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Hezbollah confirms that an Israeli strike killed a top official, the 7th such death in recent days

Hezbollah confirms that an Israeli strike killed a top official, the 7th such death in recent days

By MELANIE LIDMAN and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Sunday it has killed another high-ranking Hezbollah official in an airstrike as the Lebanese militant group was reeling from a…

In Alabama, Trump goes from the dark rhetoric of his campaign to adulation of college football fans

In Alabama, Trump goes from the dark rhetoric of his campaign to adulation of college football fans

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — As Donald Trump railed against immigrants Saturday afternoon in the Rust Belt, his supporters in the Deep South had turned his earlier broadsides into a rallying cry over a college football game as…

Medicare Advantage shopping season arrives with a dose of confusion and some political implications

Medicare Advantage shopping season arrives with a dose of confusion and some political implications

Thinner benefits and coverage changes await many older Americans shopping for health insurance this fall. That’s if their plan is even still available in 2025. More than a million people will probably have to find…

Biden and Harris call the Israeli strike killing Hezbollah’s Nasrallah a ‘measure of justice’

Biden and Harris call the Israeli strike killing Hezbollah’s Nasrallah a ‘measure of justice’

By AAMER MADHANI and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — The Israeli strike that killed Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah was a “measure of justice” for victims of a four-decade “reign of terror,” President Joe Biden…

As many forests fail to recover from wildfires, replanting efforts face huge odds — and obstacles

As many forests fail to recover from wildfires, replanting efforts face huge odds — and obstacles

By TAMMY WEBBER, BRITTANY PETERSON and CAMILLE FASSETT Associated Press BELLVUE, Colo. (AP) — Camille Stevens-Rumann crouched in the dirt and leaned over evergreen seedlings, measuring how much each had grown in seven months. “That’s…

Harris inspects fence at US-Mexico border as she works to project tougher stance on migration

Harris inspects fence at US-Mexico border as she works to project tougher stance on migration

By WILL WEISSERT and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press DOUGLAS, Ariz. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris walked a scrubby stretch of fence line along Arizona’s border with Mexico on Friday, seeking to project an image of…