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Hamas said Monday it agreed to a Qatari-Egyptian cease-fire proposal and Israel said it would send meditators to negotiate, reviving hopes of an extended pause to the fighting in Gaza even as Israel vowed to press on with its long-awaited military campaign in Rafah.

The Pulitzer Prizes were awarded at Columbia University on Monday, honoring the achievements in journalism, books, music and drama. The ceremony came at a charged moment, coinciding with Columbia University canceling its graduation ceremony (and largely closing off its campus). The seven-month war in Gaza continues less than a week after the Pulitzer’s Prize Board made a statement commending ...

In a surprising move, Miss USA Noelia Voigt announced she was relinquishing her crown. The 24-year-old Utah native cited her mental health as the reason she is stepping down from the title awarded to her Sept. 29, 2023. 

In his mid-20s, Kevin Bacon walked through the halls of Payson High School in the 1984 film “Footloose.” Last month, Bacon, now 65, traversed those halls for the first time in 40 years and revisited his locker used in the film. 

President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke Monday as the Israel military urged civilians to move out of the southern Gazan city of Rafah, according to U.S and Israeli officials.

Columbia University is canceling its university-wide commencement next week, citing security concerns after weeks of campus protests over the war in Gaza, officials announced Monday.

The stage is set for some space history to be made Monday night as two veteran NASA astronauts aim to launch in a spacecraft that has never flown with humans before.

President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia’s military to carry out combat drills involving tactical nuclear weapons, ramping up his confrontation with the West just a day before his inauguration for a fifth term.

The latest round of negotiations between Israel and Hamas hit an impasse Sunday as mediators struggled to bridge remaining gaps and a Hamas delegation departed the talks in Cairo. An Israeli official also confirmed the negotiations had stalled and described them as being in "crisis."

The Federal Election Commission quietly issued an advisory opinion last week allowing candidates to raise unlimited money for issue-advocacy groups working on ballot measures in elections in which those candidates are on the ballot.

Universal backed "The Fall Guy" with a six-month marketing campaign, releasing trailers that racked up 400 million views and carpet-bombing televised sporting events with ads. It added up to only $28.5 million in North American ticket sales from Friday to Sunday, the worst start to Hollywood's summer season since 1995.

An executive of Mexico’s Banco Azteca helped arrange payments to U.S. House Democrat Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife in exchange for influence in Washington, according to court documents.

Israel’s government moved Sunday to shut down the Al Jazeera Media Network’s operations in Israel, clamping down on one of the few international broadcasters providing largely uninterrupted coverage of the Gaza war.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi L. Noem (R) on Sunday acknowledged that she was removing a claim that she met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un from her forthcoming book and continued to defend her decision to kill a dog.

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and key cabinet members arrived Sunday in the country’s south where record-breaking floods have shut down a main airport and submerged neighborhoods, leaving dozens dead and many others missing.

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, designed to fly astronauts to orbit under a $4.2 billion contract from NASA, had suffered a series of problems that put its launch with astronauts years behind schedule. If all goes to plan, Boeing will finally attempt to fly its Starliner spacecraft with people onboard Monday.

The lengthy, difficult process of obtaining official declaration of Ukrainian soldiers' deaths has emerged as another painful consequence of the 2-year-old war. Families, lawyers and rights groups say that the Ukrainian military is overloaded with casualties and unable to account for thousands of the dead.