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Live updates | Israel’s evacuation orders cover 2/3 of the Gaza Strip, leaving Palestinians crammed

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Israel’s evacuation orders in the Gaza Strip now cover two-thirds of the territory, or 246 square kilometers (95 square miles), United Nations humanitarian monitors said Tuesday. More than half of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million people is now crammed into the town of Rafah on the border with Egypt and surrounding areas, the U.N. Office … Read more

Filled with vacationers, Alaska’s capital wonders what’s going to occur as its magnificent glacier recedes

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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — 1000’s of vacationers spill onto a boardwalk in Alaska’s capital metropolis on daily basis from cruise ships towering over downtown. Distributors hawk shoreside journeys and rows of buses stand able to whisk guests away, with many headed for the realm’s crown jewel: the Mendenhall Glacier. A craggy expanse of grey, white … Read more