of Warnings

Police Kill 2 People as Nigeria Erupts into Protests Against Poverty, Hunger

U.S. Recognizes Venezuelan Opposition Candidate as Winner of Presidential Election

Ex-Head of Honduras’s Police Force Sentenced to 19 Years in U.S. for Drug Trafficking

Beloved Texas Immigrant Rights Activist Eddie Canales Has Died

52-Year-Old Christopher Dunn Is Freed After More Than 3 Decades in Prison on a False Conviction

South Carolina Rules Execution by Firing Squad Is Lawful

Navajo Nation Bans Uranium, Radioactive Substances from Entering Its Land

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Israel Confirms It Killed Hamas Military Commander in July as Regional Tensions Reach Boiling Point

Israeli Strike Kills Celebrated Al Jazeera Reporters Ismail al-Ghoul and Rami al-Rifi

Trump Accuses Harris of Denying Her Blackness, Attacks Black Women Reporters in Stunning Interview

Kamala Harris Receives Backing of UAW, Several Progressive Climate Groups

Election Denier Kari Lake Wins GOP Nom for U.S. Senate Seat, Will Face Rep. Ruben Gallego

Sudanese Military Chief Defiant After Surviving Drone Attack

Pres. Maduro Says He May Start New Revolution Amid Venezuelan Election Dispute

Accused Plotters of 9/11 Attacks to Plead Guilty, Receive Life Sentences

Reporter Evan Gershkovich, Ex-Marine Paul Whelan Released in Russia-U.S.Prisoner Swap

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Hamas Political Leader Ismail Haniyeh Assassinated in Tehran by Alleged Israeli Strike

Israel Kills 3 Civilians, Wounds 74 Others in Attack on Hezbollah Commander in Beirut

Bodies Litter Ruins of Khan Younis After Israeli Ground Troop Withdrawal 

Interfaith Protesters Disrupt D.C. Gathering of Christians United for Israel

France Recognizes Moroccan Sovereignty Over Occupied Western Sahara

Ukraine Claims It Repelled Major Russian Drone Attack on Kyiv

U.S. Pledges New Military Aid to Philippines as Protesters Warn Against Provoking China

Interior Department Report Details Deaths and Abuses at Indian Boarding Schools

Cop Who Killed Sonya Massey Previously Faced Discipline for Lying on Police Reports

Federal Prisoners in Florida Launch Hunger Strike to Protest Deplorable Conditions

Kamala Harris Claims She’s Tougher Than Donald Trump on Border Policies

National Association of Black Journalists Faces Backlash over Donald Trump Invitation

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Palestinian Health Officials Declare Polio Epidemic in Gaza

Far-Right Israeli Protesters Storm Military Bases to Defend Soldiers Accused of Torture

Israel’s Netanyahu Blames Hezbollah for Golan Heights Blast, Pledges “Harsh” Response

Venezuela’s Maduro Claims Attempted Coup Underway as Opposition Challenges Vote Tally

UNICEF Warns Drought Is Triggering Food Crisis in Southern Africa

Park Fire Becomes Sixth-Largest in California History

Climate Activists Stage Sit-In to Protest Sen. JD Vance’s Billionaire Fossil Fuel Funders

JD Vance Once Described Democrats as “Childless Sociopaths”

Iowa Becomes 22nd State to Restrict Abortions as 6-Week Ban Takes Effect

Sheriff Apologizes for Deputy’s Fatal Shooting of Sonya Massey But Won’t Resign

William Calley, the Only Person Convicted over the My Lai Massacre, Dies at 80

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Gaza: Israeli Strike on School Kills 30 Palestinians, Injures Over 100

UNRWA: 86% of Gaza Strip Now Under Evacuation Orders from Israel

Strike in Occupied Golan Heights Kills 12 Druze Children as Fears Grow of Regional War

Pres. Nicolás Maduro Declared Winner of Venezuelan Election; Opposition Rejects Results

U.S. to Establish New Military Command HQ in Japan to Counter China

Internet Restored in Bangladesh After Deadly Student Protests as Demands for Accountability Mount

New Report Reveals Extent of Rampant Sexual Violence by Warring Parties in Sudan

“It’ll Be Fixed”: Trump Tells Christians “You Won’t Have to Vote Anymore” If He Wins in November

JD Vance Doubles Down on Claims Democrats Are “Anti-Family”

Harris Raises Over $200M in a Week, Faces Pressure from 2 Megadonors to Fire FTC Chair Lina Khan

Biden Calls for SCOTUS Overhaul, Incl. Term Limits, Ethics Codes and Barring Presidential Immunity

Park Fire Rages On in California, Burning 550+ Square Miles and Becoming Largest Wildfire in U.S.

NYPD Arrests 59 Climate Activists Outside Home of Citigroup CEO

Virginia Police Clear Gaza Encampment Outside Blinken’s Home

At Olympic Opening, Palestinian Boxer Wears Shirt Showing Children Being Bombed

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WFP Makes More Cuts to Food Rations in Gaza as Israeli Attacks Increase Displacement Crisis

Palestinian Detainees Tortured and Abused at Hands of Israeli Prison Authorities

Netanyahu Meets with Biden and Harris After Address to Congress

“He Never Should Have Been Allowed on U.S. Soil”: Protesters Decry Netanyahu Meeting with Biden

Kamala Harris Receives Obama, Pelosi Endorsements, Says She Is Ready to Debate Trump

California Gov. Newsom Orders Evictions of Unhoused People in Wake of SCOTUS Ruling

Sonya Massey’s Killer Was Discharged from Military for “Misconduct,” Had 6 Police Jobs Over 4 Years

U.S. Authorities Arrest Two Leaders of Sinaloa Cartel

Kenya’s Ruto Appoints Opposition Members in New Cabinet in Bid to Appease Protesters

Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro Campaigns for Third Term as President Ahead of Sunday’s Election

Vandals Sabotage French Rail Network on Eve of Paris Olympics

“Extreme Heat Is the New Abnormal”: U.N. Head Calls for Urgent Action as Planet Swelters

Half of Alberta Tourist Town Is Destroyed by Fast-Moving Wildfire

“Forever Chemicals” Increasingly Detected in Commonly Used Pesticides

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul Sued for Halting Traffic Congestion Pricing Plan

American Federation of Teachers Prepares to Join General Strike on May Day 2028

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U.S. Lawmakers Delivers Standing Ovations for War Criminal Netanyahu; 100+ Democrats Skip Speech

Thousands of Protesters Condemn U.S. Support for Israeli Genocide Outside Netanyahu Address

“Everyone in Gaza Is Sick, Injured, or Both”: U.S. Doctors Demand Biden Admin Stop Arming Israel

“She Wanted to Bring Life Back to Our Home”: Gazan Mourns Daughter Murdered at 9 Months Pregnant

Biden Returns to D.C., Addresses Decision to Drop Reelection Bid and Back Harris for President

Kamala Harris Vows to Restore Reproductive Rights Through Congress

“Childless Cat Ladies with Miserable Lives”: J.D. Vance Mocks Democratic Leaders in Resurfaced Tape

At Least 25 Killed as Typhoon Gaemi Lashes Taiwan and the Philippines

Climate Activists Disrupt Air Travel in Protests Demanding End to Fossil Fuels

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Protesters Gather in D.C. as Israeli PM Netanyahu Prepares to Address Congress

400 Jewish Protesters Arrested in U.S. Capitol Demanding U.S. End Support to Israel

Families of Israeli Hostages Rally in D.C. Demanding Ceasefire and Prisoner Exchange

Gaza Death Toll Tops 39,100 as Israeli Lawmakers Label U.N. Relief Agency a “Terror Organization”

Biden Returns to White House as Kamala Harris Campaigns in Wisconsin

“100% She Was a DEI Hire”: Republicans Launch Racist and Sexist Attacks on Kamala Harris

Embattled NJ Sen. Bob Menendez to Resign Ahead of Sentencing on Bribery, Corruption Charges

Secret Service Director Resigns over Failures During Trump Assassination Attempt 

Youth-Led Protests in Kenya Demand Ouster of President over Corruption, Debt

229 Killed as Heavy Rains Trigger Landslides in Southern Ethiopia

Monday Breaks Record for Planet’s Hottest Day Ever Recorded

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Kamala Harris Wins Support of Enough Democratic Delegates to Clinch Nomination

Bodies of Dead and Wounded Fill Khan Younis Hospital as Israeli Assault Grinds On

Israel to Vaccinate Soldiers Against Polio After Virus Is Found in Gaza Wastewater

7 Killed in Latest Israeli Raids on West Bank

Netanyahu to Face Protests and Boycotts in D.C. Visit, Will Meet with Kamala Harris

Secret Service Director Faces Bipartisan Calls to Resign After Trump Assassination Attempt 

Jan. 6 Rioter Who Gave Nazi Salute on Capitol Steps Gets Nearly Five Years in Prison

Ohio State Senator Says Only “Civil War” Would Save U.S. from Harris Presidency

J.D. Vance Attacks Kamala Harris, Defends Soda Consumption in First Solo Campaign Rally

Climate Clock Ticks Below Five Years to Avert Worst of Climate Catastrophe

Veteran Anti-Whaling Activist Paul Watson Arrested in Greenland, Could Be Extradited to Japan 

Russia Sentences Journalist Alsu Kurmasheva to 6.5 Years in Prison

“Genocide Is Not an Olympic Event”: Protesters Call for Ban on Israel Ahead of Paris Games

Bangladesh Death Toll Hits 174, with Over 2,500 Arrests, Amid Ongoing Uprising Against Gov’t Job Quotas

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President Biden Ends Reelection Bid & Endorses Kamala Harris

Israel Kills 39 in Khan Younis as Official Death Toll Tops 39,000

ICJ Rules Israel’s Occupation of West Bank and East Jerusalem Is Illegal

Netanyahu Heads to Washington to Address Congress Despite ICC Arrest Warrant for Gaza Genocide

Israel Attacks Yemen’s Hodeidah, Killing 6 People, After Houthi Drone Strike on Tel Aviv

Injured AFP Journalist Christina Assi Carries Olympic Torch to Honor Slain and Wounded Media Workers

Bangladesh Rolls Back Gov’t Job Quota Rule Following Student Protests That Killed at Least 160

40 Asylum Seekers Die Off Haitian Coast Amid Ongoing Humanitarian Crisis

U.S. Ambassador to U.N. Travels to Haiti; Court Charges 40+ in 2018 Massacre, Incl. Jimmy Chérizier

Calls to End Microsoft’s Monopoly After Global Outage Wreaked Havoc Last Week

Illinois Officer Charged with Murder for Fatally Shooting Sonya Massey in Her Home

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Civil Rights Pioneer in Congress, Dies at at 74

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Biden Tests Positive for COVID, Cancels Campaign Events, Amid Mounting Calls to Step Aside

Biden Says He Is a Zionist, Before Claiming He “Did More for Palestinians Than Anybody”

Israeli Soldiers Sicced a Dog on a Gazan Man with Down Syndrome

Less Than Half of U.N. Health Facilities in Gaza Are Operational

Israel Passes Resolution Rejecting Palestinian Statehood

J.D. Vance Tops RNC Speakers on Day 3 as He Accepts VP Nomination

Reporter Says WSJ Fired Her Due to Leadership Role with Hong Kong Media Union

Colombia Ends Ceasefire Agreement with FARC Faction

At Least 6 Heat-Related Deaths Recorded in Texas After Hurricane-Triggered Power Outage

Extreme Rains in Eastern Afghanistan Kill at Least 47, Injure Hundreds

“I Can’t Breathe”: Eric Garner Remembered 10 Years After NYPD Choked Him to Death

Bernice Johnson Reagon, Civil Rights Activist and Musical Icon, Has Died at 81

“Everything Is a Challenge”: U.N Aid Coordinator Discusses Plight of Displaced Gazans

CodePink Facing Death Threats After Republican Lawmaker Falsely Claims a Member Attacked Him

Elon Musk Plans to Move SpaceX from CA to TX After Newsom Signs New Law Protecting Trans Students

Lawmakers Seek Data on Child Labor Violations in Federal Work Program

Puerto Rico Sues Oil Giants over Climate Crisis

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“Where Is the World?”: Gaza Mourns Victims as Israel Continues to Target Humanitarian Refuges

CCR Files FOIA Request for Gov’t Communications Around ICC’s Israeli War Crimes Case

