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Illegal border crossings into the US drop in October after a 3-month streak of increases

WASHINGTON (AP) — Illegal border crossings from Mexico fell 14% in October from a month earlier, U.S. authorities said Tuesday, ending a three-month streak of big increases. U.S. officials highlighted the resumption of deportation flights to Venezuela on Oct. 18, shortly after Venezuelans replaced Mexicans as the largest nationality appearing at the border. Arrests of

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Illegal border crossings into the US drop in October after a 3-month streak of increases

WASHINGTON (AP) — Illegal border crossings from Mexico fell 14% in October from a month earlier, U.S. authorities said Tuesday, ending a three-month streak of big increases. U.S. officials highlighted the resumption of deportation flights to Venezuela on Oct. 18, shortly after Venezuelans replaced Mexicans as the largest nationality appearing at the border. Arrests of

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Iraq’s top court has ruled to remove the country’s parliament speaker. No details are announced

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s top court has ruled to terminate the parliament speaker. The Federal Supreme Court says in a statement it has decided to terminate Mohamed al-Halbousi’s membership in Parliament along with that of Laith al-Dulaimi. It did not give a reason. Halbousi has been the highest Sunni official

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Stock market today: Wall St. quiet with US inflation data, earnings and a US-China summit

By YURI KAGEYAMA and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street was slow to engage early Tuesday ahead of potentially market-moving developments, including a U.S.-China summit, new data on inflation, and a host of retail earnings reports. Futures for the Dow Jones industrials and S&P 500 are essentially unchanged before the bell. President Joe Biden

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Jewish protesters and allies stage sit-in at California federal building demanding Gaza cease-fire

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of protesters led by Jewish peace activists calling for a cease-fire in Gaza staged a sit-in inside of the federal building in Oakland, California, leading to multiple arrests. People wore T-shirts reading “Jews Say Cease-fire Now” and carried banners that read “Not in Our Name” and “Let Gaza Live” in

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Jewish protesters and allies stage sit-in at California federal building demanding Gaza cease-fire

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of protesters led by Jewish peace activists calling for a cease fire in Gaza staged a sit-in inside of the federal building in Oakland, California, leading to multiple arrests. People wore T-shirts reading “Jews Say Cease-fire Now” and carried banners that read “Not in Our Name” and “Let Gaza Live”

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Palestinians call for evacuation of hundreds of patients and newborns from Gaza’s largest hospital

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian authorities proposed a Red Cross-supervised evacuation of a hospital beset by fighting in Gaza on Tuesday, as health officials warned that the only way to save three dozen newborns trapped there would be to call a cease-fire and transport them

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