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Israel launches major West Bank operation days after Gaza ceasefire
January 22, 2025 4:04 am
Israel launched a major military operation Tuesday in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin that killed at least nine Palestinians and left at least 40 more people wounded, Palestinian health officials said, as Israel’s fragile ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza entered its third day.
Brittney Griner to test market for first time in career as WNBA free agency opens
January 22, 2025 3:43 am
The All-Star center is taking meetings starting Tuesday, Jan. 21, with multiple teams, according to her agent. WNBA executives were in Miami for the opening of Unrivaled to talk with Griner and other free agents.
Is that really a best new artist?
January 22, 2025 3:26 am
NEW YORK (AP) — When is something old considered new? If you’re talking about the Grammy Awards, that’s often whoever lands in the best new artist category, easily the weirdest of the races.
Frigid storm drops rare snow on Houston and New Orleans
January 22, 2025 3:11 am
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A rare frigid storm charged through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday, blanketing New Orleans and Houston with snow that closed highways, grounded nearly all flights and canceled school for more than a million students more accustomed to hurricane dismissals than snow days.
Trump administration directs all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on leave
January 22, 2025 3:05 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump 's administration is directing that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave, and that agencies develop plans to lay them off, according to a memo Tuesday from the Office of Personnel Management.