Israeli Attacks in Southern Lebanon Kill 5 Syrians, Incl. 3 Children

Federal Jury Convicts New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez on All 16 Corruption Counts

Milwaukee Community Outraged After Ohio Police Kill a Black Man, Samuel Sharpe, 1 Mile from RNC

RNC Dominated by Xenophobic Hate Speech on Day 2 as Republicans Line Up Behind Trump

Rep. Adam Schiff Warns Dems Could Lose Presidency and Senate If Biden Remains in the Race

Biden Proposes Limiting Rent Hikes at 5%

Rep. Greg Casar Challenges GOP to Back PRO Act as Union Leaders Warn Against Trump-Vance Ticket

One Dead in Kenya as Anti-Gov’t Protests Step Up Demands for Pres. Ruto to Resign

Jan. 6 Rioters Could See Charges and Convictions Lessened or Even Dropped After SCOTUS Ruling

Biden Expected to Back Term Limits, Ethics Code for SCOTUS Justices

Yemen’s Houthis Attack More Vessels in Red Sea as Israel’s War on Gaza Continues

Tens of Thousands, Incl. Unaccompanied Children, Pour into Sudan’s Qadarif as Conflict Rages On

6 Killed in Bangladesh as Student Protests Seek End to Gov’t Job Quota

French PM Attal Resigns But Remains as Caretaker Amid Impasse over New Gov’t

French Police Evict Immigrants Ahead of Olympics; Amnesty Blasts France over Hijab Ban for Athletes

Amazon Prime Day Resulted in Nearly Half of Warehouse Workers Becoming Injured

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Trump Names Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as Running Mate

“We Are Here, and We Care”: Protesters Rally Outside RNC

Cheri Honkala Arrested While Attempting to Deliver Citizen’s Arrest to Republican Officials

Trump-Appointed Judge Dismisses Classified Docs Case Against Trump; DOJ Plans to Appeal

GOP Calls for Secret Service Dir. to Resign After Trump Assassination Attempt

Biden Says He Made Mistake in Language Used Against Trump as He Appeals for “Cooling Down” Rhetoric

UNRWA Gaza City Headquarters Flattened as Israeli Strikes Continue to Kill Palestinians

Turkey Vows to Bring Israel to Justice over Its Destruction of Gaza’s Only Cancer Hospital

Accumulating Waste in Gaza Leads to Deepening Sanitation and Public Health Crises

Blinken Says Gaza Death Toll “Unacceptably High” as U.S. Continues to Fund Israel’s Slaughter

EU Sanctions Israeli Settlers in Occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem

Zelensky Says He Hopes to Host International Peace Summit in Kyiv in November

Russian Court Sentences Journalist Masha Gessen in Absentia to 8 Years in Prison

Children Caught Up in El Salvador’s Gang War Are Suffering Major Abuses

Rights Groups Accuse Buffalo ICE Prison of Chronic Abuse, Retaliation Against Immigrants

“J.D. Vance Is a Climate Supervillain”: Climate Groups Blast Trump’s VP Pick

Panel of Federal Judges Dismisses Genocide Case Against Biden and Top U.S. Officials

Judge Dismisses Giuliani’s Bid for Bankruptcy Protection

Climate Groups Call for Moratorium on Deep Sea Mining

Bolivia Announces Discovery of Natural Gas “Mega Field”

Much of U.S. Faces More Blistering Heat Amid Record Seasonal Highs

Gambian Lawmakers Defeat Move to Reinstate Female Genital Mutilation, Upholding 2015 Ban

At Least 22 Students Dead After School Collapse in Central Nigeria

Peter Buxtun, Whistleblower Who Exposed the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, Dies at 86

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FBI Seeks Motive in Trump Assassination Attempt; President Biden Calls for “Cooling Down” Rhetoric

Biden Pulls TV Ads After Trump Shooting and Amid Mounting Calls for His Withdrawal from Election

Trump Arrives in Milwaukee as Protests Call Attention to Poverty, Inequality Ahead of RNC

Israeli Attacks Kill 91 Gazans in al-Mawasi “Safe Zone,” Dozens of Others in Schools, Shelters

West Bank Protesters March in Jenin After al-Mawasi Massacre

Rwanda Votes in Election Widely Expected to Keep Paul Kagame in Power

Pakistani Gov’t Moves to Ban Imran Khan’s PTI Party After Set of Legal Wins for Khan

Ecuador Convicts 5 in Pre-Election Assassination of Presidential Candidate Fernando Villavicencio

U.S. Has Continued to Deport Immigrants for Nonviolent Drug Offenses That Have Been Decriminalized

Many Houstonians Remain Without Power One Week After Hurricane Beryl Amid Stifling Heat Wave

“There Is No Alternative to UNRWA”: Guterres Calls for World to Support Palestinian Agency

Israel Launches New Strikes in Syria as Syrians Vote in Parliamentary Elections

Sudanese Officials in Geneva for Talks Amid Devastating Civil War

At Least 9 Killed in Mogadishu Bombing Outside Cafe That Was Airing Euro 24 Finals

Bolivian Union Leaders Support President Luis Arce in Rally Weeks After Coup Attempt

Finland Passes Measure Allowing Border Agents to Deny Entry to Asylum Seekers

Judge Dismisses Charges Against Alec Baldwin in Fatal Shooting of DP Halyna Hutchins on Movie Set

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Biden Remains Defiant, But Fails to Quell Mounting Doubts, as He Holds First Solo Presser This Year

Spanish PM Urges NATO to End “Double Standards” in Treatment of Ukraine and Gaza

Israel Continues Deadly Attack on Gaza City, Leaving Dozens Dead, Neighborhoods in Ruins

70 Media Organizations Call for Israel to Allow Int’l Journalists to Enter Gaza Strip

Israeli Military Report Admits Failures on Oct. 7, Leaves Questions Unanswered

1 Million Remain Without Power in Houston as Record-Breaking Heat Leads to 28 U.S. Deaths

60+ People Could Be Dead After Buses Swept into River by Landslide

Kenya’s Ruto Dismisses Cabinet 2 Weeks After Scrapping Tax Bill That Set Off Mass Protests

Saudi Court Sentences Man to 2 Decades in Prison for Tweets Critical of MBS

UAE Sentences Dozens of Government Critics to Prison in Mass Trial

U.S. Court Rules Activist DeRay Mckesson Cannot Be Held Responsible for Protest Injury

Arkansas Blocks Abortion Ballot Amendment on Technicality

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Israel Continues Deadly Attacks on Gaza City, Pulls Out of Shuja’iyya After Decimating It

Ceasefire Talks Continue After Doha Meeting Btw. CIA Dir. Burns and Officials from Qatar, Egypt and Israel

U.S. Resuming Delivery of 500-Pound Bombs to Israel

NATO Reaffirms Weapons, Membership Support for Ukraine, Attacks Beijing for Ties with Russia

Russia Issues Arrest Warrant for Yulia Navalnaya, Sentences 2 Women to Prison for Theater Production

U.N. Report Confirms Ugandan, Rwandan Support of M23 Rebels in Eastern Congo

Biden to Deliver Press Conference Amid Spiraling Debate over His Run for Presidency

“They Don’t Want You to Vote”: Rep. Summer Lee Blasts Racist GOP Voter Suppression Bill

Nevada County Refuses to Certify Results of 2 Local Elections

AOC Launches Impeachment Effort Against Justices Thomas and Alito

Bipartisan Group of Senators Introduces ETHICS Act to Ban Lawmakers from Stock Trading

Jury Deliberations Beginning in Sen. Bob Menendez’s Corruption Trial

Chicago Mayor Addresses Gun Violence After Weekend of Shootings Kills 19, Injures 100

Bullet-Dispensing Vending Machines Have Been Installed in Texas, Oklahoma and Alabama

14 More Victims Buried on 29th Anniversary of Srebrenica Genocide

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Israeli Strike Kills 30 in Khan Younis as Army Orders All of Gaza City’s Residents to Flee

U.N. Experts Declare Israel’s “Targeted Starvation Campaign” Has Led to Famine and Genocide

Mourners Bury 13-Year-Old Child Killed in Israeli Raid on West Bank

U.N. Security Council Members Condemn Russia’s Assault on Ukrainian Children’s Hospital

Biden Launches NATO’s 75th Anniversary Summit Pledging Air Defenses to Ukraine  

Putin Awards Russia’s Highest Civilian Honor to Visiting Indian PM Narendra Modi

France’s National Rally to Lead New Far-Right Bloc in European Parliament 

Military Leaders of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Form New Alliance to Replace ECOWAS

Democratic Senators Call for Criminal Probe of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

Rep. Mikie Sherrill Calls on Biden to End 2024 Campaign, Joining Other House Democrats

Trump-Appointed Judge Upholds Ban on Protests Outside Republican National Convention

Family Demands Justice After Hotel Security Guards Kill Black Milwaukee Resident Dvontaye Mitchell

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Thousands Flee Gaza Homes and Hospitals as Israel Issues New Mass Expulsion Order

Hamas Accuses Netanyahu of Creating Obstacles to Ceasefire Talks

U.N. Rights Monitor Blames Russian Missile for Attack on Kyiv Children’s Hospital

Biden Welcomes NATO Leaders to Washington, D.C., for 75th Anniversary Summit

2 Million Lose Electricity as Hurricane Beryl Slams into Texas Coast 

June Sets Global Heat Record for 13th Consecutive Month

Women Dies of Heatstroke at Sweltering California Prison Amid Record-Breaking Heat Wave

Climate Activists Arrested at Protest Demanding Citibank Divest from Fossil Fuels

Biden Says He Will Not Withdraw from Election in Letter to Democrats 

Mass Deportations, State-Led Abortion Bans: GOP Adopts Trump’s Convention Platform

Sudanese Flee Southeastern Sennar State as Fighting Spreads 15 Months into Bloody Civil War

Brazil Ratifies Trade Agreement with Palestine

Bolsonaro Indicted for Money Laundering in Brazil; Lula Relaunches Probe into Ex-Dictatorship

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France’s Leftist Coalition Pulls Off Shock Victory in Upset for Far Right and Macron’s Centrist Gov’t

U.K.’s Labour Party Returns to Power with Keir Starmer as New PM After 14 Years of Conservative Rule

Iran Elects More Moderate Candidate Masoud Pezeshkian as New President

The Lancet: Gaza’s True Death Toll Could Be 186,000 or Higher

Another Israeli Attack on an UNRWA School Kills at Least 16 Gazans, Including Children

5,300 New Illegal Settlements Approved in Occupied West Bank

Israelis Protest Against Netanyahu, Demand Ceasefire and Hostage Deal

Haaretz: Israeli Officials OK’d Using Hannibal Directive to Turn Border Area on Oct. 7 into “Extermination Zone”

Democrats Split on Biden’s Fitness to Lead Party to Victory as He Continues to Stumble in Public

Boeing Agrees to DOJ Plea Deal over 737 MAX Crashes to Avoid Criminal Trial

NATO Members Pledge $43B to Ukraine as Russian Strikes Kill 29, Damage Infrastructure

Heat Wave Sizzles Much of U.S. as Wildfires Displace Californians

Hurricane Beryl Makes Landfall in Texas After Ravaging Yucatán and Caribbean Nations

Karen Community in Utica, NY, Mourning After Police Killing of 13-Year-Old Nyah Mway

Jane McAlevey, Beloved Labor Organizer and Author, Has Died at 59

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Hurricane Beryl Threatens Jamaica with Life-Threatening Winds and Waves

Israeli Strike Kills Prominent Gaza Doctor and 8 Members of His Family

Sewage Floods Khan Younis After Israeli Assault Decimates Sanitation System

12 U.S. Government Officials Who Quit over Gaza Assault Urge Ex-Colleagues to Speak Out

New York Court Delays Trump Felony Sentencing Trial Until Sept. 18 

Rudy Giuliani Disbarred in New York over Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election

Democrats Show Signs of Panic as Biden Blames Dismal Debate Performance on Exhaustion

121 Killed in Stampede at Overcrowded Religious Festival in Uttar Pradesh, India

Protesters in Kenya Condemn Police Brutality After William Ruto’s Bloody Crackdown on Dissent

Indigenous Political Prisoner Leonard Peltier Denied Parole Again

Attorney Martin Stolar, Who Spent Decades Defending Social Justice Activists, Dies at 81

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Supreme Court Grants Trump Broad Immunity from Criminal Prosecution

