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Hospital official says gunman killed after shots were fired at a Pennsylvania hospital

Hospital official says gunman killed after shots were fired at a Pennsylvania hospital

YORK, Pa. (AP) — A gunman has been killed after shots were fired Saturday at a hospital in central Pennsylvania. The extent of injuries were unclear. Officials at UPMC Memorial in York said that no patients were injured and that the gunman is dead.
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Vatican says Pope Francis is in critical condition

Vatican says Pope Francis is in critical condition

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis was in critical condition Saturday after he suffered a long asthmatic respiratory crisis that required high flows of oxygen, the Vatican said.
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Cholera kills 58 and sickens about 1,300 others over 3 days in a Sudanese city, health officials say

Cholera kills 58 and sickens about 1,300 others over 3 days in a Sudanese city, health officials say

CAIRO (AP) — A cholera outbreak in a southern Sudanese city killed nearly 60 people and sickened about 1,300 others over the last three days, health authorities said Saturday.
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Hamas frees 6 hostages but questions cloud Gaza ceasefire's future

Hamas frees 6 hostages but questions cloud Gaza ceasefire's future

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Hamas on Saturday released the last six living hostages expected under the first phase of its ceasefire with Israel with a week remaining, as growing questions over the next phase clouded the fragile deal 's future.
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Trump fires chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and two other military officers

Trump fires chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and two other military officers

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump abruptly fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr.
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LA mayor dismisses fire chief over response to most destructive wildfire in city history last month

LA mayor dismisses fire chief over response to most destructive wildfire in city history last month

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Six weeks after the start of the most destructive wildfire in city history, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ousted the fire chief Friday amid a public rift over preparations for a potential blaze and finger-pointing between the chief
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Netanyahu decries release of wrong body as a ceasefire violation. Hamas pledges to investigate

Netanyahu decries release of wrong body as a ceasefire violation. Hamas pledges to investigate

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed revenge Friday for what he described as a “cruel and malicious violation” of the ceasefire agreement after authorities determined that a body released by Hamas was not an Israeli mother
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Judge blocks Trump’s executive order ending federal support for DEI programs

Judge blocks Trump’s executive order ending federal support for DEI programs

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday blocked a sweeping executive order from President Donald Trump that sought to end government support for programs promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Woman accused of drugging and robbing older men in a deadly romance scheme

Woman accused of drugging and robbing older men in a deadly romance scheme

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A woman used online dating apps to lure at least four older men to meet her in person, then drugged them with sedatives and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in a “sinister” romance scheme, FBI officials in Las Vegas said Friday
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The Supreme Court won’t allow Trump to immediately fire head of whistleblower office

The Supreme Court won’t allow Trump to immediately fire head of whistleblower office

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily kept on the job the head of the federal agency that protects government whistleblowers, in its first word on the many legal fights over President Donald Trump's second-term agenda.
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