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will contribute $10 billion to help rebuild Gaza and that nine member countries have agreed to pledge a combined $7 billion and that five others agreed to deploy troops for an international stabilization force.

Northern California, the Nevada County Sheriff's Office says it's too soon to say if any charges are warranted, but that investigators are working to determine if criminal negligence played a role in the deaths of at least eight backcountry skiers.

They were caught in an avalanche Tuesday.

One person remains missing.

Six skiers survived.

Actor Eric Dane has died.

Dane died after a much-publicized ALS diagnosis less than a year ago.

He was 53.

He starred in Grey's Anatomy and Euphoria.

as NPR's Madalito Barco reports.

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Nissan is recalling nearly 645,000 vehicles over safety issues.

Blake Farmer of member station WPLN reports on one of the automakers' largest recalls in years.

A judge in Texas has declared four men innocent of the 1991 yogurt shop murders in Austin.

The judge's declaration came Thursday in a packed Austin courtroom with a judge calling her order an obligation to the rule of law.

Cold case detectives announced last year that they had linked the killings of four teenagers to a suspect who died in a 1999 police standoff.

Winter Olympics American women in the spotlight Thursday.

Alyssa Liu ended a 24-year drought winning figure skating gold after delivering her free skate at the Games and posting a career best points total.

Earlier, the U.S.

won its third Olympic gold medal in women's ice hockey, beating rival Canada two goals to one in the final.