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez to File Articles of Impeachment Against Supreme Court Justices

Israel Orders Another Mass Expulsion of Palestinians from Khan Younis

Freed Palestinian Prisoners Describe Torture and Degrading Treatment in Israeli Jails

“A Full-Fledged War Crime”: Rights Groups Condemn Israeli Military over Human Shields

Beryl Becomes Earliest-Ever Category 5 Hurricane After Devastating Windward Islands

Pakistan Resumes Mass Expulsion of Afghans; Taliban Joins U.N.-Led Talks in Doha

Newly Sworn Panamanian President Touts Deal with U.S. to Crack Down on Migrants

Venezuela’s Maduro Agrees to Direct Talks with U.S. over Devastating Economic Sanctions

ACLU Finds 95% of Asylum Seekers’ Deaths in ICE Custody Were Preventable

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Far-Right Party Leads After First Round of French Parliamentary Elections

23 Palestinians Killed in One Day as Israel Intensifies Assault on Gaza City

130,000 March in Tel Aviv to Demand Gaza Ceasefire, Prisoner Swap

Thousands Flee Looting and Fighting as RSF Captures Key Sudanese City

Beryl Makes Landfall After Becoming Earliest-Ever Category 4 Atlantic Hurricane

Supreme Court Overturns Decades of Precedent in Major “Power Grab” for Corporations

Supreme Court Rules That Cities Can Criminalize Sleeping in Public

Steve Bannon to Report to Prison After Contempt of Congress Conviction

Democrats Have “Serious Conversation” About Biden’s Disastrous Debate Performance

Reformer Masoud Pezeshkian to Face Saeed Jalili in Iran Runoff Presidential Vote

Georgian Parliament Advances Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation That Would Ban Pride Events

Biden Pardons Thousands of Veterans Convicted Under Gay Sex Ban

“Queers to Biden: Stop Arming Israel”: Protests Erupt as Biden Speaks at Stonewall Monument

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Scores of Palestinians Are Killed and Wounded in Fresh Israeli Attacks on Gaza

Israeli Defense Minister Meets U.S. Officials, Threatens to Bomb Lebanon “Back to the Stone Age”

House of Representatives Votes 269-144 to Ban State Department from Citing Gaza Death Toll

Trump Lies Throughout First Presidential Debate as Biden Delivers Fumbling Performance

Supreme Court Rejects Settlements That Shielded Sackler Family from Opioid Lawsuits

SCOTUS Ruling on SEC Severely Curtails Power of U.S. Agencies to Fine Violators

SCOTUS Blocks EPA’s “Good Neighbor Plan” in Major Blow to Efforts to Curb Air Pollution

Ex-Uvalde Schools Police Chief Indicted over Botched Response to 2022 Mass Shooting

Iranians Vote on New President a Month After Death of Ebrahim Raisi

Ukraine Signs Security Agreement with European Leaders and Formally Opens EU Accession Talks

Military Personnel from 29 Nations Including Israel Begin World’s Largest Maritime War Games

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Kenya’s Ruto Scraps Tax Bill in Concession to Youth-Led Protests Following Bloody Crackdown

Bolivian Army Leader Arrested Following Apparent Coup Attempt

Thousands Flee as Israeli Army Launches Ground Assault on Gaza City

Haaretz Reports Israel Prison Service Is Starving Palestinian Prisoners

Thousands Suffer Heatstroke in Pakistan as Temperatures Hit 120 Degrees

Supreme Court Sides with Biden Administration over Efforts to Influence Social Media

Leaked Supreme Court Opinion Would Allow Idaho Doctors to Perform Some Emergency Abortions

Trump and Biden Prepare for First Debate of 2024 Presidential Race

Texas Executes Prisoner Ramiro Gonzales, Sentenced to Death at Age 18

U.S. Surgeon General Declares Gun Violence a Public Health Crisis

Honduran Ex-President, Once Backed by U.S., Sentenced to 45 Years in U.S. Prison on Drug Charges

Brazil Decriminalizes Possession of Cannabis for Personal Use

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Julian Assange Returns to Australia a Free Man After Pleading Guilty to Single U.S. Felony Count

New Report on Gaza Famine Finds Nearly 500,000 Face “Catastrophic” Food Insecurity

Report: Israel Targeted at Least 18 Journalists in Gaza with “Precision Strikes”

Protesters Angered by Tax Hikes Storm Kenya’s Parliament; At Least 22 Killed

400 Kenyan Police Arrive in Haiti as First Deployment of U.S.-Backed Mission

AIPAC-Backed Candidate Defeats Jamaal Bowman After Most Expensive U.S. Primary Election

Far-Right Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert Wins GOP Primary After Switching Districts

International Criminal Court Issues Arrest Warrants for Russian Officials over Ukraine Assault

Russian Court Puts Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich on Trial for Espionage

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Julian Assange Secures Freedom After Reaching Plea Deal with U.S., Leaving U.K. Prison

“A Nightmare from Which They Cannot Wake”: UNRWA Head on Gaza’s Catastrophic Reality

Gaza Health Workers Call on International Community to Protect Palestinian Medical Sector

Israel’s Supreme Court Rules Ultra-Orthodox Jews Must Serve in Military

Russian Strike Kills 5 in Eastern Ukraine’s Pokrovsk, as Moscow Vows Retaliation for Crimea Attack

Kenyan Police Crack Down as Protesters Call for National Strike Against Tax Plan

Kenya Prepares to Deploy 400 Troops to Haiti

Protests Revived in New Caledonia After Independence Activists Extradited to France for Prosecution

SCOTUS to Hear Appeal to Tennessee’s Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Young People

Abortion Rights Advocates Mark 2 Years Since SCOTUS Overturned Roe v. Wade

Louisiana Families Sue over State’s “Ten Commandments” Law

Prosecutors Recommend Criminal Charges Against Boeing

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Israeli Strike Kills Head of Gaza Emergency Medical Operations Amid Ongoing Assault on Health System

20,000 Gazan Children Are Unaccounted For, at Least 4,000 Buried Under the Rubble

IDF Straps Palestinian Man to Military Vehicle as a Human Shield in Occupied West Bank

Leaked Audio Reveals Covert Israeli Plan to Fully Annex Occupied West Bank

150,000 Israelis Call for New Elections, Immediate Ceasefire Deal

Two Air Force Members Seek Conscientious Objector Status over U.S. Complicity in Gaza Slaughter

“The World Cannot Afford Another Gaza”: U.N. Warns Against Escalation of Israel’s War in Lebanon

1,300 Pilgrims Died While Performing Hajj Amid Extreme Heat

Shooting Spree on Religious and Police Sites in Russia’s Dagestan Kills 19

Russia Targets Ukrainian Power Infrastructure in String of Attacks; Ukraine Attack Kills 5 in Crimea

Kenya’s President Seeks to Quell Protests After 2 Killed, 200 Injured in Police Response

Dozens of Asylum Seekers Feared Dead in Mediterranean Shipwreck

Blaze at South Korea Battery Plant Kills at Least 22

SCOTUS Upholds Ban on Domestic Abusers Possessing Guns; Clarence Thomas Dissents

4 Killed, 10 Injured at Arkansas Grocery Store Mass Shooting

Buoyed by NYC Conviction, Trump Raises $141M in May to Biden’s $85M

British Editor Won’t Take Washington Post Job Amid Outcry over Plan to Shake Up Newsroom

Texas Police Charge Woman with Attempted Murder for Trying to Drown Palestinian American Toddler

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Hunger, Death, Homelessness, Orphanhood: The Unimaginable Toll of Israel’s War on Gaza’s Children

Majed Abu Maraheel, Palestine’s First-Ever Olympian, Dies Due to Israel’s Medical Blockade on Gaza

U.N. Warns Israel’s War on Gaza Has Led to an Unprecedented Environmental Catastrophe

U.S. Media Org. Rescinds Award for Celebrated Gaza Journalist Maha Hussaini

Wikipedia Declares ADL an “Unreliable” Source on the Israel-Palestine Conflict

AIPAC-Affiliated Groups Pour Record Sums into Defeating Progressive NY Rep. Jamaal Bowman

Trump Says He Wants to Grant Green Cards to Foreign Graduates of U.S. Colleges

Climate Crisis Made Extreme Heat Waves in U.S., Mexico and Central America 35 Times More Likely

Hawaii Agrees to Decarbonize Transportation in Victory for Youth Climate Movement

U.K. High Court Rules New Fossil Fuel Projects Must Account for Global Heating

Supreme Court Rejects Billionaires’ Challenge to Tax on Overseas Investments

South Korea Responds to Russia-North Korea Defense Pact as Vladimir Putin Wraps Hanoi Trip

Donald Sutherland, Movie Star and Antiwar Activist, Dies at 88

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U.N. Accuses Israel of Systematically Violating the Laws of War in Gaza

White House Cancels Israeli Meeting After Netanyahu Accuses U.S. of Withholding Arms

Tension Escalates in Lebanon as Israel & Hezbollah Exchange Threats

Putin Visits Vietnam After Signing Security Pact with N. Korea

Trump Attacks Biden for Moving to Shield Undocumented Spouses of U.S. Citizens from Deportation

Over 900 Muslim Pilgrims Die from High Heat During Hajj in Mecca

Tropical Storm Alberto Makes Landfall

Heat Alerts Issued in 14 States for Record-Breaking Heat Wave

New Mexico Declares State of Emergency over Devastating Wildfire

Study: Air Pollution Caused 8 Million Deaths in 2021

U.K. Climate Activists Spray Orange Paint at Stonehenge & Airport Housing Taylor Swift Airplane

New Caledonia: French Police Arrest 11 Including Independence Leader

Sudan: Three Killed as RSF Shells Hospital in Omdurman

200 Protesters Arrested in Kenya as Anger Mounts over Proposed Tax Hikes

Biden Administration Approves Sale of 1,000 Armed Drones to Taiwan

Club Q Shooter Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crimes Charges

Louisiana Orders Public Schools to Display Ten Commandments 

Noam Chomsky Leaves Hospital After Suffering Stroke

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Israeli Attack Kills Gazans Awaiting Humanitarian Aid Shipments

Israelis Protest Outside Netanyahu’s Home to Demand New Elections & Ceasefire

Key Democrats Agree to $18 Billion U.S. Arms Sale to Israel 

ICAN Calls for Restraint as Russia and NATO Weigh Deploying More Nuclear Warheads

Vladimir Putin Travels to North Korea for State Visit, Will Meet with Kim Jong-un

Hundreds of Millions to Face Heat Advisories as Summer Heat Wave Spreads

EU Approves Landmark Habitat Restoration Law

11 Die, Dozens Go Missing as Ships Carrying Asylum Seekers Capsize Off Italy

Biden to Extend Protections to Undocumented Immigrant Spouses of U.S. Citizens

NY Gov. and NYC Mayor Float Reinstating a Pre-Pandemic Ban on Masks in Public

Gov. Hochul Faces Backlash, Legal Challenges for Suspending Congestion Charge

Judges Block New Title IX Protections as Republican-Led States Object to Expansion of Trans Rights

Thai Senate Passes Marriage Equality Bill After Decades of LGBTQ+ Organizing 

Former Black Panther Veronza Bowers Is Free After Half-Century in Prison

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50,000 Children in Gaza Need Immediate Medical Treatment for Malnutrition

60 Families in Gaza Have Lost Over 25 Family Members in Israeli Attacks Since Oct. 7

Aid No Longer Entering Gaza by Sea as U.S. Pier Falters

Israeli Protests Calling for Ceasefire Deal Continue as Netanyahu Dissolves War Cabinet

U.S. Sanctions Israeli Group Tsav 9 for Attacking Gaza-Bound Aid Trucks

SCOTUS Overturns Bump Stock Ban in Major Blow to Gun Control Efforts

Michigan Gunman Injures 9 People at Children’s Play Area

International Conference Reaffirms Support for “Territorial Integrity” of Ukraine

Millions in Sudan Could Die from Hunger; UNSC Calls for RSF to Halt Attack on El Fasher

French Left-Wing Parties Form New Coalition to Defeat Macron and the Threat of the Far-Right

Global Nuclear Spending Surged to $91 Billion in 2023 with U.S. Leading the Charge

Cyril Ramaphosa Reelected as South Africa’s President After ANC Coalition Deal

Reuters: Pentagon Ran Covert Anti-Vax Smear Campaign Against China During Pandemic

