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Biden throws full support behind Israel, blames ‘other team’ for hospital blast

Amid an escalating Israel-Hamas war and rising tensions in the Middle East, U.S. President Joe Biden visited Tel Aviv to demonstrate American solidarity with Israel.

Dutch man admits to Natalee Holloway’s 2005 murder as he pleads guilty to extortion

Joran van der Sloot was long the primary suspect in the Alabama teenager's disappearance. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison for trying to extort money from her family.

House headed for a three-peat as Jim Jordan falls short on second speaker vote

With the Ohio Republican’s path to the speakership looking rockier by the day, some lawmakers have floated a plan to expand the powers of the House’s temporary leader.

Courts & the law

Attorney general: Donald Trump will return next week for Michael Cohen’s testimony

Back in the courtroom, Donald Trump had to be told to tone down his outward frustration during a real estate appraiser's testimony.

Starbucks sues employee unions over pro-Palestine social media posts

The Seattle-based coffee giant equated expressions of solidarity with Palestine to advocating violence against Israel in a lawsuit filed Wednesday.

‘Nirvana baby’ tries to reboot child porn claims at Ninth Circuit

The appellate court must interpret the 10-year statute of limitations for civil lawsuits filed by victims of child pornography.

Health & the environment

Red states bring ‘good neighbor’ air pollution plan to Supreme Court

The states warn the government’s attempt to regulate cross-state pollutants will throw the electrical grid into a tail spin.

Flame retardants pollute wildlife worldwide

Using hundreds of peer-reviewed studies from around the world, Green Science Policy Institute scientists mapped how flame-retardant chemicals used in furniture and electronics came to threaten killer whales, chimpanzees and other endangered species.

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