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Bodies of two Israeli-American hostages recovered from Gaza in joint military operation

CNN  —  The bodies of two Israeli-American hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 were recovered from southern Gaza during a military operation, according to a statement from Israeli military and the Shin Bet security agency. Judy Weinstein-Haggai, 70, and Gadi Haggai, 72, were killed near their home in Kibbutz Nir Oz during the Hamas …

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American charged with plot to throw Molotov cocktails at US embassy office in Israel

CNN  —  An American man was arrested Sunday after allegedly plotting to throw Molotov cocktails at a branch office of the US embassy in Israel, according to the US Justice Department. Officials arrested the man, 28 year-old Joseph Neumayer, at John F. Kennedy airport in New York after being deported from Israel to the US, …

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Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander returns to Israel after Hamas release

Jerusalem CNN  —  Edan Alexander, the last known living American hostage in Gaza, was released by Hamas and reunited with his family on Monday, ending an 18-month ordeal that began with the militant group’s October 7 attack. Hamas announced Sunday night it had agreed to free Alexander, 21, after several days of talks with the …

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Man sentenced to 53 years in prison in hate-crime attack on Palestinian-American boy, mother

Joliet, Illinois AP  —  An Illinois landlord who murdered a six-year-old Muslim boy and severely injured the boy’s mother in a vicious hate-crime attack days after the war in Gaza began was sentenced Friday to 53 years in prison. Joseph Czuba, 73, was found guilty in February of murder, attempted murder and hate-crime charges in …

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Iran woos Trump with a ‘trillion-dollar’ opportunity. But will a nuclear deal make America rich?

CNN  —  Iran is crafting a potential nuclear agreement with the United States, wrapping it in language designed to flatter US President Donald Trump’s favorite persona: the dealmaker-in-chief. Officials in Tehran have seized on Trump’s anti-war, pro-business image to pitch an Iran-US nuclear agreement as a way to help Trump fulfill his pledge to “make …

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Europe whacks American Big Tech with $797 million fine. Meta cries ‘tariff’

London CNN  —  The European Union has fined Apple and Meta a combined €700 million ($797 million) in the first enforcement of its landmark digital competition law. The penalties for breaching the Digital Markets Act come amid attacks on the EU by the Trump administration for what it sees as the bloc’s unfair targeting of …

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Harvard’s lawsuit sets up monumental clash between America’s most prestigious university and the Trump administration

CNN  —  Harvard University’s lawsuit against the Trump administration has set up a titanic clash between America’s most prestigious university and the federal government over academic freedom, federal funding and campus oversight. The legal showdown over frozen federal funds will likely take years to play out and could end up at the Supreme Court. The …

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