Missouri Woman Freed After 43 Years Behind Bars for a Crime She Did Not Commit

Maryland Gov. Issues 175,000 Marijuana Pardons Ahead of Juneteenth

U.S. Surgeon General Wants Social Media Apps to Include Mental Health Warnings

Climate Activists Blast G7 for Again Failing to Effectively Address the Climate Crisis

U. of Minnesota’s Holocaust Center Revokes Post for Raz Segal, Who Qualified Israeli War as Genocide

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Children Keep Dying of Hunger in Gaza as Israel Continues Its Unrelenting Assault

SCOTUS Keeps Mifepristone Access in Place, But Rights Advocates Warn the Challenges Are Not Over

SCOTUS Rules in Favor of Starbucks in Worker Challenge to Retaliatory Firings

G7 Leaders Agree to $50 Billion Ukraine Loan; Biden Reaffirms U.S. Military Support for Kyiv

Protesters Highlight Inequality, War, Climate Destruction as G7 Leaders Feast at Banquet

Russia to Try U.S. Reporter Evan Gershkovich for Espionage

Christophe Deloire, Journalist and Head of Reporters Without Borders, Dies at 53

Elders Take the Baton in Ongoing Climate Protest Against Citigroup

“Rich Nations Are Not Willing to Pay”: U.N. Climate Talks Falter over Disaster Funding

Power Outages Affect 350,000 in Puerto Rico Amid Extreme Heat Wave

Macron Halts Voting Reforms in New Caledonia

Oklahoma High Court Tosses Suit Brought by Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors

Trump Returns to Capitol Hill for First Time Since Jan. 6 Insurrection

Reproductive Rights Groups Protest as Brazilian Lawmakers Advance Anti-Abortion Bill

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“Famine-Like Conditions” Spread Across Gaza Amid Lagging Ceasefire Deal, Rising Death Toll

U.S. Blames Hamas for Ceasefire Stalemate, But Israel Has Yet to Address Deal

House GOP Holds Attorney General Garland in Contempt of Congress

Democrats Push Ethics Legislation for “Captured and Corrupted” SCOTUS

Southern Baptist Convention Votes to Ban IVF

Climate Activists Disrupt Congressional Baseball Game, Block NYC’s Citibank

Indigenous Climate Leaders Demand Biden Admin Stop DAPL as It Greenlights MVP

Swiss Lawmakers Toss Landmark European Ruling in Favor of Older Women Affected by Climate Change

DRC: Officials Report 42 Deaths After ADF Attack on Same Day Shipwreck Killed 80 Passengers

Kuwait Fire Kills at Least 49, Mostly Migrant Workers from India

Argentine Senate Approves Milei’s Plan for “Economic Shock Therapy” Amid Mass Protests

Ecuadorian Workers and Students Take to Streets to Protest Govt’s Economic Policies

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Hamas and Islamic Jihad Respond to U.N. Ceasefire Plan

U.N. Inquiry on Gaza Finds Israel Committed War Crimes Including Starvation, Torture and Murder

Israeli Strike on Lebanon Kills Hezbollah Commander

“15,000 Kids Dead Is Not Self-Defense!”: Protesters Confront Jake Sullivan over Gaza Assault

Hunter Biden Found Guilty of Three Felony Gun Charges

49 Drown and 140 Others Feared Lost at Sea as Boat Ferrying Refugees Sinks Off Yemen’s Coast

Malawian Vice President Saulos Chilima Confirmed Dead After Plane Crash

Biden Administration Will Allow Arms Shipments to Ukrainian Unit with Neo-Nazi Past

Johnson & Johnson Agrees to $700M Settlement over Carcinogenic Talcum Powder

Federal Judge Strikes Down Key Parts of Florida Anti-Trans Law

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U.N. Security Council Approves U.S.-Backed Gaza Ceasefire Resolution

15-Year-Old Among Palestinians Killed by Israeli Forces in West Bank Raid

Federal Appeals Court Hears Lawsuit Accusing Top U.S. Officials of Complicity in Genocide

Police Attack, Arrest UCLA Protesters as Students Continue to Pressure School over Israel Ties

U.S. Jury Orders Chiquita to Pay $38 Million to Families of Colombians Killed by Paramilitary Group

Belgian Prime Minister Resigns After Far-RIght Victory in EU Elections

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Agrees with Fundamentalist Ideas in Leaked Audio

Trump Interviewed by NY Probation Officer; Giuliani Posts Bond in AZ Election Interference Case

Jury Deliberations Begin in Hunter Biden Gun Trial

Rev. James Lawson, Who Taught Nonviolence to Civil Rights Activists, Dies at 95

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Israel Kills 274 Gazans, Including 64 Children, in Attack on Nuseirat That Freed 4 Hostages

Benny Gantz Quits Israeli War Cabinet as Protests Against Netanyahu Mount

U.N. Adds Israel to “List of Shame” for Violating Children’s Rights

Mass Protests for Gaza Take Over Streets of D.C., London; Police Attack McGill Students in Montreal

Macron Calls Snap Election After Suffering Blow as Far Right Dominates EU Vote in France

Protesters Condemn Nationalism, Warn Against Climate Chaos as Europeans Vote for New Parliament

MSF Recovers 12 Bodies Off Libyan Coast After Another Mediterranean Shipwreck

Allied Democratic Forces Kill Nearly 60 People in Eastern Congo in Deadly Spate of Attacks

Last Hospital in Sudan’s El Fasher Closes as Deadly Attacks by RSF Kill Over 100 in Past Week

Ugandan Activist Stephen Kwikiriza, Who Is Fighting EACOP, Released After Being Detained by Army

Narendra Modi Sworn In for Third Term as Indian Prime Minister

Clarence Thomas Discloses Details of Luxury Gifts from GOP Megadonor

Biden Admin Waters Down Fuel Efficiency Standards in Blow to Climate Goals

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NAACP Calls on Biden to Halt Arms Shipments to Israel

Israeli Forces Kill Three Palestinians in Raid on Jenin

Biden Meets Zelensky in France as U.S. Announces Plans to Send $225M to Ukraine

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Federal Judge Orders Steve Bannon to Report to Prison on July 1

Over 100 Killed by RSF Fighters in Attack on Sudanese Village

Samsung Workers in South Korea Go on Strike for First Time

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul Slammed for Halting Congested Pricing Program in NYC

The Hill Fires Briahna Joy Gray, Critic of Israel’s War on Gaza

Staff at Columbia Law Review Vote to Strike Amid Controversy on Legal Article About Nakba

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Israeli Attack on UNRWA Shelter Kills at Least 40 Gazans, Many of Them Children

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“The Situation Is Apocalyptic”: MSF Nurse Describes Horrific Scenes in Deir-al-Balah

Far-Right Israeli Nationalists Attack Palestinian Journalists in East Jerusalem on Naksa Day

Israel to Shut Down Sde Teiman Prison, Where Detained Gazans Have Been Tortured

Spain Is Latest Country to Join South Africa’s Genocide Case Against Israel at World Court

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U.N. Chief António Guterres Calls for End to Advertising for Fossil Fuels

Indigenous Activists in Ecuador Call for End to Gas Flares in Amazon

50 Organizations Call on Biden to Pardon Human Rights Lawyer Steven Donziger

EU Voters Cast Ballots That Will Determine Bloc’s Handling of Migration, Climate

New Washington Post CEO Accused of Censorship, “Rupert Murdoch-ization” of WaPo

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Senate GOP Shuts Down Measure to Protect Access to Contraception

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ACLU to Sue Biden over Asylum Ban at U.S.-Mexico Border

India: In Shocking Election Outcome, Modi’s BJP Loses Parliamentary Majority

Israel Kills 75 Palestinians as Attacks Intensify on Central Gaza

Biden: Netanyahu Is Prolonging War on Gaza for Political Self-Preservation

U.S. Army Officer Who Resigned over Gaza Speaks Out

GOP-Led House Votes to Sanction ICC for Seeking Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu

Exposed: Secret Israeli Campaign to Influence U.S. Lawmakers & Public over Gaza

Rights Group Criticizes Israel for Shelling Lebanese Areas with Incendiary White Phosphorus

Andy Kim Wins NJ Democratic Senate Primary; 9% of NJ Voters Select “Uncommitted” Over Biden

Attorney General Merrick Garland Criticizes GOP Attacks on DOJ

Ukraine Attacks Russian Soil Using U.S.-Made Weapons

Mexican Woman Mayor Assassinated Days After Election of Mexico’s First Woman President

Red Cross Suspends Food Distribution in Areas of DRC as Conflict Spreads

Wisconsin AG Files Felony Charges Against Trump Campaign Attorney Kenneth Chesebro

Hunter Biden’s Drug Use at Center of Opening Arguments in Gun Trial

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Fate of U.S.-Backed Ceasefire Remains Uncertain as Israel Continues to Kill Palestinians

Israeli Strike in Aleppo Kills Iranian General; Houthis Target Site Inside Israel

U. of Toronto Students Hold Graduation and Vigil for Gazans Who Have Been Deprived of Their Education

“We Are the Red Line”: Activists Occupy Israeli Consulate in San Francisco

Queer Activists Call on Larger LGBTQ Community to Condemn Israel’s Genocide in Gaza

Modi Holds onto Power, But His BJP Loses Support as India Tallies Election Ballots

“Time Is Running Out”: U.N. Warns Millions of People at Risk of Famine

Nigerian Unions Go on Strike for a Living Wage

Biden to Sign Order That Could Shut Down U.S.-Mexico Border

ProPublica: Trump Team Rewarding Witnesses in His Ex-President’s Cases

Texas Supreme Court Rejects Lawsuits Challenging Abortion Ban

Community Groups Blast Eric Adams’s Plans for NYC’s Version of Cop City

Hong Kong Activists Risk Arrest to Mark 35th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Massacre

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Mexico Elects Claudia Sheinbaum, Its First Woman and First Jewish President

Biden Pushes Ceasefire Deal, 8 Months and 36,000 Palestinian Deaths into Israel’s Gaza Slaughter

Netanyahu Accepts Invite to Address Joint Session of Congress Despite Opposition Within Democratic Party

Jabaliya Residents Return to Razed Homes as Israeli Attacks Continue Across Gaza Strip

Reports: Israeli Strike in Syria Kills 16 People

Police Arrest 80 Protesters at University of California, Santa Cruz Encampment as UC Strike Expands

Graduation Protests for Gaza at Univ. of Chicago, Vassar; Columbia Students Set Up 3rd Encampment

South Africa’s ANC Loses Outright Majority for First Time in 3 Decades

6-Week Indian Election Wraps Up Amid Deadly Heat Wave, Crackdown on Opposition

Nayib Bukele Sworn In to 2nd Presidential Term in El Salvador as Protesters Decry U.S. Support

Trump Warns Supporters Might Reach “Breaking Point” If He Is Sentenced to Prison

Hunter Biden Gun Possession Trial Starts in Delaware

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Donald Trump Has Been Found Guilty on 34 Felony Charges in New York Criminal Trial

Israeli Strikes in Bureij and Nuseirat Camps in Central Gaza Kill Entire Families

Israeli Forces Withdraw from Jabaliya After Decimating the City, Destroying 1,000 Homes

Israel Burns Down Ramallah Veggie Market as Smotrich Says Israel Will Turn West Bank into “Ruined Cities”

MSF: Israeli Bid to Label UNRWA as Terror Group “An Outrageous Attack on Humanitarian Assistance”

Houthi Movement Says U.S.-U.K. Strikes Killed 16 in Yemen’s Hodeidah

Slovenian Government Recognizes Palestinian Statehood

“Silence Is Complicity”: Nurse Starts Hunger Strike Outside White House

U.S. Quietly Reverses Position, Allows Ukraine to Use U.S. Weapons in Russia, According to Reports

24 Deaths Reported in One Day in India Amid Protracted Heat Wave

CBS: Biden Admin Planning to Send Some Migrants to Greece and Italy for Resettlement

SCOTUS Sides with NRA in First Amendment Challenge Against New York Official

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Israel Seizes Entire Gaza-Egypt Border, Continues Deadly Invasion of Rafah

Palestinian Journalist Motasem Dalloul Loses Two Young Sons in Israeli Strikes

“Send the Whole World to Gaza”: Families Beg the World to Help End Israeli Border Blockade

Spain Hosts Palestinian PM as European Countries Extend Diplomatic Relationship with Palestine

