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By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza urgently needs more aid or its desperate population will suffer widespread famine and disease, the heads of three major U.N. agencies warned Monday, as authorities in the enclave reported that the death toll in the Israel-Hamas war had surpassed
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein and Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — A significant number of emergency personnel responded to the White House on Monday morning after a 911 call falsely claimed there was a fire and someone was trapped inside, a source familiar with the incident told CNN. President Joe Biden spent the weekend at Camp
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — America Ferrera, who was honored with the SeeHer Award at Sunday’s Critics Choice Awards, used her speech to inspire others. Ferrera starred as Gloria in “Barbie.” Her character delivered a memorable movie monologue about the challenges of being a woman, and she was introduced by her “Barbie” co-star
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A human rights group says that a political prisoner has died in prison in Belarus after authorities failed to provide him with proper medical care. The death has spotlighted cruel conditions in the country’s prisons. The respected Viasna human rights center said Monday that Vadzim Khrasko
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Boeing told employees Monday that it plans to increase quality inspections of its 737 Max 9 aircraft, following the failure of emergency exit door panel on an Alaska Airlines flight last week. The inspections come after Federal regulators grounded the 737 Max, and that Boeing
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The U.K. government says the Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir is antisemitic and should be banned as a terrorist organization. The Home Office said Monday that Parliament will debate this week a proposal to make joining the group illegal in the U.K. under terrorism laws. The ban would take effect on Friday if
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Houthi rebels fired a missile, striking a U.S.-owned ship Monday just off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden, less than a day after they launched an anti-ship cruise missile toward an American destroyer in the Red Sea. The attack on the Gibraltar Eagle, later
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was released from the hospital on Monday, after spending two weeks there to treat complications from surgery for prostate cancer he kept secret from senior Biden administration leaders and staff for weeks. Austin will be working from home as
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — The owner of a flight school and a student pilot were among three people who died in a small plane crash in a remote, wooded area of Massachusetts over the weekend, state police said Monday. Fredrika Ballard, 53, of Southwick, Massachusetts, owned the Fly Lugu Flight School while William Hampton, 68, of
Continue ReadingBy Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — If you’ve heard a sonic boom recently, you probably remember it. The loud, explosion-like bang – caused by a plane flying faster than the speed of sound – can be startling, and even crack windows. Sonic booms are part of the reason why there are no supersonic passenger planes
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By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Abu Dhabi, UAE (CNN) — Just weeks before Hamas launched its October 7 attack on Israel, Saudi Arabia said it was inching closer to normalizing diplomatic ties with the Jewish state. Despite three months of war that have left more than 23,000 Palestinians dead and the Arab world seething, Riyadh is
Continue ReadingCNN, STRINGR, KECI, KTVM, KTVT, WGME, SPECTRUM NEWS BUFFALO, WKBW, WHBQ, KATV, CNN, CNN, Stringr, KECI/KTVM, KTVT, WGME, Spectrum News Buffalo, WKBW, WHBQ, KATV By Brandon Miller, Monica Garrett and Matt Stiles, CNN (CNN) — Iowa has held the Republican caucuses every four years since 1976 in either January or February, putting them at risk
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Piesko Click here for updates on this story SAGINAW, Michigan (WNEM) — Friday’s winter storm was the first big winter storm Mid-Michigan experienced this winter and some Saginaw families are making the most of it. Many flocked to Hoyt Park to enjoy sledding and other winter fun. “We’re having a great time with
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — A fake 911 call that the White House was on fire has sent emergency vehicles to the complex. President Joe Biden and his family were at Camp David in Maryland when the call came in Monday morning. A person familiar with the matter says fire
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Madison Marsh, de 22 años, que es subteniente de la Fuerza Aérea de EE.UU. y estudiante de máster en el programa de política pública de la Harvard Kennedy School, se alzó con la victoria en el certamen de Miss América 2024 celebrado en Orlando, Florida, este domingo por la noche.
Continue ReadingBy SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Israeli soccer player Sagiv Jehezkel left Turkey on Monday, hours after he was briefly detained for allegedly inciting hatred after he expressed solidarity with people held hostage by the Hamas militant organization during a top-flight league game. The Antalyaspor player was released from custody following questioning
Continue ReadingBy Shoshana Stahl, Cameron Bopp Click here for updates on this story EDWARDSVILLE, Illinois (KMOV) — A Metro East church operating as a warming shelter is facing pushback and the potential for thousands of dollars in fines after the city ordered it to close its doors due to zoning permit issues. First Baptist Church in
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police have opened a vandalism investigation into the spray-painting of a swastika on a wall adjacent to a Holocaust memorial in Philadelphia over the weekend. Authorities say the symbol, measuring about two feet by two feet and scrawled with green spray-paint, was reported Sunday on the wall adjacent to the Horowitz-Wasserman Holocaust
Continue ReadingATLANTA, Ga. (AP) — Communities across the nation planned to celebrate the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday with events ranging from prayer services to parades, but a dangerously cold winter storm was limiting some planned activities. President Joe Biden planned to spend the national holiday volunteering at Philabundance, a hunger relief organization in
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Andy Murray says there is a definite possibility he has played his final Australian Open match after a straight-set defeat in the first round of this year’s tournament. Murray, 36, lost 6-4 6-2 6-2 to Argentina’s Tomás Martín Etcheverry on Monday, just his second opening-round defeat at the grand
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