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Official leading Trump's Gaza ceasefire effort criticizes Israel for its attacks

The official in charge of President Donald Trump's ceasefire plan for Gaza criticized Israel on Wednesday for its attacks on the war-battered Palestinian territory and warned that the alternative to the U.S. proposal is the next war.

Goodell says NFL is looking into whether to punish 49ers owner following his arrest

Commissioner Roger Goodell said the NFL is looking into whether San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York will be punished for violating the league's personal conduct policy after he was caught in a prostitution sting in Ohio.

Fed governor Lisa Cook slams Trump's renewed threat to fire her

Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook said the Trump administration has no legal basis to remove her from the central bank's governing board in a letter late Wednesday responding to renewed threats from the White House.

Brazil sues online platform Discord over alleged failures in children protection

Brazil's government said on Wednesday it filed a lawsuit in a federal court against Discord, the popular platform for gamers to communicate online, seeking damages of about $97 million for the company's alleged failure to protect children online.

A judge suspends charges against an ex-Marine arrested on Trump's golf course with ammunition

A judge on Wednesday suspended criminal charges against a former U.S. Marine arrested at President Donald Trump's Los Angeles-area golf course with ammunition and a gun in his vehicle. He is undergoing a psychiatric evaluation.

A June date on the calendar, but no hearing yet for Bryan Kohberger's plea challenge

An Idaho judge has set the timeline for Bryan Kohberger's attempt to withdraw his guilty plea in the murders of four University of Idaho students, and he is warning attorneys on both sides that he will hold any new evidence in the case to a strict legal standard.

Lucky Charms and Trix go au naturel as General Mills ditches artificial colors

General Mills said Wednesday it has removed artificial colors from all its U.S. cereals, including Lucky Charms and Trix.

Trump says the U.S. doesn't need Canada. The economy says otherwise

U.S. President Donald Trump says his country does not need Canada. But every day, roughly 4 million barrels of Canadian crude oil flow south, helping fuel American cars, trucks and airplanes and supply U.S. industry.

China building new military base on disputed reef

China's island building in the South China Sea is set to add a new military base to its string of bases now threatening control over the strategic waterway, according to satellite images of the island construction.

USS Abraham Lincoln will stop in Thailand on its way home from lengthy deployment in Middle East

The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier will make a stop in Thailand after its grueling deployment in the Middle East, Thai officials said Wednesday.

Judge, for now, refuses to dismiss Steve Bannon's conviction in contempt of Congress case

A federal judge on Wednesday rejected the Justice Department's request to erase Trump ally Steve Bannon's criminal conviction for refusing to testify before the congressional committee that investigated a mob's Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. But it may not be a final decision on the matter.

A federal prisoner with no clear ties to Alaska advances in primary for the state's U.S. House seat

A man who is serving time in a federal prison in New York advanced on Wednesday from the primary for Alaska's lone U.S. House seat.