KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) - Multiple airstrikes hit Gaza's southern city of Khan Younis overnight into Thursday, killing more than 82 people in a second consecutive night of heavy bombing, while another airstrike in the north of the Palestinian territory left more than a dozen people dead, authorities said.
GOMA, Congo (AP) - Over a thousand disarmed Congolese soldiers and police officers, along with their families, have safely been transferred from the rebel-controlled city of Goma in eastern Congo to the capital over the last two weeks, the International Committee of the Red Cross announced Thursday.
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a setback, House Republicans failed Friday to push their big package of tax breaks and spending cuts through the Budget Committee, as a handful of conservatives joined all Democrats in a stunning vote against it.