Month: October 2023

By ISABEL DEBRE and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli warplanes bombed Hamas tunnels and underground bunkers in the northern Gaza Strip, the military said Saturday, signaling a further escalation in its campaign to crush the territory’s ruling militant group after its bloody incursion in southern Israel three weeks ago. Fighter jets hit

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French Jewish groups have set up a helpline for people in the community traumatized by Israel-Hamas war. Organizers say dozens are calling in every day since shortly after the Oct. 7 Hamas rampage in southern Israel. That goes from families who have lost loved ones to parents

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A glittering crown on her head and a bouquet of flowers in her hands, Andreia Solange Sicato Muhitu beamed at being named the co-winner of the the inaugural Mr. and Miss Albinism Southern Africa pageant. The 28-year-old Angolan model has competed in beauty pageants in her

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has called on Republicans in Congress to help keep American people safe from gun violence and praised police for their efforts to track down the Maine gunman who killed 18 people. The Army reservist who opened fire in a bowling alley and then at a bar in Lewiston, Maine

By MARK STEVENSON and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — In a city without water, electricity or gasoline, where desperate people have been allowed, even encouraged, to take essential goods from damaged stores since Hurricane Otis smashed Acapulco, state police officer Raúl Gallardo stood guard over a mountain of excess. Gallardo explained the

NEW YORK (AP) — A sea of hundreds of protesters filled the main concourse of New York City’s famed Grand Central Terminal during the evening rush hour Friday, chanting slogans and unfurling banners demanding a cease-fire as Israel intensified its bombardment of the Gaza Strip. Wearing black T-shirts saying “Jews say cease-fire now” and “Not

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Adolis García took a few steps while watching the ball before tossing his bat aside after another big swing this postseason. This one won an extended Game 1 of the World Series for the Texas Rangers. Once his drive cleared the right-field wall in the

By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Already considered a hub for Latin, hip-hop and electronic music, Miami is now going country. Country Bay Music Festival is scheduled for Nov. 11 and Nov. 12 at the historic Miami Marine Stadium, just southeast of downtown on Virginia Key in Biscayne Bay. The headliners scheduled for

By DAVID SHARP, PATRICK WHITTLE, HOLLY RAMER and MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — The Army reservist who opened fire in a bowling alley and then at a bar in Lewiston, Maine, killing 18 people, was found dead Friday from a self-inflicted gunshot, ending an intensive two-day search that had the state

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s land board says it will hand over state land on Maui to be used for a wildfire memorial and fire debris disposal. But members of the state Board of Land and Natural Resources urged Maui County to talk further with the community after some raised concerns