Hamas releases 24 hostages it had been holding in Gaza in the first stage of a prisoner swap with Israel under a cease-fire deal, officials say.
Former California Assemblyman William Brough has been fined $100,000 for numerous campaign finance violations after a four-year-long investigation into the Republican’s expenses.
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