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Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza City ambush

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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian militants carried out one of the deadliest single attacks on Israeli soldiers since the Gaza invasion began, killing at least nine in an urban ambush, the military said Wednesday, a sign of the stiff resistance Hamas still poses despite more than ...

Zelenskyy makes case for aid on Capitol Hill, at White House

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told America his country was fighting for "our freedom and yours" as he made an impassioned plea Tuesday for Congress to approve more assistance to fight Russia's invasion. But prospects for additional U.S. aid to Ukraine appeared ...

The funding tide that lifts all boats

Editorials

A historic $11 billion in federal funds, allocated for Michigan through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed in November 2021, is going to pay for projects aimed at expanding access to high-speed internet, rebuilding the state’s roads and bridges, and improving water and sewer systems, ...

Biden takes tougher stance on Israel’s bombing across Gaza

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday warned that Israel was losing international support because of its “indiscriminate bombing” of Gaza, speaking out in unusually strong language just hours before the United Nations demanded a humanitarian cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas ...

Court: Woman seeking abortion didn’t show her life was in danger

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Kate Cox, whose fetus had a fatal condition, did not qualify for an abortion in Texas: not after four emergency room visits, elevated vital signs, risks of a uterine rupture and with her ability to have more children in jeopardy. The Texas Supreme Court's rejection of ...

Michigan GOP Party leadership needs an intervention

Editorials

The Republican National Committee must intervene to help stabilize the Michigan Republican Party, which is heading into the presidential campaign season financially broke and wracked by internal feuds. The state GOP has all but disappeared under the leadership of Chair Kristina Karamo. The ...