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A cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah appeared to be holding Wednesday after President Joe Biden said the agreement to end fighting across the Israeli-Lebanon border was “designed to be a permanent cessation of hostilities.”The war has killed more than 3,500 people in Lebanon and created a humanitarian catastrophe with some 1.2 million displaced from their homes. Around 80 Israeli soldiers and 50 civilians have died, and 60,000 forced from their homes.Biden said Tuesday the United States and its partners, including France, “will make sure this deal is implemented fully” after it came into effect at 4 a.m. local time Wednesday…

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The Texas Board of Education narrowly voted Friday to allow Bible-based curriculum in elementary schools.The curriculum adopted by the Texas State Board of Education, which is controlled by elected Republicans, is optional for schools to implement, but they will receive additional funding if they do so. The materials could appear in classrooms as early as next school year.Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has voiced support for the lesson plans, which were provided by the state’s education agency that oversees the more than 5 million students in Texas public schools.The vote passed 8-7.Staci Childs, who is an attorney and a Democrat who…

The ex-girlfriend of former Marvel actor Jonathan Majors has dropped a lawsuit that accused him of assault and defamation, according to court records filed in New York Thursday.The emerging star, who appeared in boxing drama “Creed III,” was convicted in December 2023 on two counts of misdemeanor assault against Grace Jabbari, who said Majors attacker her in the back of an SUV. He was ordered to undertake a year-long counseling program but avoided jail. He denies any wrongdoing.Then Jabbari, a British dancer, launched a civil suit in March accusing Majors of malicious prosecution, assault and battery during their nearly two-year…

The man accused of murdering four University of Idaho students two years ago may be punished with the death penalty if he is convicted, the trial judge has ruled.At a hearing this month in Boise, Idaho, suspect Bryan Kohberger’s defense team had tried to persuade District Court Judge Steven Hippler to block his trial, scheduled for August, from becoming a capital murder case.But Hippler found Kohberger’s defense had failed in providing an alternative method of execution in Idaho to death by lethal injection or firing squad that is not “unduly painful,” Hippler said in his order Tuesday.”Defendant must come forward…

When a friend of Luis Fonsi’s passed him a film script, the global pop star agreed to look at it as a courtesy. “I wasn’t looking (to act). I wasn’t auditioning. It wasn’t something that was next on my to-do list,” said the artist, whose song “Despacito” became a global phenomenon. “I’m thinking in my head that by page 10, I’d be like, nah, (I’ll) just stick to the music thing.” But as he read the script on a long flight from Miami to Madrid, he realized that he could identify with the movie’s main character, he told NBC News…

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court sentenced dozens of leading pro-democracy figures to up to 10 years in prison Tuesday in the single largest trial under a national security law that critics say has been used to all but eliminate political dissent in the Chinese territory.Benny Tai, 60, a former law professor at the University of Hong Kong who co-organized an unofficial primary election at the center of the case, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, the longest of the 45 sentences and the longest since the national security law was introduced in 2020. The others ranged from…

Trump transition team compiling list of U.S. military officers for possible courts-martialThe Trump transition team is compiling a list of senior current and former U.S. military officers who were directly involved in the withdrawal from Afghanistan and exploring whether they could be court-martialed, according to a U.S. official and a person familiar with the plan.Officials working on the transition are considering creating a commission to investigate the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, including gathering information about who was directly involved in the decision-making for the military, how it was carried out, and whether the military leaders could be eligible for charges…