Brazil Withdraws Tel Aviv Ambassador; China Calls for Int’l Peace Conference

“Stop Fueling Genocide”: Activists Block Entrance to Chevron Headquarters

Celebrated NYC Nurse Fired After Highlighting Gaza Genocide in Speech

Meta Removes Hundreds of Fake Accounts Set Up by Israeli Firm

NATO Members Meet Amid Debate over Allowing Ukraine to Use Western Weapons in Russia

Another Candidate for Mayor Killed in Mexico Days Ahead of Nationwide Election

Hong Kong Convicts 14 Pro-Democracy Activists in National Security Trial as Authorities Expand Arrests

Thousands of Rohingya Displaced Along Burma’s Border as Fighting Intensifies

Jurors Deliberate for Second Day in Trump’s NYC Criminal Trial

Samuel Alito Rejects Calls to Recuse Himself from Supreme Court Cases Related to Jan. 6 and Trump

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White House: Israeli Attack on Rafah Tent Camp Does Not Violent Biden’s “Red Line”

Algeria Proposes New U.N. Resolution on Gaza as Mexico Seeks to Join ICJ Genocide Case

New U.S.-Made Pier Breaks Apart Off Coast of Gaza, Halting Aid Shipments

From Hacking to Surveillance, Israel Waged “War” on ICC Prosecutors

State Dept. Official Resigns After U.S. Claims Israel Is Not Obstructing Aid to Gaza

Pro-Palestinian Protests Continue Across Globe

Jury Deliberations to Begin in Donald Trump Criminal Trial

India Issues Red Alert Amid Record Heat as Int’l Court Holds Climate Hearing in Flood-Ravaged Brazil

Papua New Guinea Links Deadly Landslide to Climate Crisis

Transitional Council in Haiti Picks New Prime Minister, Replacing Official Picked Weeks Ago

Georgia Lawmakers Override Veto to Pass New Foreign Agents Law

South Africa Holds Election as ANC Risks Losing Majority

Texas House Speaker Wins GOP Primary Runoff Against Trump-Backed Challenger

2024 Race: Jill Stein Secures Enough Support for Green Nomination; Libertarians Pick Chase Oliver

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Israeli Bombing of Rafah Camp Kills 45 People, Burns Children Alive

ICJ Orders Israel to “Immediately Halt Its Military Offensive in Rafah”

Spain, Norway and Ireland Formalize Recognition of Palestinian State

Gaza Solidarity Protests Continue Following Attack on Rafah Camp

UCLA Police Make First Arrest Weeks After Violent Mob Attacked Gaza Solidarity Encampment

University of Toronto Asks Court to Allow Campus Arrests After Protesters Defy Deadline to Disband

Reporters Without Borders Asks ICC to Investigate Israeli War Crimes Against Gaza Journalists

At Least 18 Killed in Russian Strike Amid Intensifying Kharkiv Offensive

Death Toll Estimate from Papua New Guinea Landslide Rises to 2,000

Temperatures Top 125 Degrees in South Asia; Brazilian Flood Survivors Face Threat of Disease

Mexico Faces Water Shortages as Another Heat Wave Sends Temperatures Soaring

22 People Killed in Memorial Day Weekend Storms

South Korea, Japan and China Hold First Joint Summit in Years; Comfort Women Protest Japan in Seoul

WHO Members Fail to Reach Consensus on a Pandemic Treaty

Trump’s NYC Criminal Trial to Head to Deliberations After Closing Arguments

Liberian Man Detained at Stewart Immigrant Prison Has Died

Uvalde Families Sue Meta, Microsoft and Gunmaker Daniel Defense

UAW Challenges Alabama Mercedes-Benz Loss at NLRB

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Al-Aqsa Hospital Loses Power as Health Facilities Inundated Amid Nonstop Israeli Attacks

U.N.: 900,000 Gazans Have Been Displaced Since Start of Rafah Invasion

House Panel Grills More University Heads Amid Ongoing Student Protests

Police Raid UCLA; Harvard Graduates Walk Out, Defend Protesters Who Were Denied Graduation

German Police Raid Palestinian Solidarity Protest at Humboldt University

Biden Welcomes President William Ruto to White House as Kenya Prepares to Deploy to Haiti

Over 100 Feared Dead After Papua New Guinea Landslide

U.N. Approves Srebrenica Genocide Resolution

Macron Visits New Caledonia, Insists Reform Will Take Place Against Will of Indigenous Population

SCOTUS Approves Racially Gerrymandered South Carolina Voting Map

Louisiana Moves to Classify Abortion Pills as Controlled Substances

NCAA Agrees to $2.8B Deal Which Would Allow Colleges to Start Paying Their Athletes

DOJ Announces Antitrust Lawsuit Against Live Nation

Norfolk Southern Will Pay $15 Million Clean Water Act Fine for East Palestine Disaster

George Floyd Justice in Policing Act Reintroduced Ahead of 4th Anniversary of His May 25 Murder

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Israel Continues to Decimate Gaza’s Hospitals, Storming Al-Awda and Bombing Kamal Adwan

Mike Johnson Pressures Schumer to Endorse Netanyahu Invitation to Congress Amid Democratic Objections

U.S., Israel Condemn Recognition of Palestinian State, as Colombia Announces Embassy in Ramallah

Two Progressive Dems Lose Oregon Primaries After AIPAC-Tied Group Funds Opponents

China Starts Major Military Drills Around Taiwan After Inauguration of New President

U.K. Prime Minister Calls Surprise July Election

Maritime Tribunal Issues Ruling Holding Governments Responsible for Ocean Pollution

Judge Blocks Part of Florida Anti-Immigrant Law; Arizona GOP Advances Anti-Immigrant Ballot Measure

Justice Alito Flew Another Right-Wing Flag Used by Trump Supporters Outside Holiday Home

Senate Confirms Biden’s 201st Federal Judge

Uvalde Families Settle with City, Announce New Lawsuit Ahead of 2nd Anniversary of Massacre

Biden Cancels Another $7.7B in Student Debt; Debt Collective Protesters Arrested in D.C.

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Ireland, Norway & Spain Announce Recognition of Palestinian State

U.N. Suspends Food Aid in Rafah; U.S. Admits No Aid from New Pier Has Reached Gazans

Protesters Disrupt Blinken Testimony, Calling Him “The Butcher of Gaza”

Police Raid Univ. of Michigan Encampment; UC Santa Cruz Academic Workers Go on Strike

Israel Seizes AP Broadcasting Equipment & Then, Under Pressure, Reverses Course

Trump Trial: Defense Rests Case as Former President Declines to Take Stand

Trump Removes Campaign Video Referencing “The Creation of a Unified Reich”

Trump Suggests He May Back Birth Control Restrictions

Fani Willis and Judge Scott McAfee Win Races in Georgia

Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei Speaks at Funeral for Ebrahim Raisi

U.N. Warns Genocide May Be Occurring in Sudan

Greek Judge Dismisses Charges in Migrant Smuggling Shipwreck Case

Mexico: 14 Killed in Political Violence in Chiapas Ahead of June 2 Election

H. Bruce Franklin, Historian & Fierce Critic of Vietnam War, Dies at 90

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Israeli Airstrikes Kill Dozens Across Gaza as Genocide Continues in Wake of ICC Arrest Warrant News

Israel Kills 7 Palestinians in Jenin Raid, Incl. a Student, Teacher and Doctor

AOC Lends Her Clout to New York Bill Which Would Sanction Charities Funding Israel

Yale Students Walk Out of Graduation; The New School and Bard Make Progress in Their Demands

Funeral Proceedings Begin in Iran for Pres. Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian

Pres. Macron Heads to New Caledonia as Death Toll from Unrest Increases to 6

Pylos Shipwreck Trial Opens in Athens, Raising Concerns over Criminalization of Migrants

Prosecution Rests in Trump’s NYC Trial; Defense Starts Off with Admonishment of Witness

Judge and DA in Georgia’s Trump Election Subversion Case Up for Reelection

Larry Bensky, Veteran KPFA Broadcaster Who Reported on Iran-Contra, Dies at 87

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Iran in Mourning After Helicopter Crash Kills President and Foreign Minister

ICC Chief Seeks Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas Leaders

Israel Expands Deadly Attacks in Gaza, Occupies Al-Awda Hospital Amid Dire Fuel and Water Shortages

Netanyahu Facing Internal Opposition in His Coalition and on the Streets

Biden Is Met with Protest as He Delivers Morehouse Graduation Speech

U.K. High Court Rules Julian Assange Can Appeal U.S. Extradition

Congolese Military Says It Thwarted Coup Attempt Led by Opposition Leader Malanga

Pres. William Lai Inaugurated in Taiwan, Tells China to Stop Its Intimidation

Pres. Luis Abinader Wins Reelection in Dominican Republic

Russian Attacks in Kharkiv Kill 11 as Ukraine Asks NATO, U.S. for Help Training Its Army

Mercedes-Benz Workers Vote Against Unionizing with UAW

Man Who Broke Into Nancy Pelosi’s House and Attacked Her Husband Sentenced to 30 Years

Houston Storm Death Toll Climbs to 7

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“We Don’t Want Ships. We Want Safety”: Displaced Gazans Reject U.S. Pier; U.N. Calls for Land Access

Spain Bars Ships with Weapons For Israel; 13 Foreign Ministers Warn Against Israel’s Rafah Assault

“Israel’s Genocide Has Reached New and Horrific Stage”: South Africa Requests Urgent ICJ Intervention

Police Raid and Arrest Students at Gaza Solidarity Encampments at UC Berkeley, DePaul University

WaPo: Billionaires and Execs Urged Eric Adams to Send Police to Columbia’s Gaza Encampment

SCOTUS Overrules Challenge to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

NYT: Upside-Down Flag Seen Outside Alito’s Home in Jan. 2021, a Symbol Used by Election Deniers

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Pardons Known Racist Who Murdered BLM Protester in 2020

Texas Storms Kill 4, Cut Power to a Million Customers

Biden Admin to End New Leases in U.S.’s Largest Coal-Producing Region

Ron DeSantis Eliminates Climate Change as Priority in Florida’s Energy Policy

Congolese Mourners Call Out Rwanda and Western Supporters for “Genocide” on Its People

HRW Says Rwanda Denied Entry to Its Researcher

Another Deportation Flight Leaves the U.S. for Haiti Despite “Grave Dangers”

DOJ Moves to Reclassify Marijuana

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Gazans Flee Israeli Attacks Across the Territory as Chaos Reigns in Besieged Territory

University Human Rights Network Concludes Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza

Israel’s Far-Right Leaders Dispute Future of Gaza

“Biden Is Making Jews the Face of the War Machine”: First Jewish Biden Appointee Resigns over Gaza

Israeli Historian Ilan Pappé Interrogated by U.S. Agents at Detroit Airport

Germany Lifts European Ban on British Palestinian Surgeon Ghassan Abu-Sittah

“Refuse to Accept Hell as Normal”: Amira Hass Delivers Graduation Speech as Students Keep Up Protests

Sonoma State President Placed on Leave After School Agrees to Academic Boycott of Israel

Unions Representing UC and Harvard Student Workers Challenge Violent Crackdown on Gaza Protests

Prime Minister of Slovakia in Stable Condition After Assassination Attempt

Far-Right Populist Geert Wilders Forms Dutch Coalition But Agrees Not to Become Prime Minister

Putin Backs Beijing Peace Plan for Ukraine as He Meets with Xi Jinping in China

France Declares State of Emergency in New Caledonia After 4 Killed in Clashes with Police

Activists Say Javier Milei’s Rhetoric and Policies Led to Deadly Attack on Lesbians

Ex-Gambian Interior Minister Ousmane Sonko Convicted for Crimes Against Humanity

SCOTUS Restores Louisiana Voting Map with Additional Black-Majority District

Biden and Trump Agree to 2 Network Debates, Eschewing Debate Commission

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Biden to Send Another $1 Billion in Arms to Israel as Palestinians Mark 76th Nakba Anniversary

Palestinian Truck Drivers Face New Risks After Settlers Attacked Aid Convoy in West Bank

Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir Joins March Calling for Resettlement of Gaza

