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FILE - Israeli police officers disperse Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men blocking a highway during a protest against army recruitment in Bnei Brak, Israel, June 27, 2024. The Israeli military said it will begin sending draft notices to Jewish ultra-Orthodox men on Sunday, July 21.

Israeli military says it will begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men. That could rattle the government

July 16, 2024, 8:34am Nation & World

The Israeli military on Tuesday said it would begin sending draft notices to Jewish ultra-Orthodox men next week — a step that could destabilize Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and trigger more large protests in the community. Read story

President Joe Biden greets people after arriving at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Monday, July 15, 2024.

Biden is trying to sharpen the choice voters face in November as Republicans meet in Milwaukee

July 16, 2024, 8:29am Nation & World

President Joe Biden returns to the campaign trail Tuesday for the first time since the attempted assassination of his Republican rival, former President Donald Trump, aiming to sharpen the choice voters will face this November in the wake of the attack. Read story

Hawaiian residents evacuated as wind-swept wildfire in Kaumakani quickly spreads

July 16, 2024, 8:19am Nation & World

Residents of about 200 homes in a small, rural community on the Hawaiian island of Kauai were evacuated due to a wind-swept wildfire on Monday as firefighters tried to stop it from spreading by dropping water from the air, officials said. Read story

FILE - Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, center, escorted by his bodyguard Yasser Nemr Qranbish, right, addresses supporters reflected in the bulletproof glass during the annual rally to mark Al-Quds Day, Jerusalem Day, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, on Oct. 28, 2005. An Israeli strike in Syria Tuesday July 9, 2024 killed Qranbish, a former personal bodyguard of Hezbollah leader, an official with the Lebanese militant group said.

Israeli drone strike along Lebanon-Syria border kills Syrian businessman close to the government

July 16, 2024, 7:42am Nation & World

An Israeli drone strike on a car Monday near the Lebanon-Syria border killed a prominent Syrian businessman who was sanctioned by the United States and had close ties to the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad, according to pro-government media and an official from an Iran-backed group. Read story

Video camera operators rehearse their shots in the Fiserv Forum ahead of the 2024 Republican National Convention, Friday, July 12, 2024, in Milwaukee.

On an unusually busy news day, did the assassination attempt’s aftermath change the media tone?

July 16, 2024, 7:42am Business

If this were a typical presidential campaign, Donald Trump’s selection of JD Vance as his running mate on the Republican ticket would have likely dominated media discussions for a week or two. Read story

This photo provided by the International Fund for Animal Welfare shows a IFAW staff member, left, and a trained volunteer, right, working among stranded dolphins, in Wellfleet, Mass., on Cape Cod, Friday, June 28, 2024. The recent stranding of more than 100 dolphins on Cape Cod, the largest such event involving dolphins in U.S. history, is due in part to the natural geography of the cape, with its gently sloping sand flats, tidal fluctuations, proximity to productive feeding grounds, and the hook-like shape of the cape itself.

Cape Cod’s fishhook topography makes it a global hotspot for mass strandings by dolphins

July 16, 2024, 6:01am Nation & World

The recent stranding of more than 100 dolphins on Cape Cod, the largest such event involving dolphins in U.S. history, is partly due to the peninsula’s geography, with its gently sloping sand flats, tidal fluctuations and proximity to productive feeding grounds, experts said. Read story

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump appears during the Republican National Convention Monday, July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee.

Trump enters Republican convention with a bandage covering his right ear after assassination attempt

July 15, 2024, 7:30pm Latest News

Former President Donald Trump, two days after surviving an attempted assassination, appeared triumphantly at the Republican National Convention's opening night with a bandage over his right ear. Read story

Border arrests plunge 29% in June to the lowest of Biden’s presidency as asylum halt takes hold

July 15, 2024, 5:25pm Latest News

Arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico plunged 29% in June, the lowest month of Joe Biden’s presidency, according to figures released Monday that provide another window on the impact of a new rule to temporarily suspend asylum. Read story