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Jan 2024
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A top Hamas leader is killed in Lebanon

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A top Hamas leader was killed in a strike in Lebanon. USA TODAY Domestic Security Correspondent Josh Meyer puts the move in context.

Donald Trump sues Maine's secretary of state for disqualifying him from the state's primary ballot.

USA TODAY Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page looks at what polling tells us about who Trump supporters want as a running mate.

Harvard President Claudine Gay has announced her resignation.

A major snowstorm may again hit the East Coast after years without one in some major cities.

CORRECTION: This episode has been corrected to say that Hamas leader Saleh al-Aruri was killed in an apparent Israeli strike, outside Beirut, according to Lebanon's state-run News Agency and the Hezbollah-linked Al-Mayadeen media outlet. Israel has not yet commented on the alleged strike, and the Israel Defense Forces had no immediate confirmation when asked by USA TODAY.


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