Pro-Palestinian Protesters Disrupt Google Conference Over Israel Contract

Harvard Students End Encampment as Officials Agree to Discuss Divestment Demand

House Speaker Mike Johnson Visits Trump Trial & Bashes Prosecution

Maryland, Nebraska and West Virginia Hold Primaries

Ukrainian Forces Withdraw from Areas of Kharkiv Amid New Russian Offensive

Protests in Georgia After Passage of “Foreign Influence” Bill

Biden Places 100% Tariff on Chinese Electric Cars

DOJ Says Boeing Violated Settlement, Could Face Criminal Prosecution

Eight Migrant Farmworkers Die in Bus Accident Heading to Watermelon Farm

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Israel Strikes UNRWA School, Intensifies Air and Ground Attacks Across Gaza

20+ U.S. Medical Workers Trapped in Gaza, Face Severe Health Issues, After Israel Shuts Rafah Border

Hashem Ghazal, Leading Figure in Palestine’s Deaf Community, Killed with Wife in Israeli Airstrike

U.S. Army Officer Resigns over “Enabling and Empowering the Killing and Starvation of Palestinians”

At Least 10 Israeli Military Members Have Died by Suicide Since Oct. 7

“This Was All About the Campaign”: Michael Cohen Testifies in Trump Hush Money Trial

Democrats May Investigate Trump Comments Suggesting Quid Pro Quo with Oil Execs If Reelected

Blinken in Ukraine to Show U.S. Support Amid Russian Advances in East

Australia Sentences Whistleblower to 5+ Years; U.K. Court Ruling Expected on Assange Extradition

Death Toll from Brazilian Floods Mounts as Residents Question Livability of Region

Climate Protesters Disrupt Italian Open

5,000+ Mercedes-Benz Workers in Alabama Voting on Whether to Join UAW

University of California Union Could Strike to Protest Violent Crackdown on Campus Encampments

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Death Toll in Gaza Tops 35,000 as Israel Intensifies Attack from Rafah to Northern Gaza

Walkouts, Disruptions & Encampments Mark Graduation Ceremonies as Campus Protests for Gaza Continue

State Dept. Report Finds Israel Likely Violated International and U.S. Law Using U.S. Weapons

U.N. General Assembly Votes 143-9 for Palestinian Statehood

Israeli Whistleblowers Describe Torture of Gazan Detainees in Military Camp

Families of Hamas Captives Protest Netanyahu’s Handling of Hostage Crisis on Israeli Memorial Day

Putin Replaces Long-Standing Defense Chief Shoigu as Russia Claims 9 More Villages in Kharkiv

Children Killed at Darfur Hospital as Fighting Intensifies in Sudan’s El Fasher

Calls for a National Strike in Tunisia After Arrest of Prominent Lawyer Amid Crackdown on Dissent

Catastrophic Flooding Kills Hundreds in Afghanistan, Dozens in Indonesia

Socialists Win Catalan Elections in Major Blow to Independence Movement

Michael Cohen to Testify in Trump Trial; Jury Selection Starts in Bob Menendez Corruption Trial

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100,000 Palestinians Flee Rafah as Israel Pummels Region from the Sky, Keeps Border Shut

UNRWA Closes East Jerusalem HQ After Israeli Arson Attack

Campus Uprising: Hunger Strike at Princeton, Arrests at UPenn, Victory at Sacramento State

Protests in Sweden Call Out Israel’s Participation in Eurovision

HRW: RSF Likely Committed Genocide Against Masalit and Other Communites in Sudan

Interim Chadian Leader Mahamat Déby Wins Contested Presidential Election

General Strike Brings Argentina to Standstill

Three Boeing Accidents over Past Two Days Draw More Scrutiny on Embattled Company

Police Kill 23-Year-Old Black Air Force Member Roger Fortson in His Own Home

Biden Admin to Unveil New Rules Making the Asylum Process Even Harder

Virginia School Board Votes to Restore Confederate Names to 2 Schools

USC Valedictorian Asna Tabassum Gets Standing Ovation at Pared-Down Graduation

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Israel “Chokes Off Aid” to Gaza, Rains Down More Bombs on Rafah as Families Have Nowhere to Go

Biden Says U.S. Will Cut Off Some Weapons to Israel If It Goes Further into Rafah

Protesters Greet Biden During Chicago Campaign Stop; Hostage Families Clash with Police in Tel Aviv

Health Workers Uncover 49 More Bodies at Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital

Israel Demolishes 47 Bedouin Homes in Negev Desert

Rashida Tlaib, Cori Bush Hold Press Conference with Students Amid Police Crackdown on Gaza Protests

Professors at The New School Launch First Faculty Encampment for Gaza

Universities in Barcelona, Dublin Commit to Divestment Measures After Student Protests

April Was 11th Straight Month to Break Global Heat Record as SE and South Asia Swelter in Heat Wave

Intense Flooding Has Killed Hundreds, Displaced 100,000s Across East Africa

Vermont Lawmakers Pass Bill to Make Big Oil Pay for Climate Destruction

Body of Final Lethal Victim of Baltimore Bridge Collapse Is Recovered

Win Rozario’s Family Demands Justice After Release of NYPD Bodycam of His Fatal Shooting

House Votes Down Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Bid to Oust Mike Johnson as Speaker

Mike Johnson Joined by Stephen Miller and Trump Allies to Push “Election Integrity” Bill

RFK Jr. Once Suffered from a Parasitic Infection, Claimed a Worm Ate Part of His Brain

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U.N. Warns Gaza Could Run Out of Fuel & Drinking Water After Israel Seized Rafah Crossing

Biden Withholds 3,500 Bombs from Israel, But U.S. Approves Another $827M for Israel

Families of Israeli Hostages Urge Netanyahu to End War on Gaza

Police Raid Encampments at U. of Illinois & Fashion Institute of Technology

RISD Students Occupy Campus Building

Cousin of Rabbi Meir Kahane Arrested After Driving Into Pro-Palestinian Protest in NYC

Jewish Voice for Peace Criticizes Biden’s Antisemitism Speech at U.S. Holocaust Museum

Judge Rejects Mistrial Motion After Stormy Daniels Testifies in Trump Trial

Death Toll in Brazil Tops 90 After Catastrophic Flooding

Xi Jinping Visits Belgrade on 25th Anniversary of NATO Bombing of Chinese Embassy

Florida Sues Biden Administration over Transgender Protections

Tennessee Company Fined $649,000 for Employing Children to Clean Slaughterhouses

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Israel Begins Ground Invasion of Rafah After Hamas Agrees to Ceasefire

Israel Used U.S. Weapons in Lebanon Attack That Killed 7 Health Workers

Students Continue Gaza Solidarity Protests, Defying Arrests, Suspensions

Harvard and MIT Students Defy Deadlines for Ending Protests, Receive Faculty Support

SUNY Purchase Agrees to Student Demands; Columbia Cancels Commencement Ceremony

Gaza Solidarity Encampments Form in Copenhagen, Barcelona; French High Schoolers Join Movement

Belgian Police Arrest 132 Climate Activists During Act of Peaceful Civil Disobedience

Bomb Attacks on IDP Camps In Democratic Republic of Congo Kill 12 People, Incl. Children

Voters in Chad Cast Presidential Ballots 3 Years After Military Takeover

Russia to Launch Drills for Possible Deployment of Tactical Nuclear Weapons

Tunisian Police Raid Refugee Encampments; Hundreds Reportedly Bused Then Abandoned in the Desert

Heavy Rains Kill at Least 17 People in Haiti, Flood Thousands of Homes

Judge Merchan Fines Trump for Violating Gag Order for the 10th Time, Threatens Jail

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Israel Denounced for Ordering Displaced Palestinians in Rafah to Evacuate Again

Campus Gaza Protests Keep Spreading Despite Police Crackdown; 2,500+ Arrested So Far

Evergreen State College Agrees to Work Toward Divesting from Israel

Education Dept. Investigating Columbia for Anti-Palestinian Discrimination

“A Dark Day for Democracy”: Israel Takes Al Jazeera Off Air, Raids Local Office

Mass Protests in Israel to Demand Netanyahu Make Hostage Deal

José Raúl Mulino, Stand-in for Ex-President Ricardo Martinelli, Wins Panama Presidency

Major Flooding in Southern Brazil Kills at Least 78 People, with More Than 100 Missing

5-Year-Old Child Killed as Houston Is Battered by Rains and Flooding

Conservative Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar Indicted for Bribery and Conspiracy

Trump’s Criminal Hush Money Trial Continues in New York

Canadian Police Charge 3 Indian Suspects in 2023 Assassination of Sikh Leader

Prominent British Palestinian Surgeon Ghassan Abu-Sittah Barred from France

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Israel Continues Air Assault on Rafah, Killing Young Children, Ahead of Its Planned Ground Invasion

Palestinian Dr. Adnan Al-Bursh Dies in Israeli Prison; Released Detainee Describes Horror of Arrest

ICC Warns Netanyahu’s Comments Threaten “Independence and Impartiality” of Court

Student Protest Movement for Gaza Gains Steam Despite Police Crackdown, Biden’s Dismissal as “Chaos”

French Students Escalate Their Gaza Solidarity Protest

Pentagon Concedes U.S. Drone Strike in Syria Killed Civilian Farmer

U.S. Accuses Russia of Using Chemical Weapons in Ukraine, Imposes New Sanctions

Abu Ghraib Survivors Case Against U.S. Military Contractor Ends in Mistrial

Biden Admin Expands Affordable Care Act to Cover DACA Recipients

Senate Panel Blasts Deception, Greenwashing by Fossil Fuel Industry

Federal Court Dismisses Historic Youth Climate Case Against U.S. Government

U.K. Starts Rounding Up Asylum Seekers to Be Deported to Rwanda

Federal Court Rejects Louisiana Voting Map That Created New Majority-Black District

Democrat Timothy Kennedy Wins NY Special Election for U.S. House Seat

Manhattan DA Will Retry Harvey Weinstein After Court Overturned Rape Conviction

UNESCO Awards World Press Freedom Prize to Gaza Journalists

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Police Violently Crack Down on Gaza Campus Protests at UCLA, Dartmouth, UW and Others

“This Is the Conscience of a Nation”: Columbia Faculty Back Students as Campus Movement Continues

House Passes Antisemitism Bill, Which Critics Blast as “Chilling”

“Catastrophe on Top of Catastrophe”: Fears Mount over Rafah Invasion as Israel Refuses to Retreat

U.S. Cities, Hawaii Vote for Ceasefire Resolutions as Washington Continues to Support Israel

U.S. and Saudi Arabia Reportedly Close to Finalizing Security Pact

Colombia Cuts Diplomatic Ties with Israel as Global May Day Protests Foreground Gaza Genocide

Police Crack Down on Intensifying Protests Against Georgia’s Foreign Influence Bill

Kenya Floods Claim Nearly 200 Lives as Mass Evacuations Ordered

Another Boeing Whistleblower Has Died

Arizona Senate Votes to Repeal 1864 Abortion Ban

United Methodist Church Overturns 4-Decade Ban on LGBTQ Clergy

Biden Cancels Another $6 Billion in Student Loans for Borrowers Enrolled at Shuttered Art Institutes

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NYPD Raid Columbia & City College, Arresting 200+ Pro-Palestinian Protesters

Pro-Israel Counterprotesters Violently Attack Student Encampment at UCLA

U.N. Decries Widening Police Crackdown on Student Protests in U.S.

