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Israel to mobilize 60,000 reservists ahead of an expanded Gaza City operation

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military said Wednesday it will call up 60,000 reservists ahead of an expanded military operation in Gaza City. Many residents have chosen to stay despite the dange...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Hundreds of historic tall ships sail into Amsterdam for a maritime festival

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Crowds packed vantage points along a major canal and took to the water themselves Wednesday to watch a flotilla of hundreds of historic ships sail into Amsterdam at the star...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Hurricane Erin picking up steam as it edges along the East Coast

RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Erin began strengthening again Wednesday as it crept closer to the mid-Atlantic coast, its outer bands brushing North Carolina’s Outer Banks as beaches closed...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Israel approves settlement project that could divide the West Bank

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel gave final approval Wednesday for a controversial settlement project in the occupied West Bank that would effectively cut the territory in two, and that Palest...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Brazilian police say ex-President Bolsonaro had planned to flee to Argentina seeking asylum

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s federal police said messages found on the telephone of former President Jair Bolsonaro showed he once wanted to flee to Argentina and request political asylu...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Texas House approves redrawn maps sought by Trump ahead of 2026 elections

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas House on Wednesday approved redrawn congressional maps that would give Republicans a bigger edge in 2026, muscling through a partisan gerrymander that launched...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

The Latest: Texas House approves new congressional maps that favor GOP in 2026 midterms

The Republican-controlled Texas House of Representatives passed Wednesday a redrawn congressional map that creates up to five new winnable GOP seats in Congress, further deepening a national...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Top White House officials turn to public appearances with troops as a tense Washington watches

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s law-enforcement crackdown on Washington expanded Wednesday and top administration officials visited National Guard troops to support a deployment t...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Appeals court allows Trump to end temporary protections for migrants from Central America and Nepal

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday sided with the Trump administration and halted for now a lower court’s order that had kept in place temporary protections for 60,000...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Jury deliberations begin in trial of man accused of organizing rapper Young Dolph's killing

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A jury began deliberating Wednesday in the trial of a man charged with organizing the daytime ambush killing of rapper Young Dolph at a Memphis bakery in November 2021....

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Saints acquire second-year wide receiver Devaughn Vele from Broncos for a pair of draft picks

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos are alleviating some of the crowding in their wide receiver room by sending second-year pro Devaughn Vele to the New Orleans Saints for a pair of d...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

China rushes to build out solar, and emissions edge downward

TALATAN, China (AP) — High on the Tibetan plateau, Chinese government officials last month showed off what they say will be the world's largest solar farm when completed — 610 square kilomet...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press