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Israeli Airstrike Kills Pregnant Woman, 2-Year-Old In Gaza

The strike destroys a family home, but the IDF is claiming they targeted Hamas ‘facility.

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The father of two-year-old, Rahaf Hassan, weeps as he holds her body after she and her 30-year-old mother pregnant mother, Noor Hassan, were killed in Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip (AP/ Khalil Hamra)

An Israeli airstrike on a home in Gaza killed a pregnant Palestinian woman and her 2-year-old child Sunday, a Gazan official said, as weeks of violence between Israel and Palestinians escalated from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip. Israel's military said it carried out airstrikes in Gaza targeting Hamas weapons manufacturing facilities in

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Iowa Grants Gun Permits To The Blind

No one questions the legality of the permits. State law does not allow sheriffs to deny an Iowan the right to carry a weapon based on physical ability.

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DES MOINES, Iowa -- Here's some news that has law enforcement officials and lawmakers scratching their heads: Iowa is granting permits to acquire or carry guns in public to people who are legally or completely blind. No one questions the legality of the permits. State law does not allow sheriffs to deny an Iowan the right to carry a weapon

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Scientists Say Pope Could Be Key Player On Climate Change

The rare encyclical, or teaching letter, expected to promote climate action as a moral imperative could do more to slow global warming than international negotiations this year to limit greenhouse gas emissions, scientists say.

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Scientists weary after years of often vicious opposition by doubters of their climate-change findings see this year as crucial to the planet's future because of a religious document expected from Pope Francis on Thursday. The rare encyclical, or teaching letter, expected to promote climate action as a moral imperative could do more to slow global

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