The U.S. House has been without a leader for more than a week, as majority Republicans threw out Speaker Kevin McCarthy and refused to rally around his No. 2, Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise.
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Some want to grant temporary House speaker more power as gridlock stalls Congress
Rep. Patrick McHenry is presiding over the House as speaker pro tempore following the unprecedented ouster of Kevin McCarthy.
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Palestinians flee northern Gaza after Israel orders 1 million to evacuate as ground attack looms
The evacuation order sparked widespread panic among civilians and aid workers already running from Israeli airstrikes and contending with a total siege and a territory-wide blackout.
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The morgue at Gaza’s biggest hospital is overflowing as Israeli attacks intensify
The morgue at Shifa Hospital can only handle some 30 bodies at a time, and workers had to stack corpses outside the walk-in cooler and put dozens more in the parking lot.
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Rudolph Isley, founding member of Isley Brothers and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member, dies at 84
A Cincinnati native, Isley began singing in church with brothers Ronald and O’Kelly and was still in his teens when they broke through in the late 1950s with ‘Shout,’ which was later immortalized during the toga scene in ‘National Lampoon’s Animal House.’
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Doctors group calls its ‘excited delirium’ paper outdated and withdraws its approval
The American College of Emergency Physicians said the term – which critics say has been used to justify excessive force by police – should not be used by members who testify in civil or criminal cases.
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One Colorado officer convicted, 1 acquitted in death of Elijah McClain
Jurors on Thursday convicted officer Randy Roedema of criminally negligent homicide and third-degree assault in the 2019 death of McClain, a Black man whose name became a rallying cry in racial justice protests. Another officer, Jason Rosenblatt, was found not guilty.
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Putin arrives in Kyrgyzstan on a rare trip abroad
The Russian leader met with the Kyrgyz and Azerbaijani presidents and attended an event marking the 20th anniversary of a Russian airbase in Kyrgyzstan.
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Led by long shots, New Hampshire primary opens filing period
This year, the first candidate to sign up is a Connecticut man who paid his filing fee in cash.
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Trump’s criticism of Israel’s Netanyahu draws strong condemnation from Republican rivals
Former President Donald Trump at a rally Wednesday said Israeli leaders needed to ‘step up their game’ and referred to Hezbollah as ‘very smart.’