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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's prime minister says the Hamas militant group will pay a heavy price for the deaths of three Israeli teenagers who were kidnapped in the West Bank. Israel announced late today that it had found the bodies of the teens, culminating a frantic two-week search. Israel has accused Hamas of being behind the abductions. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (neh-ten-YAH'-hoo) says in a statement that "Hamas is responsible, and Hamas will pay." He adds the teenagers "were kidnapped and murdered in cold blood by wild beasts." Netanyahu was meeting with his Security Cabinet to discuss a response.
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A cease-fire declared by the Ukrainian president as part of his plan to end a pro-Russia insurgency in the east has expired without any immediate word on his extending it. A few hours earlier, Poroshenko discussed the situation in a phone call with the leaders of Russia, Germany and France, saying the rebels had not "fulfilled the conditions." His office didn't say whether the truce would be extended. The cease-fire has been continuously broken by both sides, however, and rebels have ignored Poroshenko's demands to lay down weapons and hand back border posts they had seized.
DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is recalling at least 7.6 million more vehicles dating back to 1997 to fix faulty ignition switches as the company's safety crisis continues to grow. The latest recalls involve mainly older midsize cars and bring GM's total number of recalls this year to over 28 million. The company says it is aware of three deaths, eight injuries and seven crashes involving the vehicles recalled today -- but that it has no conclusive evidence that faulty switches caused the crashes. It is urging people to remove everything from their key rings until their cars can be repaired.
WASHINGTON (AP) — With thousands of unaccompanied children showing up on the U.S. border, President Barack Obama says he's done waiting for House Republicans to act on immigration. He says he now plans to act on his own, through executive action. Obama says there are enough Republicans and Democrats in the House to pass an immigration bill today, and says he would sign it. But Obama says he's waited for more than a year to give House Speaker John Boehner (BAY'-nur) space to act. He says Boehner informed him last week that the House won't vote on immigration this year.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — One person remains in critical condition as a result of a weekend gunfight on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. Police said nine people were hit when shots rang out early Sunday. Five remain hospitalized at LSU Hospital. Images captured from a surveillance camera above a bar showed people running down the street in the chaos of the shooting. Police are looking for two men who exchanged gunfire. They say there will be a strong police presence in tourist-heavy locations like the French Quarter over the holiday weekend.
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