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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By EDITH M. LEDERER UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is making a whirlwind 24-hour trip to speak at the annual U.N. gathering of world leaders this month because “there is no option” after New York’s mayor urged his arrest over the war in Gaza, Israel’s U.N. envoy said Tuesday.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By DÁNICA COTO HAVANA (AP) — Sweltering nights. Water and power shortages. Dwindling fuel and crumbling homes. Limited public transportation and weak cellphone signals. The psychological toll of daily life in Cuba is pushing many to their breaking point on this island of nearly 10 million people, with no relief in sight as a U.S. energy embargo persists and longtime economic and financial troubles deepen.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By MARC LEVY HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Around this time two years ago, Sen. John Fetterman was in high demand on the campaign trail, going county-to-county in Pennsylvania to help Democrats up and down the ballot. Now, after two years of crossing swords with Democrats and backing some of President Donald Trump’s priorities, he’s nowhere on the stump. No Democrat in the state wants to be seen with him.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By JAMES POLLARD NEW YORK (AP) — A major American aid group is promising to deliver more medicines in high-need areas around the world after receiving its largest ever donation. Americares, a nonprofit that supports thousands of health centers globally, announced a $50 million gift Wednesday from an unidentified Connecticut family.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By MIKELLA SCHUETTLER, Associated Press/Report for America Facebook is on trial in New Mexico over privacy concerns that emerged during the 2016 election when a political consulting firm bought user data that was harvested from millions of profiles to generate targeted ads.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By AMIR VAHDAT MINAB, Iran (AP) — The sun set over this southern Iranian city, and Heydar Sadeghi was where he can be found almost every evening: on a bench next to the shattered remains of his grandson’s school. His face was soaked with tears. A banner strung around the rubble showed the faces of children and teachers killed here by an American airstrike on Feb. 28, the first day of the war on Iran.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By SAMY MAGDY, SARAH EL DEEB and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA CAIRO (AP) — In July, Saudi Arabia and the United States bombed Iran-backed militias in Iraq after blaming them for drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities that had been claimed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, another Iranian ally. Now, regional officials tell The Associated Press that the Houthis helped the Iraqi militias plan and execute the two-day swarm attack, showing a new level of coordination.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS, AP Business Writer Two Renoir paintings stolen from a small French museum have yet to be recovered but if the thieves are hoping to cash in on the artwork, they would be hard-pressed to find a buyer. Selling well-known, stolen art is impossible to do at an auction house or through other public channels without raising eyebrows. Even under the table, the value plummets.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By PHILIP MARCELO NEW YORK (AP) — Sal Argano got lucky. When the World Trade Center was struck by hijacked jets on Sept. 11, 2001, the New York City firefighter was in Brooklyn, on loan to another station, rather than at his usual post at the small Manhattan firehouse just across an intersection from the twin towers. He rushed downtown to find his firehouse badly damaged but still standing.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Boulder Valley School District has entered into a settlement agreement to resolve a federal complaint filed by the Anti-Defamation League alleging a Jewish student faced antisemitic harassment at Boulder’s Southern Hills Middle School. Under the terms of the settlement announced Wednesday, the school district will undertake a series of initiatives to “prevent and address antisemitic harassment, bullying and discrimination,” a news release states.