The proportion of Palestinian women and children being killed in the Israel-Hamas war appears to have declined sharply, an Associated Press analysis of Gaza Health Ministry data has found, a trend that both coincides with Israel’s changing battlefield tactics and contradicts the ministry’s own public statements. The trend is significant because the death rate for women and children is the best available proxy for civilian casualties in one of the 21st century’s most...

The number of people internally displaced in Sudan due to conflict could soon exceed 10 million, the United Nations migration agency said on Friday, in the world's largest displacement crisis. Fighting broke out in the capital Khartoum in April 2023 and quickly spread across the country, reigniting ethnic bloodshed in the western Darfur region and forcing millions to flee. "How much suffering and loss of life must the people of Sudan endure before the world takes notice? Isn't 10 million...

From his days serving in the military to his time working on Wall Street, Chris Kukk was fascinated by how people come together to build innovative things. That fascination continued when the New Englander moved from western Connecticut to serve as the honors college dean at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. There, he saw up close how folks in rural areas had plenty of creative ideas, but few places to bring those novel ideas together.  “It’s a different type of innovation...

Prosecutors in Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial are expected to rest their case against the first son Friday after calling up their final two witnesses. Forensic chemist Dr. Jason Brewer and Drug Enforcement Administration supervisory special agent Joshua Romig will take the stand to round out the case against the 54-year-old presidential offspring. Brewer is expected to discuss the testing of cocaine residue found on Hunter’s gun pouch, while Romig will detail his expertise on...

Huge pieces of Republicans’ 2017 tax law are scheduled to lapse after next year, and Democrats see that deadline as a rare chance to reset fiscal policy and raise taxes on corporations and high-income households. Policymakers and analysts expect a yearlong fight and Christmas-season negotiations to prevent tax increases from hitting most Americans after Dec. 31, 2025, when the law’s cuts end. Lawmakers are starting to think through what leverage they have—and how and when to use it...

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