Netanyahu Vows to Invade Rafah With or Without a Ceasefire Deal

ICJ Refuses to Order Germany to Halt Exporting Arms to Israel

Career Diplomat Resigns from State Department over Biden’s Gaza Policy

Haiti’s Transitional Council Picks Little-Known Ex-Sports Minister to Be New PM

Judge Holds Trump in Contempt of Court, Fines Him $9,000 for Violating Gag Order

“It Depends”: Trump Refuses to Rule Out Political Violence If He Loses Election

Florida’s Six-Week Abortion Goes into Effect

Justice Department Moves to Reclassify Marijuana

U.S. Rowing Rescinds Honors for Olympic Legend Ted Nash over Sex Abuse

May Day: U.K. Workers Block Gov’t Building to Demand Gaza Ceasefire

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Columbia Students Occupy Hamilton Hall After School Suspends Students over Gaza Encampment

100 Arrested at UT Austin Encampment as Campus Protests over Gaza Continue to Spread

Hamas Criticizes Blinken After He Claimed Israel Made “Extraordinarily Generous” Ceasefire Proposal

Palestinians Worry Negotiations Are in Vain as Israel Continues to Attack Gaza

Coalition of Lawyers Call on Biden to Halt Military Aid to Israel

Biden Administration Claims ICC Can’t Prosecute Israel for War Crimes

Journalism Professors Urge New York Times to Conduct Review of Reporting on Oct. 7 Attack

Russia Strikes “Harry Potter Castle” in Ukraine, Killing 5

U.S. Warns “Large-Scale Massacre” Could Occur in Sudanese City of El Fasher

Washington Post Reveals Indian Spy Agency Plotted to Assassinate Sikh Activist in NYC

Temperatures Reach 118 in Burma as Unprecedented Heat Wave Continues in Southeast Asia

Four Officers Killed in Charlotte as U.S. Marshals Attempt to Serve Warrant 

UAW Reach Deal with Daimler Truck, Averting Strike

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Ceasefire Talks Resume Amid Expected Israeli Ground Invasion of Rafah

Israeli Airstrike Kills Daughter, Grandson and Son-in-Law of Acclaimed Poet Refaat Alareer

Police Arrest 275+ Campus Protesters as Student Uprising for Gaza Shows No Sign of Slowing Down

Protesters Outside Lavish WH Correspondents’ Association Dinner Highlight Massacre of Gaza Reporters

U.S. Decides Not to Sanction Israeli Military as Officials Warn Blinken U.S. Weapons Used Unlawfully

NYT: ICC Could Order Arrest of Netanyahu for Israeli Crimes Against Gaza

Israel Arrests Rabbis Attempting to Bring Aid into Gaza; Gaza Freedom Flotilla Stalled in Turkey

Ukrainian Troops Retreat from East as Russia Escalates Attacks During Lull in Weapons Transfer

Arizona GOP Appoints Indicted “Fake Elector” for RNC Post

Ohio Officials Investigating Police Killing of Frank Tyson, Who Died Days After Prison Release

Ex-Paramedic Involved in 2019 Killing of Elijah McClain Sentenced to 4 Years’ Probation

Protesters March Across Australia to Demand an End to “Epidemic” of Violence Against Women

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USC Cancels Commencement Ceremony Amid Mounting Campus Unrest

Police Crackdown on Emory and Other Schools Won’t Deter Students Protesting for Palestinian Rights

Rafah Under Incessant Israeli Attacks Ahead of Anticipated Ground Invasion

New York Court Overturns Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 Rape Conviction

SCOTUS Hears Arguments in Trump Presidential Immunity Case, Though Resolution Could Come After Nov.

David Pecker Testifies He Helped “Kill” Stories That Could Damage Trump Campaign

HRW Finds U.S.-Trained Forces in Burkina Faso “Summarily Executed” 223 People

Haiti’s Unelected Prime Minister Steps Down as Transitional Council Prepares to Rule

Indigenous Leaders Fight for Land Rights and Their Survival in Brasília

Heat Wave Leads to School Closures Across South & Southeast Asia

EPA Finalizes Rules Curbing Power Plant Emissions, But Climate Groups Slam “Carbon Capture Fantasy”

FCC Restores Net Neutrality

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Biden Signs $95B in Foreign Aid, as New Report Details U.S. Weapons Transfer Violates Int’l Law

WFP Renews Famine Warning in Gaza, Where 70% of North Faces Catastrophic Hunger

Aid Groups Warns Lebanon on “Brink of Imploding” After Months of Cross-Border Attacks

USC Students Continue Protest Despite Mass Arrests, Inspired by Gazans’ “Spirit of Resistance”

Police Move In on Peaceful Gaza Solidarity Protests at UT Austin, Princeton, Emerson and More

House Speaker Mike Johnson Faces Heckling at Columbia After Calling for National Guard on Campus

SCOTUS Hears Case on Idaho Abortion Ban, Which Only Allows Emergency Care If Patient Risks Death

Three Arizona Republicans Join Democrats to Repeal 1864 Abortion Ban in State House

Arizona Grand Jury Indicts Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani in “Fake Electors” Case

Iran Sentences Rapper Toomaj Salehi to Death for Supporting Popular Protests

TikTok Vows to Challenge Law Forcing It to “Ban or Divest”

33 Climate Activists Arrested After Shutting Down Citigroup HQ

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Senate OKs $95 Billion for Ukraine, Israel & Taiwan

U.S. Refuses to Back U.N. Calls for Probe into Mass Graves at Gaza Hospitals

Seder in the Streets: Hundreds Arrested in Brooklyn Protesting U.S. Arming of Israel

Crackdown Continues on College Campuses Against Pro-Palestinian Students

National Enquirer Publisher Admits to “Catch and Kill” Effort to Help Trump Win in 2016

Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Idaho’s Near-Total Abortion Ban

Rep. Summer Lee Wins Primary: “Opposing Genocide Is Good Politics and Good Policy”

Ahead of Blinken Visit, China Condemns U.S. for Placing Missile Launchers in the Philippines

Argentina: Hundreds of Thousands Protest Milei’s Plans to Cut Education Spending

Indian Elections: Modi Accused of Hate Speech After Describing Muslims as “Infiltrators”

FTC Bans Most Noncompete Clauses

“Blood on Your Hands!”: Protesters Decry Tennessee Vote to Arm Teachers

Justice Dept. to Pay $139 Million to Gymnasts over Mishandling of Abuse Claims Against Dr. Larry Nassar

Mumia Abu-Jamal Turns 70; Supporters to Rally in Philadelphia

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More Bodies Uncovered at Nasser Hospital Grave as U.N. Warns of Intergenerational Trauma in Gaza

U.N. Commission Says Israel Still Has Not Provided Evidence of Oct. 7 Allegations Against UNRWA

Gaza Solidarity Encampments and Protests Burgeon Across College Campuses Amid Police Crackdown

PEN American Forced to Cancel Awards Ceremony Amid Fallout over Gaza Stance

Google Fires Another 20 Employees in Retaliation for Project Nimbus Protest

Prosecution and Defense Offer Opening Arguments in Trump’s Hush Money Trial

Liberal Justices Challenge Oregon City’s Homelessness Ban as SCOTUS Considers Key Case

U.K. Rams Through Plan to Deport Asylum Seekers to Rwanda Despite Major Legal and Rights Concerns

Two Mexican Mayoral Candidates Killed in One Day, Less Than 2 Months Away from Elections

Biden Administration Issues Rule Protecting Privacy of Reproductive Healthcare

Biden Announces $7B Solar Energy Plan, Including Thousands of American Climate Corps Jobs

Black and Indigenous Climate Leaders Organize Against Citigroup’s Funding of Fossil Fuels

Students File Complaints Against Universities’ Ties to Fossil Fuel Industry

South Korean Youth Activists Take Government to Court over Climate Crisis

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House Approves $95B in Foreign Military Funding, Incl. Another $26B for Israel

Gaza: Over 200 Bodies, Including Children, Found in Mass Grave at Nasser Hospital

“She Came Out an Orphan”: Doctors Deliver Child of Pregnant Gazan Killed in Israeli Strike

West Bank Palestinians Go on General Strike After Israeli Massacre on Nur Shams Camp Kills 14

Israeli Settlers Shoot Dead Palestinian Medic as He Was Attempting to Aid Injured People

Israeli Military Intelligence Chief Resigns over Oct. 7 Attack

Columbia Cancels In-Person Classes as Gaza Campus Protests Multiply

USC Calls Off Prominent Guest Speeches at Graduation Amid Fallout over Censoring Valedictorian

Biden Signs Reauthorization of FISA’s Section 702 Despite Privacy and Rights Concerns

Trump’s Criminal Hush Money Trial Seats Jury; Opening Arguments Start

Ecuadorians Back President Noboa’s Security Plan Tackling Organized Crime

U.S. Military to Withdraw from Niger, Shut Down Drone Base

Volkswagen Workers in Tennessee Vote to Unionize with United Auto Workers

Biden Administration Expands Title IX Protections to Include LGBTQ+ Students

Alameda DA Charges 3 Police Officers with Manslaughter in 2021 Killing of Mario Gonzalez

China: Record Rainfall Kills 3, Displaces 60,000 in Guangdong

On Earth Day, Biden Announced $7 Billion in Solar Investments

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Israel Launches Retaliatory Strike in Iran as U.S. Issues New Sanctions Against Tehran

Columbia Protests Continue a Day After NYPD Arrests 100+, Dismantles Gaza Solidarity Encampment

USC Students Rally to Demand Commencement Speech by Valedictorian Asna Tabassum Be Reinstated

U.S. Vetoes Bid to Advance Full Palestinian Membership at U.N.

New Report Refutes Israeli Account of 6-Year-Old Hind Rajab’s Killing by IOF

Activists Prepare to Set Sail on a New Gaza Freedom Flotilla

House Speaker Johnson Attaches TikTok Ban Bill to Ukraine, Israel Funding Package

U.S. Deports 70 Haitian Asylum Seekers Despite Humanitarian and Security Disaster in Haiti

U.S. Reinstates Venezuela Sanctions Ahead of July Elections

Senate Advances FISA’s Contested Section 702, Which Has Led to Warrantless Spying on U.S. Citizens

The Jury in Donald Trump’s NYC Criminal Trial Has Been Seated

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Israel Continues to Pound the Gaza Strip Amid Reports U.S. Approves of Rafah Land Invasion

Palestinian Boy Who Narrowly Escaped Death in Nov. Israeli Airstrike Is Killed in Aid Airdrop

ProPublica: Blinken Ignored His Agency’s Recommendation to Disqualify Some Israeli Units from Aid

Detained U.N. Workers Accuse Israel of Obtaining False Confessions Through Torture

Journalist Attempts Citizen’s Arrest of EU Leader Ursula von der Leyen for Enabling Gaza Genocide

“McCarthyism Is Alive and Well”: Google Fires Employees for Protesting Contract with Israeli Military

29 Writers Withdraw from PEN Prizes to Protest “Complicity in Normalizing Genocide”

“Stop Killing Palestinian Children!”: Activists Disrupt Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin Hearing

Speaker Johnson Unveils 3 Separate Bills to Fund Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan

Senate Democrats Dismiss GOP-Led Impeachment Against Alejandro Mayorkas

Major Rains Lead to Death and Displacement Across the Gulf, in Kenya

Police Evict Hundreds from France’s Largest Squat Ahead of Paris Olympics

“This Is a Criminal Cover-Up”: Boeing Whistleblowers Slam Leadership for Ignoring Safety Issues

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U.N.: Israel Is Still Unlawfully Restricting Aid into Gaza

Report: Israeli Assault on Gaza Has Left 19,000 Children Orphaned

U.K. Tells Israel: Do “As Little as Possible to Escalate” Tensions with Iran

Israel Urged to Stop Supporting Violent Jewish Settlers After Deadly West Bank Attacks

Nine Google Workers Arrested at Sit-In Protesting Firm’s Work with Israel

Columbia University Students Launch Gaza Solidarity Encampment

Seven Jurors Selected for Trump Hush Money Criminal Trial

Supreme Court Considers Tossing Out Jan. 6 Convictions for Violating Federal Obstruction Law

Extradition of Julian Assange Edges Closer as U.S. Gives Assurances to U.K. over His Rights

Indian Security Forces Kill 29 Maoist Rebels Ahead of Election

Rep. Massie Backs Ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson

Maine Joins National Popular Vote Compact

Former U.S. Marine Sentenced to Prison for Firebombing Planned Parenthood Clinic

Federal Court Blocks WV Transgender Sports Ban; Supreme Court Lets Idaho Ban Gender-Affirming Care for Now

New York Police Officers Cleared of Wrongdoing in Fatal Police Shooting of Kawaski Trawick

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Gazans Continue to Lose Children, Parents, Loved Ones as Israeli Attacks Continue with Impunity

Palestinian Doctors Uncover New Mass Grave at Al-Shifa in Wake of Israeli Siege

Sheikh Jarrah: Israeli Court Orders Three Palestinian Families Be Forced Out of Their Homes

Iran and Israel Both Vow to Respond in Kind to Any Further Attacks

Coordinated Demonstrations Across the U.S. and the World Disrupt Travel, Weapons Industry

Yale Students Launch Hunger Strike; USC Cancels Graduation Speech by Muslim Student

Judge Threatens to Jail Trump If He Disrupts Hush Money Trial as Jury Selection Continues

3 Iraqi Survivors of Abu Ghraib Bring Torture Case Against U.S. Contractor to Trial

Torrential Rains Kill at Least 100 People Across Pakistan and Afghanistan

NOAA Warns World Is Experiencing Its 4th Coral Bleaching Event Due to Warming Oceans

