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Philippe Lazzarini accused Israel in an interview with the Swiss newspap Abortion rights opponents and supporters seize on report that Trump privately pushes 16-week ban 02/16/2024 04:16pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A major anti-abortion group is praising a published report that Donald Trump has privately told people he supports a national ban on abortion after 16 weeks of pregnancy, though his campaign denied the report and said the former president plans to ���negotiate a deal��� on abortion US investigators visit homes of two Palestinian-American teens killed in the West Bank 02/15/2024 04:24pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� The families of two Palestinian-American teenagers killed in separate but eerily similar incidents in the West Bank say investigators from the American Embassy have visited their homes to look into the shootings. Launching American probes into the killings of Mohammad Khdour and T Red flags, missed clues: How accused US diplomat-turned-Cuban spy avoided scrutiny for decades 02/15/2024 03:47pm • MIAMI (AP) ��� Manuel Rocha was well known in Miami���s elite circles for an aristocratic, almost regal, bearing that seemed fitting for an Ivy League-educated career U.S. diplomat who held top posts in Argentina, Bolivia, Cuba and the White House. ���Ambassador Rocha,��� as he preferred to be calle How Much Physical Activity Do You Need? 02/14/2024 07:00pm • A person's physical activity requirements depend on a number of variables, including their current health status and personal goals. The simple answer is that some is better than none, and more is usually better than some. That sentiment doesn't change as we age. In other words, if you aren't curren Assisted Living vs. Home Care: What's the Difference? 02/14/2024 07:00pm • It's a common scenario. 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As a prospective undergrad student, Pakistani national Huzaifa Islam Shah applied to more than 20 schools in the U.S., a few in Turkey and several in the Un Pentagon chief Austin remains hospitalized, will not travel to Brussels for Ukraine, NATO meetings 02/12/2024 04:09pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has canceled his trip to Brussels to meet with NATO ministers and work on Ukraine military aid as he remains hospitalized while dealing with further health issues following prostate cancer surgery, the Pentagon said Monday. Austin, 70, was taken Rio's Carnival parade makes urgent plea to stop illegal mining in Indigenous lands 02/12/2024 03:35pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ��� Carnival dancers have taken the biggest stage in Rio de Janeiro to pay tribute to Brazil's largest Indigenous group and pressure President Luiz In��cio Lula da Silva to deliver on promises to eradicate illegal mining. Carnival has long been a platform for samba schools to pro New 'Safe Commercial Corridor Hub' in DC opens a block from site of Chinatown Walgreens shooting 02/12/2024 03:27pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the opening of a new community center designed to offer residents direct access to police and other city agencies to deal with crime and behavioral health issues. "We not only want people to be safe," Bowser said, "but feel safe." The opening of Chinatown's n Medicare Part D: Coverage, Costs and Enrollment 02/11/2024 07:00pm • Medicare, the federal health insurance program designed primarily for adults ages 65 and older, is an alphabet soup of parts. Medicare Parts A and B, also known as "original Medicare," are standard coverage, but what about Part D, the prescription drug coverage portion? If you're trying to determine Parrott jumps into Md. 6th District congressional race as filing deadline passes 02/11/2024 12:00am • Former state Del. Neil C. Parrott (R-Washington) hopes the third time is the charm. The two-time Republican nominee in the 6th congressional district entered the GOP primary for the open seat just a few hours before the filing deadline Friday, joining six other Republicans in the race to replace