RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza’s Health Ministry and witnesses said Israeli troops opened fire as a crowd of Palestinians gathered for humanitarian aid in Gaza City on Thursday, killing at least 20 and wounding dozens.

The Israeli military said it was looking into the reports. The Associated Press could not independently confirm the details of what happened.

Witnesses and health officials said the shooting took place at a roundabout on Gaza City’s southern edge, where a large crowd had . Footage posted online and confirmed to

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Two federal environmental agencies issued plans Thursday to better protect endangered whales amid offshore wind farm development.

That move came as two offshore wind developers announced they were swapping projects.

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released final plans to protect endangered North American right whales, of which there are only about 360 left in the world.

The agencies said they are trying to find ways to better protect the whales amid

OTTAWA — Being ejected from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet last year took a heavy personal toll, former justice minister David Lametti conceded Thursday as he announced his decision to leave public office.

A statement from the Montreal MP said his resignation would take effect at the end of January.

Lametti made the announcement as he and other Liberal MPs met behind closed doors in Ottawa before the House of Commons resumes sitting next Monday.

In the statement, Lametti said he’s leaving with “mixed emotions” but that his constituents

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s has flown its last flight.

The space agency announced Thursday that the 4-pound (1.8-kilogram) can no longer fly because of rotor blade damage. While it remains upright and in contact with flight controllers, its $85 million mission is officially over, officials said.

Originally intended as a , Ingenuity logged 72 flights over three years at Mars. It accumulated more than two hours of flight time, traveling 11 miles (

NEW YORK (AP) — On any given night, some 3,000 migrants sleep on cots lined up inside huge, heated tents on a small island with sweeping views of the Manhattan skyline.

But as New York a surging number of immigrants from the U.S-Mexico border, there simply isn’t enough space in the sprawling complex on Randall’s Island, now the city’s largest shelter for asylum seekers.

So outside the camp’s gates, a handful of people have pitched

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A rights group on Thursday reported dozens more home raids and arrests across Belarus in the latest intensification of a years-long crackdown on dissent in the country of 9.5 million people.

The Viasna human rights center said it knew of at least 159 people targeted by searches and detentions in multiple Belarusian cities, including the capital, Minsk. Those targeted by authorities included relatives of jailed dissidents, journalists and others, it said.

Leaders of Belarusian opposition have called the new wave

For a film about death, Lila Avilés’ is extraordinarily lived in.

Avilés’ camera roams through the festive, cluttered gathering of an extended family as they prepare for a birthday celebration that evening. Watching it all is the 7-year-old Sol (Naíma Sentíes), whose father, Tonatiuh or “Tona” (Mateo Garcia), is to be feted.

The scenes are familiar, unfolding with a natural, warm disorder. Tona’s sisters are there.

Something many people in Western society know very little of is the experience of living as a refugee. Fleeing a terrifying situation, spending months upon months in transit. It’s an incredibly scary and restless situation with little joy to be found. For refugees, they do it all in the hope of a better life. But what constitutes a better life?

Chloé Djandji in Ru, courtesy of Drowster et Immina Films.

is a film that seeks to examine not the process of fleeing a war-torn country,

Police have identified the 62-year-old man who died following a stabbing in Oshawa earlier this week .

Durham Regional Police officers were called to a home near Dean Avenue and Ritson Road South around 11:30 p.m. on Monday for reports of a disturbance.

The man was found outside the home with “obvious signs of trauma” and was rushed to hospital, where he later died.

In an update on Thursday, police identified the victim as Steven Turgeon, of Oshawa. A post