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For the past three days, Israel has undertaken a major bombing offensive in the Gaza Strip. Israel says it is targeting Hamas for its rocket attacks in Israel. Mark Regev, spokesman for the Israeli prime minister, outlines reasons for the operation.

Thousands of Marines have descended upon the Helmand River valley in Afghanistan, a Taliban stronghold that is known for poppy growing. The Marines plan to stay, one of the first concrete examples of the Obama administration's new strategy for Afghanistan.

More than 111 million people across the U.S. remain under weather advisories or warnings as forecasters say an oppressive heat wave might get worse before it gets any better.

President Biden is in Europe this week. He first talked climate change with King Charles. Then he's meeting NATO leaders in Vilnius, Lithuania to talk about the war in Ukraine.

Voters go to the polls for Democratic primaries Tuesday in two different parts of the country — Oregon and Kentucky. The fight between Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama continues, although Obama is working to sound ready for a fall campaign.

On Saturday, two players who have never won a Wimbledon title before will compete in the Women's championship. And on the men's side, Novak Djokovic will get his chance at a 24th grand slam.

Though she waves the flag of her Greek heritage proudly, Nicole Spiridakis says, she never liked feta — until she went to Greece last summer and really tasted it. She bit into a slab of the fresh, creamy Greek cheese, sat straight up and paid attention.

As the classic children's television program celebrates its 40th anniversary, the producers of Sesame Street talk about how the show has changed.

The California wildfires are threatening the Mount Wilson Observatory, which houses two giant telescopes and several multimillion-dollar university programs. Hal McAlister, the director of the observatory and a professor of astronomy at Georgia State University, says Mount Wilson is a superb site for astronomy because of its proximity to the Pacific Ocean, which helps produce steady star images.