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With deadline looming, diplomats seek to extend Gaza truce; more hostages, prisoners are freed
Hamas has freed 12 hostages and Israel has released 30 Palestinian prisoners on the fifth day of a fragile cease-fire in the Gaza war Read More
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Mark Cuban working on $3.5B sale of Dallas Mavericks to Sands casino family, AP source says
A person with knowledge of the talks says Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is working on a deal to sell a majority stake in the NBA franchise to the family that runs the Las Vegas Sands casino company More »

Rosalynn Carter honored by family, friends, first ladies and presidents, including husband Jimmy
Rosalynn Carter was remembered Tuesday as a former U.S. first lady who leveraged her fierce intellect and political power to put her deep Christian faith into action by always helping others, especially those who needed it most More »

Was the Vermont shooting of 3 men of Palestinian descent a hate crime? Under state law it might be
Authorities in Vermont are weighing whether the shooting of three college students of Palestinian descent over the weekend was a hate crime More »

Pope punishes leading critic Cardinal Burke in second action against conservative American prelates
Pope Francis has decided to take measures to punish Cardinal Raymond Burke, who is one of his highest-ranking critics More »

Sports Illustrated is the latest media company damaged by an AI experiment gone wrong
Sports Illustrated is the latest media company damaged by being less than forthcoming about who or what is writing its stories at the dawn of the artificial intelligence age More »

Hunter Biden tells Congress he'd testify publicly, setting up a potential high-stakes face-off
The chairman of the House Oversight Committee says an offer from Hunter Biden to testify publicly before Congress doesn't satisfy a subpoena they sent him amid an impeachment inquiry into his father, President Joe Biden More »

Cities crack down on homeless encampments. Advocates say that’s not the answer
More cities across the U.S. are cracking down on homeless tent encampments that have grown more visible and become unsafe More »

Why it took 17 days for rescuers in India to get to 41 workers trapped in a mountain tunnel
Indian rescuers faced repeated and unexpected setbacks during the 17 days they dug through a mountain in the country's north to reach 41 construction workers trapped after a tunnel collapsed there earlier this month More »

Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett's longtime sidekick at Berkshire Hathaway, dies at 99
Charlie Munger, who helped Warren Buffett build Berkshire Hathaway into an investment powerhouse, has died More »