A three-day cease-fire crumbled hours after it went into effect on Friday as Israel and Hamas accused one another of violating the truce; at least 27 Palestinians were reported killed in Rafah and Israel announced its search for a soldier thought abducted by militants
Emory University Hospital in Atlanta announced on Thursday that it expects to receive a patient with the Ebola virus within the "next several days"
Republicans in the Senate stymied a bill that would have allotted $2.7 billion to resolving the issue of Central American minors illegally crossing the border
The FBI arrested six Philadelphia officers in an ongoing federal corruption probe and charged them with stealing more than a half-million dollars worth of property, drugs and cash between February 2006 and November 2012
A report from the CIA's inspector general faulted agency employees for accessing Senate staffers' computers during an investigation into CIA interrogation practices. In a reversal of his previous comments, CIA director John Brennan apologized for the overreach
A series of underground gas explosions killed 25 people and injured 267 others late on Thursday in Kaohsiung, Taiwan's second-largest city. The director of the Central Disaster Emergency Operation Center said the leaking gas was most likely to be propene
Calling the disease a "dreadful and merciless virus," the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director advised against all nonessential travel to Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia in response to the outbreak ravaging those West African countries
The campy action/comedy by Syfy drew 3.9 million viewers on Wednesday night, 183% more than the 1.4 million people who tuned in for the original in July 2013, beating CBS's Halle Berry drama Extant and Fox's So You Think You Can Dance
Nine former leaders of a movement that works to convince men and women that they could stop being gay, lesbian, or bisexual through suppression and therapy have apologized and are joining a campaign to expand state bans on conversion therapy
Geopolitical worries weighed on investors Thursday, with the Dow Jones industrial average dropping 317 points — its biggest drop since February. In addition to the Dow’s sharp slide, the S&P 500 index and the Nasdaq both fell 2% in afternoon trading
Southwest Airlines and SeaWorld will end their 26-year marketing partnership. The decision comes amid animal-rights backlash, but the two companies insist the break is "mutual." “The companies decided not to renew the contract based on shifting priorities,” read a statement
BBC America announced on Thursday that it will hold midnight theatrical screenings for the premiere of the new season of Doctor Who on Aug. 23 in 12 cities. Season 8 is the first to star Peter Capaldi in the lead role of the long-running sci-fi series
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