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Mary Beth Hurt, Tony-nominated Broadway and film actor, dies at 79

NEW YORK (AP) — Mary Beth Hurt, a Tony Award-nominated actor who starred on Broadway in “Benefactors” with Glenn Close and reunited with Close for the movie “The World According to Garp,” has died. She was 79.

Hurt died Saturday in New Jersey after she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2015, according to her daughter, Molly Schrader. Hurt was the wife of filmmaker Paul Schrader and appeared in his movies “Affliction” and “Light Sleeper.” He had moved into Hunt's senior-living facility in 2023 to stay close to her.

“She was an actress, a wife,... Read More

Israeli parliament approves the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Parliament on Monday passed a law approving the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis.

The bill’s passage marked the culmination of a yearslong push by Israel’s far-right to escalate punishment for Palestinians convicted of nationalistic offenses against Israelis. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came to the chamber to vote yes in person.

The law makes the death penalty — by hanging — the default punishment for West Bank Palestinians convicted for nationalistic killings. The law also gives Israeli courts... Read More

Trump again threatens widespread destruction in Iran if a deal is not reached 'shortly'

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday threatened widespread destruction of Iran’s energy resources and other vital infrastructure, potentially including desalination plants that supply drinking water, if a deal to end the war is not reached “shortly.”

Iran meanwhile struck a key water and electrical plant in Kuwait, and an oil refinery in Israel came under attack. Israel and the U.S. launched a new wave of strikes on Iran, as the war raged with no end in sight.

Trump’s new threat came in a social media post. Earlier comments... Read More

Powell says Fed is monitoring energy price spikes, but that it's limited in what it can do

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Monday that it is important to closely monitor inflation amid a spike in energy prices from the Iran war.

Powell, who spoke before nearly 400 students at Harvard University as gas prices inched toward an average of $4 per gallon in the U.S., said there wasn't a lot Fed policymakers could do since energy shocks “tend to come and go pretty quickly” and monetary maneuvers work over the longer-term. But a series of energy shocks, nevertheless, could be concerning.

“You have to carefully monitor... Read More

US reopens embassy in Venezuela months after military operation to remove Maduro

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has formally reopened its embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, after the restoration of full diplomatic relations with the South American country following the Trump administration’s ouster of then-President Nicolas Maduro in early January.

The State Department announced Monday that it had resumed normal operations at the embassy in Caracas — which had been in need of significant repair, including remediation from mold — after a seven-year closure that began during President Donald Trump’s first term.

A small team of U.S... Read More

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Mary Beth Hurt, Tony-nominated Broadway and film actor, dies at 79

Israeli parliament approves the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis

Trump again threatens widespread destruction in Iran if a deal is not reached 'shortly'

Powell says Fed is monitoring energy price spikes, but that it's limited in what it can do

US reopens embassy in Venezuela months after military operation to remove Maduro

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