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Jordan stepped up coordination with international partners to drop food and other supplies to people in Gaza this week, in a defiant effort that underscored the desperate need in Gaza as aid agencies have warned of increasing constraints on their ability to distribute supplies .Planes from the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and France took part in a Jordanian air operation along the Gaza coast on Tuesday, the Jordanian military said in a statement. It was the first time Egypt had dropped aid into Gaza since the start of the war and also appeared to be a first for the UAEJordanian…

The power on Michigan college campuses before the 2022 midterms, students said, was electric.Armed with promises to protect abortion rights, the Democratic candidates held large campus rallies, drawing crowds who came prepared to cheer, rather than protest. On Election Day, students turned out in droves — resulting in the largest youth turnout of any state, helping Democrats take full control of Michigan government for the first time in decades.But ahead of Tuesday’s Democratic primary, the energy seems to have morphed into apathy or anger. Young activists are at the forefront of the ongoing backlash against President Biden’s steadfast support for…

Country Garden, China’s biggest property developer as recently as 2022, said on Wednesday that a creditor had asked a Hong Kong court to liquidate its business and pay off lenders, in the latest sign that China’s housing crisis continues unabated .Ever Credit Ltd., a lender in Hong Kong, is asking the city’s High Court to close Country Garden. The court filing concerns Country Garden’s failure to repay a $204 million loan plus interest owed to Ever Credit, the Hong Kong-listed property developer said.Ever Credit’s petition, known as a liquidation petition, is intended to force Country Garden to close its doors…

Since Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted of fraud last year, he has hired a new lawyer known for showing off in court. A group of sympathetic law professors has pressed for a reconsideration of his actions. And his parents have turned to former employees of FTX, the doomed cryptocurrency exchange he founded, for help.From a federal detention center in Brooklyn, Mr. Bankman-Fried, 31, has continued to fight his case behind the scenes as he aims for a lighter sentence and prepares to appeal his conviction. On Tuesday, his lawyers filed a legal brief in US District Court in Manhattan, arguing that…

Apple scrapped plans to release an electric car with self-driving capabilities, a secret product that had been in the works for nearly a decade.The company told employees in an internal meeting Tuesday that it had scrapped the project and that team members would be moved to different roles, including Apple’s artificial intelligence division, according to a person briefed on the discussion, who requested anonymity. because the announcement was not public.As part of the restructuring, Kevin Lynch, an executive who had been involved in the car project, will report to John Giannandrea, the company’s head of artificial intelligence strategy, the person…

At the Kawasaki Disease Clinic at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego, led by Drs. Burns, caring for children with Kawasaki disease is always about finding the cause.On a recent Wednesday morning, Dr. Kirsten Dummer, a pediatric cardiologist, was reviewing the heart scans of a 2-year-old boy who showed signs of a large aneurysm on the right side of the heart.“The biggest question from parents is: How did this happen? How did my child get this? In every patient room, that’s basically what they want to know,” he said. Year after year, they come back and ask us, “Do you know more?”Dr.…

The hiking trail to Middleham Falls on the Caribbean island of Dominica is all wet leaves, slippery black stones and steps formed by tree roots. It could be a path in Middle Earth, shrouded, shady and green, fit for hobbits and fairies. Where sunlight pierced the canopy, rainbows formed in the mist, almost close enough to pierce. Here and there, hummingbirds drew nectar from huge flowers.The goal that January day: a 200-foot forest waterfall that fills and refills small pools on the valley floor, where I could—as one does at Dominica’s secret hot pools and secluded waterfalls—discard my clothes, slip…

The spending showdown that brought the government to the brink of a partial shutdown this week is being fueled by Republicans in Congress, who, after failing in their efforts to cut federal funding, are still clinging to the dictates of right-wing politics.House Republicans loaded their spending bills with hundreds of partisan policy orders, the vast majority of which had no chance of passing the Democratic-controlled Senate or being signed by President Biden. They include measures to target various parts of Mr. Biden’s agenda, including one to limit access to abortion drugs and another to restrict the Department of Veterans Affairs…

The body of a 22-year-old woman was found in a wooded area at the University of Georgia in Athens on Thursday, sending shockwaves through Clarke County, a community about 70 miles east of Atlanta.When authorities revealed that the man charged with the killing was a Venezuelan immigrant, the crime became a political flashpoint.The victim, Laken Riley, was a nursing student at nearby Augusta University. On Friday, Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26, was charged with her murder. The two did not know each other, authorities said.Many questions remain about the killing, which is believed to be the first in nearly 30 years…

So when The Springfield News-Leader, a newspaper serving Springfield, Mo., reported that Trader Joe’s planned to open a store there with a quote from a company statement, it got noticed.”I am pleased to confirm that we have plans to open a new store in Springfield,” a Trader Joe’s spokeswoman wrote, according to the newspaper.But “Springfield” turned out not to be descriptive enough. There are Springfield, Fla., Springfield, Mass., Springfield, Ill., Springfield, NJ, Springfield, Ohio, Springfield, Ore., Springfield, Pa., Springfield, Vt., Springfield, Tenn., and Springfield, Va.Springfield is also where ‘The Simpsons’ takes place. Show creator Matt Groening, who has acknowledged in…