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Israel’s PM faces growing opposition over his stance on Gaza. Russia launches massive barrage against Ukraine. Longtime aide to New York’s governors accused of secretly working for China.

Former Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz issues searing rebuke to PM Netanyahu

Benny Gantz, a former Israeli war cabinet member who walked out in June, has told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a deal to secure the release of hostages held in Gaza or else step down.

Breakout at Democratic Republic of Congo jail draws attention to horrific conditions

Over 100 prisoners were killed — either shot dead or crushed — after they tried to escape from the infamous Makala Prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo capital of Kinshasa.

Abuse claims trigger a reckoning in India's Mollywood

A report into sexual assault in one of India's most respected film industries has triggered a #MeToo-style reckoning.

You’d be forgiven for assuming that Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet would top the Billboard albums chart in its first week of eligibility.

Sabrina Carpenter has the No. 1 album — and 3 of the week’s top 5 songs

Sabrina Carpenter was expected to have a massive week. Still, her journey to the top of the album charts was fraught right up to its final moments, as she fended off a furious challenge from rapper Travis Scott.

Photos of Erin Kerkhoff, Jeromie Meyer, Matt Stutzman, Jessica Heims, Olivia Chambers and Justin PHongsavanh playing their sports.

Meet the Paralympians from Iowa

The most talented athletes in adaptive sports are competing in Paris.

From mosses to mountain lions, the temperate old-growth rainforests of the Pacific Northwest provide the complexities and conditions necessary to support high levels of biodiversity. The Northwest Forest Plan has provided protection for these ancient ecosystems over the last 30 years and has helped advance forest management in Oregon, Washington and California. Developed in response to decades of unsustainable logging practices, the plan has helped restore forest ecosystems in 17 national forests.

A photographer captures life in America’s last remaining old-growth forests

From salamanders and salmon to bears and mountain lions, David Herasimtschuk's images illustrate not only the beauty of the forests and their creatures but the symbiotic relationships that are vital to the forests’ health and the planet’s welfare.

Eric Garcetti, then the mayor of Los Angeles, during an interview in his office at City Hall in Los Angeles on Jan. 13, 2015.

Did a powerful Democrat lie about #MeToo allegations to save his career?

Former LA Mayor Eric Garcetti denies he knew about a top adviser's alleged abuse at City Hall. An NPR investigation raises new questions about whether the now U.S. ambassador to India lied under oath.

Yellow tape blocks off the parking lot of the Forest Park Blue Line train station in Forest Park, Ill., after four people were fatally shot on the train early Monday, Sept. 2, 2024.

A suspect has been named after 4 people were killed on a train in the Chicago area

The suspect initially escaped from the scene, but was later found through Chicago Transit Authority surveillance video. Police now have the person in custody and seized a firearm in their possession.

Pope Francis, seated in his wheelchair is welcomed as Indonesian Minister of Religious Affairs Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, center left, walks during an official welcoming ceremony at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024.

Pope opens Asia odyssey in Indonesia to rally Catholics, hail religious tolerance

The pope's arrival in Indonesia launches an 11-day voyage zigzagging across time zones that will also take him to Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore.

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