By Clare Duffy and Brian Fung, CNN New York (CNN) — The messaging app Telegram has restricted access to several channels closely associated with or operated by Hamas, as the militant group’s war with Israel rages on. One major channel with more than 700,000 followers and known to be operated by Hamas’ military wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, is no longer
Continue ReadingBy MAYSOON KHAN and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office says taxpayers will cover the costs of her recent visit to wartime Israel. The announcement on Thursday comes after a nonprofit was supposed to pick up the tab but has yet to receive clearance from a state
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The second of two men accused in a confrontation with sheriff’s deputies that led to an exchange of gunfire, injuring a deputy and one of the suspects in Thousand Palms, pleaded not guilty today to felony charges. Kristian Galeana, 27, and 34-year-old Jose Eduardo Rosales Perez of Desert Hot Springs are each charged with
Continue ReadingBy ALI SWENSON and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press A man was arrested after trespassing twice in one day at the Los Angeles home of presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., police confirmed Thursday. Police first responded to a call about the 28-year-old man trespassing at about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, said Drake Madison, an officer with
Continue ReadingBy ALI SWENSON and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press A man was arrested after trespassing twice in one day at the Los Angeles home of presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., police confirmed Thursday. Police first responded to a call about the 28-year-old man trespassing at about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, said Drake Madison, an officer with
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Comedians John Mulaney and Pete Davidson have postponed two upcoming comedy shows in Maine following Wednesday’s mass shooting. “We are devastated by the events in Lewiston. Shows scheduled for this weekend in Maine on Saturday, 10/28 and Sunday, 10/29 have been postponed,” Mulaney wrote in a statement on Thursday. “We are
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A sale of federal Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases that had been scheduled for Nov. 8 is being delayed pending court arguments that focus on protections for an endangered whale species. The sale had been scheduled for last month. But oil companies filed suit
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a New York Democrat, pleaded guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor charge for falsely triggering a fire alarm in a House office building. Bowman struck a deal with the Washington, DC, Attorney General’s office, in which he pleaded guilty to the single misdemeanor offense. According to the terms of
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El exministro de Defensa del Gobierno de Iván Duque Diego Molano es uno de los nueve candidatos a la Alcaldía de Bogotá. Su experiencia en la cartera de Defensa es su carta de presentación para aspirar al cargo al que se presenta con un eslogan que resume su visión para
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered Georgia to draw new congressional and state legislative maps, ruling that state legislators improperly diluted the political power of Black voters in establishing those boundaries following the 2020 census. The ruling by US District Judge Steve Jones could result in Democrats securing an
Continue Reading Ivonne Valdés (CNN Español) — La Comisión Nacional de Primaria de Venezuela (CNP) proclamó este jueves a María Corina Machado como ganadora de las primarias opositoras hacia las elecciones previstas para 2024. Frente a medios de comunicación, la exdiputada agradeció a sus familiares y partidarios por el apoyo durante la campaña que concluyó el domingo
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s office says the state has arranged to send drones, weapons and ammunition to Israel as it prepares for an incursion of Gaza in response to Hamas’ attack. DeSantis’ office said Thursday that Florida has sent cargo planes with healthcare supplies, drones, body
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press A man wrongly accused of drunken driving can sue a Michigan police officer who grossly misread a breath test. That’s the decision of a federal appeals court. The man was a native of Japan who was in Michigan for work in 2020. He blew a 0.02 on the breath test,
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A city of Buffalo employee was fatally shot and two others were wounded when the city pickup truck they were in was struck by gunfire from a passing vehicle. New York State Police say the shooting occurred in the southbound lanes of Interstate 190 just north
Continue ReadingRENO, Nev. (AP) — Leaders of the National Championship Air Races held in Reno since 1964 plan visits later this year to six Western cities that have submitted bids to host the annual competition beginning in 2025 in California, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado or Wyoming. Organizers of the event announced early this year that
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By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Hye Minyi can still vividly recall what happened in Itaewon, South Korea, on the night of October 29, 2022. That was when the trendy nightlife district in the heart of Seoul became the site of one of the country’s deadliest disasters, when a massive crowd surge during Halloween celebrations
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About 100 children in foster care will be formally adopted during a series of hearings next week in Riverside and Indio in recognition of National Adoption Awareness Month. Ceremonies will take place on Saturday, Nov. 4, at the Larson Justice Center in Indio and the downtown Riverside Historic Courthouse, during which the adoption process will
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greenpeace is stepping up its appeal for Greece to abandon a deep-sea gas exploration project in the Mediterranean. It cites newly published research to argue that the project’s impact on endangered whales and dolphins would be greater than previously believed. The environmental group said Thursday a survey off southwestern Greece in
Continue ReadingROUND LAKE BEACH, Ill. (AP) — A man who allegedly attacked two relatives with a sledgehammer in suburban Chicago has been fatally shot by police after he charged at officers. Officers in Round Lake Beach responded about 3:15 p.m. Wednesday to a domestic violence report and removed two injured women from an open garage. The
Continue ReadingBy CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays are pushing for swift approval of a financing deal for a new 30,000-seat ballpark, part of a much larger $6 billion redevelopment project that includes affordable housing, a hotel, a Black history museum and many other items. The St. Petersburg City
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