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Israel says it's taken control of key area of Gaza's border with Egypt awash in smuggling tunnels

Israel's military said Wednesday it seized control of a strategic corridor along Gaza's border with Egypt to cut off smuggling tunnels as it tries to destroy the militant Hamas group in a war now in its eighth month.

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Jurors in Trump hush money trial end 1st day of deliberations after asking to rehear testimony

The jury in Donald Trump's hush money trial ended its first day of deliberations without a verdict Wednesday but asked to rehear testimony from key witnesses about the alleged hush money scheme at the heart of the history-making case.

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Hong Kong court convicts 14 pro-democracy activists in the city's biggest national security case

A Hong Kong court Thursday convicted 14 pro-democracy activists in the city's biggest national security case under a law imposed by Beijing that has all but wiped out public

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'Are you with me?' Biden and Harris launch Black voter outreach and warn of a second Trump term

President Joe Biden renewed his election-year pitch to Black voters on Wednesday, lashing out at Donald Trump's "MAGA lies" and saying the winner of this year's White House race will make crucial decisions,

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Shirley Slaughter

Shirley Slaughter was born Aug. 17, 1936, in Cape Girardeau to Cynthia Hall and later adopted by Percy Hall. She was the older of two children, with her younger sister, Dollie M. Farrar, preceding her in death.

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