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This undated photo from Winter 2023 provided by Breaking The Silence, a whistleblower group of former Israeli soldiers, shows blindfolded Palestinian prisoners captured in the Gaza Strip by Israeli forces at a detention facility on the Sde Teiman military base in southern Israel.

Released Palestinians describe worsening abuses in Israeli prisons

This undated photo from Winter 2023 provided by Breaking The Silence, a whistleblower group of former Israeli soldiers, shows blindfolded Palestinian prisoners captured in the Gaza Strip by Israeli forces at a detention facility on the Sde Teiman military base in southern Israel.

August 12, 2024, 8:33am Nation & World

OUTSIDE OFER PRISON, West Bank (AP) — Frequent beatings, overcrowding, withholding of basic rations. Released Palestinians have described to The Associated Press worsening abuses in Israeli prisons crammed with thousands detained since the war in Gaza began 10 months ago. Read story

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, leads the meeting with top security and defence officials dedicated to the situation in Kursk and Belgorod border regions, at Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside of Moscow, Russia, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024.

Ukraine’s foray into Russia’s border region embarrasses Putin. How will it affect the course of war?

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, leads the meeting with top security and defence officials dedicated to the situation in Kursk and Belgorod border regions, at Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside of Moscow, Russia, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024.

August 12, 2024, 8:27am Nation & World

A swift Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk region is the largest such cross-border raid by Kyiv’s forces in the nearly 2½-year war, exposing Russia’s vulnerabilities and dealing a painful blow to the Kremlin. Read story

FILE - Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, right, talks to Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German in his Las Vegas office, on May 11, 2022. (K.M.

Jury selection to begin for ex-politician accused of killing Las Vegas investigative reporter

FILE - Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, right, talks to Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German in his Las Vegas office, on May 11, 2022. (K.M.

August 12, 2024, 8:27am Nation & World

The trial of a Las Vegas-area politician accused of killing an investigative reporter who wrote articles critical of him will take center stage in Nevada on Monday, with jury selection scheduled to start in a case that stunned Sin City and the world of journalism. Read story

Harrison Ford, Angela Bassett, Miley Cyrus and more honored as Disney Legends at ceremony

August 12, 2024, 8:22am Entertainment

Disney bestowed “legends” status on 14 artists, including Harrison Ford, Angela Bassett and Miley Cyrus, who have shaped the company. Read story

Wisconsin Capitol Police decline to investigate leak of state Supreme Court abortion order

August 12, 2024, 8:18am Nation & World

Wisconsin Capitol Police have declined to investigate the leak of a state Supreme Court abortion order in June citing a conflict of interest, but the court’s chief justice told The Associated Press she is pursuing other options. Read story

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump dances after speaking at a campaign rally in Bozeman, Mont., Friday, Aug. 9, 2024.

Families of Brazilian plane crash victims gather in Sao Paulo as French experts join investigation

August 12, 2024, 7:48am Nation & World

More than 40 families of victims of an airliner crash in Brazil gathered Sunday at a morgue and hotels in Sao Paulo as three French government investigators arrived in the country. Forensics experts worked to identify the remains of the 62 people killed. Read story

University student Christina Westman poses at St. Cloud State University, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in St. Cloud, Minn.

US colleges are cutting majors and slashing programs after years of putting it off

University student Christina Westman poses at St. Cloud State University, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in St. Cloud, Minn.

August 12, 2024, 7:40am Business

Christina Westman dreamed of working with Parkinson’s disease and stroke patients as a music therapist when she started studying at St. Cloud State University. Read story

The Remoora pontoon, owned by Reef Magic, sits above a section of the Great Barrier Reef near Moore Reef in Gunggandji Sea Country off the coast of Queensland in eastern Australia on Nov. 14, 2022.

Researchers sound alarm on the Great Barrier Reef

The Remoora pontoon, owned by Reef Magic, sits above a section of the Great Barrier Reef near Moore Reef in Gunggandji Sea Country off the coast of Queensland in eastern Australia on Nov. 14, 2022.

August 12, 2024, 6:02am Nation & World

Ocean temperatures in the Great Barrier Reef hit their highest level in 400 years over the past decade, according to researchers who warned that the reef likely won’t survive if planetary warming isn’t stopped. Read story

English town of Southport mourns 9-year-old stabbing victim, calls for an end to unrest

August 11, 2024, 5:39pm Nation & World

The people of Southport, England, came together Sunday for the first of the funerals for three girls killed during a dance class, remembering 9-year-old Alice da Silva Aguiar’s radiant smile and calling for an end to the unrest that has convulsed Britain since the attack two weeks ago. Read story