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Bennett to meet with Lapid for talks on possible government

Sit-down comes after the Yamina chief, who has refrained from backing either side since the March 23 elections, met Friday with Netanyahu to discuss coalition options

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Settlers filmed pelting Palestinian man with stones in West Bank

Masked residents of Esh Kodesh outpost assail man in his 50s, beat him with a stick, according to Yesh Din rights group

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NASA SBIR march 21

NASA’s SBIR program regularly doles out cash to promising small businesses and research programs, and the lists of awardees is always interesting to sift through. Here are a dozen companies and proposals from this batch that are especially compelling or

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Arthur Kopit, Three-Time Tony-Nominated Playwright, Dies at 83

NEW YORK — Arthur Kopit, a three time Tony Award-nominated playwright and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist known for fusing disparate genres, absurdism and a darkly comic world view, has died. He was 83. Kopit died Friday, said Rick Miramontez, a

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France urges Iran to avoid nuclear escalation ahead of talks

French foreign minister speaks to Iranian countepart, calls on Tehran to ‘be constructive,’ abstain from further violations of nuclear deal, ahead of indirect negotiations with US

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Over 2 million Israelis flock to nature during Passover holiday

KKL-JNF says record number of people visited its parks and forests throughout the country over the weeklong holiday, left behind 500 tons of trash

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North Carolina House Party Shooting Leaves 3 Dead and 4 Injured

WILMINGTON, N.C. — At least seven people were shot and three were killed in a shooting at a house party early Saturday in North Carolina, a police chief said. The shooting happened inside a home in Wilmington around midnight, police

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This Week in Apps: Clubhouse clones, WWDC21, apps have their best-ever quarter

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry is as hot as ever, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in

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Backlog of 422 ships at Suez Canal cleared after stuck boat freed

Head of canal authority says all vesels that were waiting to traverse the key waterway while the Ever Given was grounded have passed through

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Lawmakers in 47 states have introduced bills that would make it harder to vote. See them all here – CNN

Lawmakers in 47 states have introduced bills that would make it harder to vote. See them all here  CNN Dell, American Airlines, AT&T weigh in on restrictive voting bills in Texas  ABC News HP, Dow, Under Armour among nearly 200 companies speaking

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