Fourth Body Recovered from Baltimore Key Bridge Collapse as FBI Launches Probe

Judge Sentences Armorer of Alec Baldwin Western “Rust” to 18 Months for Death of Halyna Hutchins

SCOTUS Declines to Hear Case Targeting Organizers of Group Protests

Faith Ringgold, Trailblazing Artist, Author and Activist, Dies at 93

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“The Middle East Is on the Brink”: U.N. Calls for Maximum Restraint After Iran Directly Attacks Israel for First Time

Death Toll from Israel’s War on Gaza Reaches 33,800 as Nuseirat Camp Comes Under Intense Fire

Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinian Villages in Occupied West Bank, Burning Homes, Killing at Least 1

Trump’s Criminal Hush Money Trial Kicks Off in New York

War in Sudan Marks 1 Year: 15,000 Killed, 8.6M Displaced, 25M in Need of Immediate Aid

Australian Police Say Mass Stabber at Sydney Mall Was Targeting Women

House Reauthorizes FISA Clause Which Has Been Used to Spy on U.S. Citizens

Kamala Harris Tells Arizona Voters Trump Is to Blame for State’s Draconian Abortion Ban

German Police Shut Down Palestine Congress After Barring Prominent Speakers

“​​McCarthyism Is Real”: Hobart and William Smith Colleges Suspend Prof. for Defending Palestinians

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Gazan Children Play Among Ruins as Israeli Bombs Rain Down on Eid

Samantha Power, Top USAID Official, Admits Northern Gaza Is Experiencing Famine

U.S. Sends Top General to Israel Amid Reports of Iranian Retaliation for Israel’s Damascus Attack

Morocco Sentences Activist to 5 Years for Criticizing Normalization Deal with Israel

Mexico Brings Grievances Against Ecuador to ICJ Amid Mounting Diplomatic Row

Ukraine Passes Contested Draft Bill with No Limits on Wartime Military Service

Poland Begins Debate on Rolling Back Abortion Ban Under New Liberal Leader

Biden Cancels Another $7.4 Billion in Student Debt

Biden Admin Closes “Gun Show Loophole”

Far-Right Flank of House Block Reauthorization of Controversial Section 702 of FISA

“Goon Squad” Convicts Get State Sentences of 15-45 Years for Torturing Black Men

Climate Crisis Triggers Great Barrier Reef’s Worst-Ever Coral Bleaching

10 Years After Chibok Abduction, Leaders No Longer Fighting for Survivors and Remaining Captives

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Israel Kills Three Sons & Four Grandchildren of Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh

UNICEF Convoy Hit by Israeli Gunfire, Preventing Delivery of Aid to Northern Gaza

U.S. Envoy Admits All of Gaza May Face “Imminent Risk of Starvation”

Biden Pledges “Ironclad” Support for Israel as Fears Grow Iran May Launch Retaliatory Attack

Republican Lawmakers in Arizona Block Repeal of 1864 Abortion Ban

Biden Hosts Japanese & Filipino Leaders as U.S. Expands Military Presence Near China

South Korea PM Offers to Resign After Conservatives Suffer Major Defeat

Russia Hits Major Power Plant Near Kyiv in Latest Strike on Ukrainian Energy Infrastructure

Mass Flooding in Kazakhstan and Russia Displaces Over 110,000 People

Ocean Heat Records Set Every Day for Past Year

Ex-VP in Ecuador on Hunger Strike After Arrest During Raid on Mexican Embassy

EPA Issues New Rules on PFAS & Chemical Plants

Biden Says He Is Considering Dropping Prosecution of Julian Assange

Ex-Trump CFO Sentenced to Five Months in Prison for Lying Under Oath

Cornel West Taps Black Lives Matter Activist Melina Abdullah to Be Running Mate

RFK Jr. Staffer Fired After Admitting Campaign Aims to Help Trump Win in November

Islamic Center at Rutgers University Vandalized as Eid Begins

Palestinian American Law Student Protests Backyard Dinner Hosted by UC Berkeley Law School Dean

German School Rescinds Job Offer to Jewish Philosopher Nancy Fraser over Her Criticism of Israel

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Arizona Supreme Court Revives 1864 Law Banning Abortion

Biden: Israel Should “Just Call for a Ceasefire”; Netanyahu Is Making a “Mistake” in Gaza

Israel Continues to Attack Gaza as Palestinians Mark End of Ramadan

Lloyd Austin Denies Israel Is Commiting Genocide; About 50 Protesters Arrested on Capitol Hill

Turkey Restricts Exports to Israel to Protest Gaza Assault

Trump Loses 10th Attempt to Delay Hush Money Trial

Missouri Executes Brian Dorsey; 70 Prison Guards Pushed for His Life to Be Spared

Parents of Oxford High School Shooter Sentenced to Between 10-15 Years in Prison

NYC Reaches $28 Million Settlement over Hanging at Rikers Prison

Bodycam Video Shows Chicago Officers Fired Nearly 100 Shots at Dexter Reed During Fatal Shooting

Norfolk Southern Agrees to Pay $600 Million over East Palestine Derailment

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Netanyahu Says Date for Rafah Invasion Has Been Set as Israel Continues Its Deadly Attacks

UNSC Considers Palestine Request for U.N. Membership; Germany Tells ICJ It Is Not Abetting Genocide

Elizabeth Warren, a Legal Expert, Admits Israel’s Actions in Gaza Meet Definition of Genocide

“We Are Repulsed by Your Actions”: New Irish Prime Minister Sends Message to Netanyahu

Iran Opens New Consulary Site in Damascus, Accuses U.S. of Greenlighting Israel’s Attack

ACLU Warns Against UMich Censorship Policy over Palestinian Rights Activism

Trump Boasts Overturning Roe v. Wade But Backs State Authority Over Abortion

Panama Papers Trial Kicks Off 8 Years After Tax Evasion Scandal

Mozambique Shipwreck Kills Some 100 People, Including Children

Biden Announces New Student Debt Relief as He Campaigns in Wisconsin

European Rights Court Hands Win to Swiss Seniors, Defeat to Portuguese Youth in Historic Climate Cases

Brazil’s Indigenous Communities Receive Gov’t Apology; Literary Recognition for Aílton Krenak

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Palestinians Return to a Decimated Khan Younis as Hunger Grips Gaza, Death Toll Tops 31,000

“Al-Shifa Has Become a Graveyard”: Video Reveals Complete Destruction of Gaza Hospital by Israel

Nicaragua Accuses Germany of Enabling Genocide in Gaza at World Court

40 Democratic Lawmakers, Including Pelosi, Urge Biden to Halt Arms Transfers to Israel

Ceasefire Talks Continue in Cairo as Gaza Death Toll Mounts

Israelis Escalate Protests Against Benjamin Netanyahu

Prominent Palestinian Political Prisoner and Novelist Walid Daqqa Dies of Cancer

20 Pomona College Students Arrested After Occupying President’s Office

IAEA Warns Drone Attacks on Zaporizhzhia Could Lead to Nuclear Disaster

Biden to Host Japanese & Filipino Leaders as Nations Hold War Games in South China Sea

Mexico Cuts Diplomatic Ties with Ecuador After Raid on Mexican Embassy in Quito

“International Community Failed All of Us”: Rwanda Marks 30 Years Since 1994 Genocide

Trump Raises $50M in Lavish Fundraiser as He Promises More Billionaire Tax Cuts If Reelected

Police Arrest Suspect in Act of Arson on Bernie Sanders’s Vermont Office

FAA Probing Loss of Engine Cover During Takeoff on Southwest Airlines Boeing Aircraft

6 New York Inmates Will View Eclipse from Prison Courtyard After Winning Case Against Lockdown

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Israel Says It Will Allow Aid in Gaza After U.S. Warns of Possible “Policy Change”

Biden Continues to Funnel Arms to Israel Despite Killing of Aid Workers, Warning to Netanyahu

New Video Shows Israeli Military Killing Innocent Gazan Walking with Airdropped Aid Package

Euro-Med Says Israel Killed 563 People Around Aid Sites; Palestine Red Crescent Says 15 Staff Killed

“Kill Them, But Nicely”: Gazans Condemn U.S. Hypocrisy as Israeli Bombs and Missiles Rain Down

HRW Says Israel’s Oct. 31 Attack on 6-Story Apartment Building a Likely War Crime

“We Are All Complicit”: Israeli Doctor Details Amputations, Inhumane Treatment of Gazan Detainees

Israeli Forces Fire Tear Gas on Worshipers at Al-Aqsa on Muslim Holy Day

Israel Escalates Threats Against Iran After Deadly Attack on Iranian Consulate in Syria

“No Business as Usual While Gaza Is Destroyed”: Activists Blockade Lockheed Martin Facility in NorCal

Columbia Suspends 6 Students Amid Crackdown on Palestinian Solidarity Activism

Peruvian Congress Rejects Impeachment Attempt Against President Dina Boluarte

Supporters of Death Row Prisoner Brian Dorsey Make Bid to Save His Life Ahead of Planned Execution

Housing Activists Take Aim at Real Estate Board of New York for Blocking Good Cause Eviction Law

Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, Peace Activist & Advocate for Survivors of Church Sexual Abuse, Dies at 94

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José Andrés Condemns “Systematic Targeting” of World Central Kitchen Aid Workers

Israeli Military Uses AI to Target Palestinians for Assassination

Palestinians Search Ruins of Al-Shifa for Loved Ones After Israel Obliterates Hospital

Netanyahu’s Main Rival Benny Gantz Calls for September Elections in Israel

U.K. Under Pressure to Halt Israeli Arms Sales; Spain to Recognize Palestinian Statehood by July

Russian Drones Kill 4 People in Kharkiv, Including Rescue Workers

Russian Court Sentences Pussy Riot Activist Pyotr Verzilov to 8 Years in Absentia

Turkey Restores Election Victory of Pro-Kurdish Mayoral Candidate Following Unrest

Kenya’s Public Sector Doctors Enter Third Week on Strike

Zimbabwe Declares National Disaster over Drought; Philippines Schools Close Amid Extreme Heat Wave

New York Judge Overseeing Trump Hush Money Case Rejects Bid to Delay April 15 Trial

109-Year-Old Survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre Appeal to Oklahoma Supreme Court in Reparations Case

Martin Luther King Jr. Was Assassinated 56 Years Ago, April 4, 1968

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U.N. Chief: Israeli Attack on World Central Kitchen Aid Workers Is “Unconscionable”

Biden “Outraged” over Aid Attack, But U.S. Claims Israel Hasn’t Violated International Law

USAID Officials Privately Warn Biden That Gaza Famine Is “Unprecedented in Modern History”

Israeli Police Fire Water Cannons at Anti-Netanyahu Protesters

Iran Urges U.N. to Take Action After Israeli Bombing of Iranian Consulate in Syria

“Uncommitted” Vote Movement Grows as Democratic Voters Voice Dismay over Biden’s Gaza Policy

Palestinian American Doctor Walks Out of White House Ramadan Meeting with Biden

Senegal: Bassirou Diomaye Faye Inaugurated as President Weeks After Being Freed from Jail

Mayoral Candidate in Mexico Assassinated While Campaigning in Celaya

Taiwan Hit by Largest Earthquake in 25 Years

John Eastman Disbarred in California over Advising Trump on 2020 Coup Attempt

In BDS Victory, Pitzer College Ends Study Abroad Program with Israeli School

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World Central Kitchen Suspends Aid Operations After Israeli Airstrike Kills 7 of Its Workers

Biden Admin Could Send Another $18M in Arms to Israel Despite Mounting Deaths, Public Opposition

Benjamin Netanyahu Plans to Ban Al Jazeera, One of the Few Major Outlets Reporting Inside Gaza

Tehran Vows Revenge After Israeli Attack in Syria Kills 7 Iranian Officials, Incl. Top Commander

Primary Voters Urged to Protest Biden Support for War on Gaza at the Ballot Box

Florida’s Top Court Approves 6-Week Abortion Ban But Offers Hope with Abortion Ballot Measure

Germany Decriminalizes Cannabis for Personal Use

Armed Violence Claims More Lives in Haiti Amid Stalled Leadership Talks

NY Judge Expands Trump Gag Order as Ex-President Pays $175M Bond in Civil Fraud Case

Izzy Award Honors In These Times, Mohammed El-Kurd, Lynzy Billing, Trina Reynolds-Tyler, Sarah Conway

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