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Posted Friday, July 10, 2026 7:12 am DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A series of mysterious, unclaimed airstrikes that hit Iran after the U.S. said it finished its attacks have again raised questions of who else may be targeting the Islamic Republic. The strikes Thursday, just as Iran prepared to bury the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, hit areas across southern Iran.

Posted Friday, July 10, 2026 7:15 am WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Jewish adults feel unsafe in the United States, a new AP-NORC poll finds, with a majority saying they feel less safe than they did before Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel.

Posted Friday, July 10, 2026 7:22 am COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Eight men were indicted on murder and terrorism conspiracy charges Thursday for their alleged roles in a thwarted drone and sniper attack on the UFC cage-fighting show staged at the White House in June. The indictment, returned in Ohio, charges all eight in two separate conspiracies, one to provide material support to terrorists and a second to commit murder on federal government territory and to murder a federal government official.

Posted Friday, July 10, 2026 7:24 am WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's plans to build a skyline-altering arch in the nation's capital won initial approval Thursday from a key federal commission, but its members put off a decision on whether a federal law that limits building heights should be applied to this project.

Posted Friday, July 10, 2026 7:30 am By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press It's a story with covered wagons and one room schoolhouses, but showrunner Rebecca Sonnenshine says the "Little House on the Prairie" remake for Netflix still speaks to today's American dream. The show, premiering Thursday and set in the late 1800s, follows the Ingalls family led by Charles and Caroline and their two daughters Mary and Laura — as they settle in the American frontier.

Posted Friday, July 10, 2026 7:18 am BEIJING (AP) — A powerful typhoon was heading toward China's east coast Friday, the latest in a series of deadly storms that have already claimed 50 lives this week in two other parts of the country. Typhoon Bavi, with maximum sustained winds of 155 kph (96 mph), was first expected to pass north of Taiwan, bringing heavy rains to the island of 23 million people from Friday night into Saturday.

Posted Thursday, July 9, 2026 4:07 pm Floods are the costliest and most common natural disaster in the U.S., causing more than $8 billion in damage in 2024, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. $3.8 billion happened in areas not considered high risk. Fathom’s U.S. Flood Risk Index [2026] estimates that the average annual exposure of the U.S. population will increase by 72.6% by 2050 from 2020 levels.

Posted Thursday, July 9, 2026 3:54 pm You don’t necessarily have to swim to get swimmer’s ear (otitis externa), an infection of the outer ear. Whether you’re spending time outdoors in humid weather, bathing, or running through the backyard sprinkler, it’s easy to get water in your ear. About 1 in 10 people will experience swimmer’s ear at some point in their lives. When water gets trapped in your ear canal, bacteria or fungi have a chance to grow. And that can lead to swimmer’s ear.

Posted Thursday, July 9, 2026 4:31 pm Joe Louis Anderson, 60, son of the late Jimmy Budden and Hattie Mae Anderson King, was born on March 6, 1966, in Sumter. He departed this life on Monday, July 6, 2026, at Prisma Health Richland Hospital, Columbia, S.C. Family will be receiving friends at the home, 50 Carrol Drive, Sumter, daily from 3 to 7 p.m. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements.

Posted Thursday, July 9, 2026 4:05 pm Family caregivers are women and men who, at an average age of 52, provide unpaid support across a wide range of care needs for their parents, spouses, or other adults. Some are considered sandwich generation caregivers who also care for their own children, and many hold down paying jobs as well.