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By SAM MEDNICK, JOSEF FEDERMAN and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli army ordered about 100,000 Palestinians on Monday to begin evacuating from the southern city of Rafah in Gaza, signaling that a long-promised ground invasion there could be imminent and further complicating efforts to broker a cease-fire. Israel’s closest allies, including
Continue ReadingBy MJ Lee and Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — The Democratic National Committee is requesting that judges in Michigan and Nevada throw out “dangerous” and “flawed” lawsuits, related to voter rolls and to mail-in ballots, that were launched by the Republican National Committee earlier this year. The DNC is warning that the lawsuits represent former
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have spoken as Israel appeared closer to launching an offensive on the southern Gaza city of Rafah. But soon after Israel announced it was ordering about 100,000 Palestinians to begin evacuating from Rafah, Hamas said
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A building that was under construction has collapsed in South Africa, with authorities saying there are multiple injuries. Local media reported at least 59 people are trapped under the rubble after Monday’s collapse, while 10 others have been rescued. They say five people sustained
Continue ReadingBy JESSICA VALLEJO, RUBÉN ROSARIO Click here for updates on this story DANIA BEACH, Florida (WSVN) — Rescue crews took a 14-year-old boy to the hospital after he was injured by the propeller blades of a fishing pier in Dania Beach that prohibits the use of drones. Speaking with 7News on Sunday, James said he
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A spokesman says Polish prosecutors have discontinued an investigation into several human skeletons found at a site where German dictator Adolf Hitler and other Nazi leaders spent time during World War II because the advanced state of decay made it impossible to determine the cause of
Continue ReadingBy ALEXA ST. JOHN, SEAN MURPHY and JIM SALTER Associated Press Forecasters say millions of people in the central United States could see powerful storms Monday including long-track tornadoes, hurricane-force winds and baseball-sized hail. The National Weather Service forecast that much of Oklahoma and parts of Kansas are at the greatest risk of severe weather.
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Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Donald Trump, el presunto candidato republicano que acaba de acusar falsamente a sus oponentes de dirigir una administración “Gestapo”, volverá este lunes a un tribunal de Nueva York en su juicio penal, el primero de un expresidente en la historia. La Casa Blanca, por su parte, trata de desactivar el impacto
Continue ReadingBy Neydja Petithomme Click here for updates on this story CLYDE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Several Fines Creek organizations came together Saturday, May 4, to support a family in the community whose home was set on fire in March as they slept, leading to the loss of a large portion of their house and belongings.
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By Jack Guy and Julia Vargas Jones, CNN (CNN) — The death toll from a series of catastrophic floods in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul has risen to at least 83, the state’s civil defense unit said Monday. Authorities are also investigating another four deaths to determine if they were related to the
Continue ReadingBy Ellie Nakamoto-White Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Amid pieces of shattered glass, white candles sit on the sidewalk near 27th and Locust on Milwaukee’s north side. On the grassy hill above are several pieces of posterboard with writing spelling out “Forever in our Heart.” And taped onto a nearby
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Hospital operator Steward Health Care has filed for bankruptcy protection, but pledged to maintain the eight hospitals it operates in Massachusetts. Company officials said Steward took the step Monday as a necessary measure to allow the company to continue to provide necessary care to its patients. The
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Two of hip-hop’s biggest stars have beef and people are taking sides. Kendrick Lamar and Drake have been engaged in a lyrical battle in recent weeks that escalated over the weekend. The two artists each released songs about the other, in one case with Lamar not even waiting
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Russia on Monday threatened to strike British military facilities and said it would hold drills simulating the use of battlefield nuclear weapons amid sharply rising tensions over comments by senior Western officials about possibly deeper involvement in the war in Ukraine. After summoning the British ambassador to the Foreign Ministry, Moscow
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press Authorities say a man who tried to shoot a pastor during a service at a Pennsylvania church because “God told him to do it” was thwarted when his gun didn’t fire and he was tackled by a congregant. State police say the chaos at the Jesus’ Dwelling Place Church in
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — For her entire life, college student Olivia Cook had only a small degree of central vision. It was as if she was watching the world through a straw hole, and in dimly lit places, she could not make out people’s faces, only their silhouettes. But after receiving an experimental
Continue ReadingBy CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Some 155 police officers were injured in fighting involving Dynamo Berlin and Energie Cottbus fans over the weekend. Berlin police say most of the injuries are from tear-gas use. The police say 116 officers suffered injuries from tear-gas use, 28 from assaults and 11 after being
Continue ReadingBy RAFAL NIEDZIELSKI and VANESSA GERA Associated Press OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — Holocaust survivors and survivors of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel were among thousands who took part Monday in the March of the Living, a yearly memorial march at the site of Auschwitz that honors the 6 million Jews killed by Nazi Germany
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A busy stretch of Interstate 95 in southwestern Connecticut reopened to traffic this weekend, just a few days after a gasoline tanker fire damaged an overpass and forced the highway to close in both directions. Traffic was back up running in both directions Monday morning “at full capacity” in
Continue ReadingBy KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University canceled its large university-wide commencement ceremony Monday following weeks of pro-Palestinian protests that have roiled its campus and others across the U.S., but said students will still be able to celebrate at a series of smaller, school-based ceremonies this week and next. The decision
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