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Trump Justice Department says it has fired employees involved in prosecutions of the president

Trump Justice Department says it has fired employees involved in prosecutions of the president

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said Monday that it had fired more than a dozen employees who worked on criminal prosecutions of President Donald Trump , moving rapidly to pursue retribution against lawyers involved in the investigations.
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Trump Justice Department says it has fired employees involved in prosecutions of the president

Trump Justice Department says it has fired employees involved in prosecutions of the president

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump Justice Department said Monday that it had fired more than a dozen employees who worked on criminal investigations into President Donald Trump.
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Earthquake rattles houses in Maine and is felt hundreds of miles away

Earthquake rattles houses in Maine and is felt hundreds of miles away

SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — A 3.8-magnitude earthquake centered near the Maine coast rattled houses in northern New England on Monday and was felt by surprised residents of states hundreds of miles away. The earthquake took place at about 10:22 a.m.
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Palestinians stream back to a shattered northern Gaza

Palestinians stream back to a shattered northern Gaza

WADI GAZA, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians streamed into Gaza’s most heavily destroyed area on Monday after Israel opened the north for the first time since the early weeks of the war with Hamas, a dramatic reversal of their e
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Earthquake rattles houses in Maine and is felt hundreds of miles away

Earthquake rattles houses in Maine and is felt hundreds of miles away

SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — A 3.8-magnitude earthquake centered near the Maine coast rattled houses in northern New England on Monday and was felt by surprised residents of states hundreds of miles away. The earthquake took place at about 10:22 a.m.
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Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claim major Congolese city, which Congo calls a 'declaration of war'

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claim major Congolese city, which Congo calls a 'declaration of war'

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels claimed they captured eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma , early Monday, as the United Nations described a mass panic among its 2 million people and Congo’s government said the rebel advance was a “declaration
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Auschwitz memorial holds observances on the 80th anniversary of the death camp's liberation

Auschwitz memorial holds observances on the 80th anniversary of the death camp's liberation

OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops is being marked on Monday at the site of the former death camp, a ceremony that is widely being treated as the last major observance that any notable number
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Auschwitz memorial holds observances on the 80th anniversary of the death camp's liberation

Auschwitz memorial holds observances on the 80th anniversary of the death camp's liberation

OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops is being marked on Monday at the site of the former death camp, a ceremony that is widely being treated as the last major observance that any notable number
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Israel begins allowing Palestinians to return to northern Gaza for the first time in over a year

Israel begins allowing Palestinians to return to northern Gaza for the first time in over a year

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel has begun allowing Palestinians to return to the heavily destroyed north of the Gaza Strip for the first time since the early weeks of the 15-month war with Hamas , in accordance with a fragile ceasefire.
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Qatar says a deal is reached to release an Israeli hostage and allow Palestinians into northern Gaza

Qatar says a deal is reached to release an Israeli hostage and allow Palestinians into northern Gaza

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Qatar announced early Monday that an agreement has been reached to release an Israeli civilian hostage and allow Palestinians to return to northern Gaza , easing the first major crisis of the fragile ceasefire between
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