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Hundreds of thousands of Israeli stopped working on Monday to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s unprecedented plans to reform the country’s judicial system, paralyzing the country. This followed scenes of widespread unrest on Sunday night, after Netanyahu fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, who became the first member of his Likud …

For the second day in a row death befell a Texas freight train, this time in Eagle Pass, where one person was found dead and three others were injured, officials said Sunday. Someone inside a freight train boxcar in the small border city called 911 to report distress Saturday afternoon, …

The Andersons’ lives were spared, and their small brick home was left standing. But in a small Delta town of about 2,000 people, hardly anyone escaped the storm without losing someone they knew or loved. As rescue and recovery crews poured into town, James Anderson learned that his fiancée’s adult …

NEW YORK — Keep an eye to the sky this week for a chance to see a planetary hangout. Five planets — Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus and Mars — will line up near the moon. Where and when can you see them? The best day to catch the whole group …

The tiny rural town of Rolling Fork, Miss. lies in ruins.  Trees toppled, roofs collapsed, power lines and poles listing precariously over roads after a tornado reduced much of it to rubble as it ripped through the Mississippi Delta late Friday, leaving a trail of devastation in one of the …

WACO, Texas — Former President Donald Trump vowed to destroy the “deep state” during a campaign rally in this city Saturday, which is in the midst of the 30th anniversary of the federal siege of anti-government cult leader David Koresh’s compound.  “Either the deep state destroys America or we destroy …

WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., was released Saturday afternoon from a physical rehabilitation facility, where he had been for more than a week following a fall. “I want to sincerely thank everyone for all the kind wishes,” McConnell, 81, said in a statement. “I’m happy to say I …

Two people are confirmed dead after an explosion rocked a chocolate factory in Pennsylvania, officials said Saturday morning after initially saying that five people were killed. The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency had said in a tweet that Berks County had reported five deaths following a blast Friday at R.M. Palmer …

March has gone from madness to unprecedented. With Miami’s win over Houston and San Diego State’s takedown of Alabama on Friday night, the men’s NCAA Tournament will not have a No. 1 seed in the Elite Eight for the first time since seeding began in 1979. “There’s not a lot …

HARTFORD, Conn. — A business jet flying over New England earlier this month violently pitched upward then downward, fatally injuring a passenger, after pilots responding to automated cockpit warnings switched off a system that helps keep the aircraft stable, U.S. transportation investigators reported Friday. The National Transportation Safety Board didn’t …