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By The Associated Press Israeli forces have taken control of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the Gaza Strip, pressing on with an offensive in the southern city as cease-fire negotiations with Hamas remain precarious. The incursion comes after the militant group on Monday said it accepted an Egyptian-Qatari mediated cease-fire proposal. Israel insisted
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, ERIC TUCKER and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Stormy Daniels took the witness stand Tuesday in the hush money trial of former President Donald Trump, prepared to testify about a sexual encounter the porn actor says she had in 2006 that resulted in her being paid
Continue ReadingBEIRUT (AP) — The United States has repatriated 11 of its citizens from sprawling camps in northeastern Syria that house tens of thousands of family members of suspected Islamic State militants. The U.S. State Department said Tuesday that the repatriation was the largest Washington has carried out from the camps to date. Although the pace
Continue ReadingBy MARIA CHENG Associated Press ROSEAU, Dominica (AP) — Scientists studying the sperm whales that live around the Caribbean island of Dominica have described for the first time the basic elements of how they might be talking to each other, in an effort that could one day help better protect them. Like many whales and
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Mauricio Torres (CNN Español) — La guerrilla colombiana del Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) anunció este lunes que retomará los secuestros con fines económicos, una práctica que había suspendido dentro de su acuerdo de cese del fuego y negociaciones de paz con el Gobierno del presidente Gustavo Petro, que a su vez rechazó la decisión
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — The maker of the Swiss Army Knife is working on a new version of the classic multi-tool, which won’t have a blade. “We are in the early stages of developing pocket tools without blades,” a spokesperson for Swiss firm Victorinox told CNN in a statement Tuesday, adding that they
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Katy Perry did not attend the Met Gala on Monday, but some of the singer’s fans – and even her mom – thought she did. Pictures of the singer seemingly taken at the event circulated on X, but they were created through artificial intelligence (AI). The fake photos included
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Pope Francis has appointed Reverend James Mark Beckman as Bishop of Knoxville, Tennessee, almost a year after the previous bishop resigned following claims he mishandled sex abuse allegations. Bishop-elect Beckman is a priest of the Diocese of Nashville where he has served as pastor of Saint Henry parish since
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — As the third week of witness testimony in Donald Trump’s hush money trial takes place, all eyes are on Stormy Daniels, who took the stand Tuesday morning and recounted for jurors the lead-up to meeting Trump and a 2006 sexual encounter she has said the two engaged in. Trump denies the
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, ERIC TUCKER and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Stormy Daniels took the witness stand Tuesday in the hush money trial of former President Donald Trump, prepared to testify about a sexual encounter the porn actor says she had in 2006 that resulted in her being paid
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she regrets making an offhand remark that suggested Black children in the Bronx do not know what the word “computer” means. Hochul, a Democrat, made the extemporaneous comment Monday while being interviewed at a large business conference in California to
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she regrets making an offhand remark that suggested Black children in the Bronx do not know what the word “computer” means. Hochul, a Democrat, made the extemporaneous comment Monday while being interviewed at a large business conference in California to
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Tom Selleck is advocating for the show he’s been a part of for 14 years. The actor portrays patriarch Frank Reagan on the CBS police drama “Blue Bloods.” In a recent interview with CBS News, Selleck was asked about whether the show was truly canceled. “Well, that’s a
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — No one dares speak louder than a whisper as nearly 1,000 people respectfully take their seats inside the dimly lit Crucible Theatre. There is a sense of nervous excitement as those lucky enough to get their hands on a ticket cram into this historic venue in the heart of
Continue ReadingBy KABC staff Click here for updates on this story RIVERSIDE, California (KABC) — A Riverside man was sentenced to 21 years in federal prison for smuggling methamphetamine from Mexico to the Inland Empire during the COVID-19 shutdowns in 2020. Timoteo Gomez, 51, was sentenced Monday and is the lead defendant in the drug trafficking
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS and MARTIN MEISSNER Associated Press MALMO, Sweden (AP) — Competition in the 68th Eurovision Song Contest kicks off Tuesday in Sweden. The war in Gaza is casting a shadow over the sequin-spangled pop extravaganza. The event begins with the first of two semi-finals in the Swedish city of Malmo, with another on
Continue ReadingBy MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press TORRES, Brazil (AP) — More than 80% of residents in Brazil’s southern city of Porto Alegre do not have running water, one week after after massive flooding that has left at least 90 people dead and more than 130 missing. Five of the city’s six water treatment facilities aren’t working,
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Weightlifter Oleksandr Pielieshenko, who competed for Ukraine at the 2016 Rio Olympics, has died while fighting in his country’s war with Russia, according to statements from the Ukraine Olympic Committee and the Ukraine Weightlifting Federation posted Monday. “On May 5, an honored master of sports of Ukraine Oleksandr Pielieshenko
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN (CNN) — Has your doctor quizzed you about your level of physical activity? If so, you can thank Exercise is Medicine, a global health initiative managed by the American College of Sports Medicine. Created in 2007, the initiative encourages health care providers to assess patients’ physical activity during visits, plus
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Auto body repair was a pretty straightforward business not that long ago. When metal got bent in a crash, someone needed to unbend it. It was a craft. These days, it’s high-tech. Virtually every new vehicle sold in the last few years has sensors and cameras, including radar and
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