Unbiased headline news- Israel reported that it targeted Hamas’ elusive military commander in a large-scale strike on Saturday in the densely populated southern Gaza Strip, resulting in at least 71 deaths.
The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 289 others were injured in the attack, one of the war’s deadliest, and that many casualties were taken to the overwhelmed Nasser Hospital nearby. There, Associated Press journalists counted over 40 bodies. Witnesses described multiple strikes in the attack.
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Russian shelling in Ukraine killed four people on Saturday, officials said, as the two nations exchanged drone attacks, one of which ignited a Russian oil depot.
Two people died in Ukraine’s partially occupied Kherson region, and two were wounded in an attack near the regional capital, according to Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin. Two other people died on Saturday afternoon, and 22 were wounded in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, as stated by Gov. Oleh Syniehubov.
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The cost of mailing a letter rose to 73 cents, effective Sunday, after the U.S. Postal Service announced its second price hike this year.
This increase includes the cost of forever stamps, which the Postal Service offers at a fixed rate for mailing letters and other items. The previous price of 68 cents for a first-class postage stamp and forever stamps reflected a 5-cent increase on July 9th, 2023, following a 3-cent hike on Jan. 22, 2023.
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There is growing national concern about the risk of election deniers convincing local officials to refuse certification of legitimate voting results after a bizarre situation unfolded in Nevada, where a county board commissioner refused to certify her own victory.
Washoe County Board Commissioner Clara Andriola won her primary in June by nearly 19 points. Yet, at last Tuesday’s commission meeting, Andriola joined two other Republican commissioners in deciding not to certify the results of her own election.
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Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the renowned sex therapist, author, and talk show host, has passed away, her publicist announced. She was 96.
For decades, the witty and diminutive Westheimer — popularly known as Dr. Ruth — was one of America’s most trusted and beloved voices on sex. The German-American therapist was born Karola Ruth Siegel in the village of Wiesenfeld in 1928. The only child of Orthodox Jewish parents, she was sent away by her family to escape the Nazis. She later learned her parents perished in the Holocaust.
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A man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the July 4th stabbing death of a 13-year-old girl, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office in Florida announced.
The victim, Rose Dieujuste, was heading to a friend’s house in her complex when she was attacked, officials said. During a press conference, Orange County Sheriff John Mina said the suspect, 28-year-old Jerry Dorisme, is facing first-degree felony murder charges.
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A missing Utah teen and her two cousins have been found safe nearly two weeks after they disappeared in Mexico, the FBI stated.
Elizabeth Gonzalez, 14, and her cousins, Sofia Mailen Moreno Zamora, 6, and Regina Moreno Zamora, 4, vanished on June 30th while Gonzalez was visiting family in Mexico City, authorities said. Mexican authorities located the three girls in Veracruz, Mexico, shortly after the FBI identified 31-year-old Antonio Moreno, the biological father.
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Five people managed to escape from a hot, acidic pond in Yellowstone National Park after their sport utility vehicle veered off the road and into an inactive geyser, park officials reported.
The passengers were able to exit the 105-degree Fahrenheit water on their own following the crash last Thursday morning and were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, park spokesperson Morgan Warthin said in a statement. The road was closed for about two hours on Friday while the SUV was extracted.
