The army’s chief spokesman said soldiers in Gaza City mistakenly identified the three Israelis as a threat and opened fire on them.
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Men charged with killing 3,600 birds, including bald eagles, to sell on black market
A federal grand jury indictment says 2 men conspired with others to sell eagle feathers, tails, wings and other parts for ‘significant sums of cash’ across the U.S. and elsewhere.
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Israeli military veteran tapped as Republican candidate for special election to replace George Santos
Nassau County legislator and former Israeli paratrooper Mazi Pilip will face off against Democratic former Rep. Tom Suozzi in February.
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Putin says Russia is in ‘a dialogue’ with U.S. for returning prisoners Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan
Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter and Bowdoin graduate, was detained in March. Whelan, a security executive from Michigan, has been jailed since 2018. Both dispute the espionage charges they face.
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Why Argentina’s shock measures may be the best hope for its ailing economy
In the past five years, its currency has lost about 90% of its value against the U.S. dollar.
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Retail sales rise 0.3% in November as Americans hit the gas on shopping, travel and restaurants
Americans picked up their spending from October to November as the unofficial holiday season kicked off, underscoring that shoppers still have power to keep buying.
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Wall Street makes zero progress in energy finance transition
The industry needs to get to a 4-to-1 ratio of clean energy versus fossil fuel financing by 2030. At the end of last year, it was 0.73 to 1 – little changed from 2021.
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AI-generated Nazi memes thrive on Elon Musk’s X, despite claims of crackdown
Online extremists are using AI tools like Microsoft’s Bing to make explicitly racist and antisemitic memes – then amplifying them with verified X accounts.
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Older workers are a growing share of the American workforce
The share of older Americans who are working has doubled in the past 35 years, a new report finds. They’re also working longer hours and earning higher wages.
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Against the odds, European Union agrees to open membership negotiations with Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed the agreement as ‘a victory for Ukraine. A victory for all of Europe.’ At the same time, EU leaders also decided to open negotiations with neighboring Moldova.