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Month: June 2024

Netanyahu dissolved his war Cabinet. How will that affect cease-fire efforts?

By JULIA FRANKEL and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) โ€” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu disbanded his war Cabinet, consolidating his influence over the Israel-Hamas war and likely diminishing the odds of a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip anytime soon. Netanyahu announced the step days after his chief political rival, Benny Gantz, withdrew from

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Here’s what you need to know about the lawsuit against the NFL by ‘Sunday Ticket’ subscribers

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) โ€” The way the NFL can distribute its package of out-of-market games could be decided in federal court as the result of a class-action lawsuit. Subscribers to the NFL’s โ€œSunday Ticketโ€ package are claiming the league broke antitrust laws by selling its package of out-of-market Sunday

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Here’s what you need to know about the lawsuit against the NFL by ‘Sunday Ticket’ subscribers

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) โ€” The way the NFL can distribute its package of out-of-market games could be decided in federal court as the result of a class-action lawsuit. Subscribers to the NFL’s โ€œSunday Ticketโ€ package are claiming the league broke antitrust laws by selling its package of out-of-market Sunday

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Israelโ€™s plan for โ€˜tactical pauseโ€™ for aid raises questions and deepens rifts. Hereโ€™s what we know

By Nadeen Ebrahim, Paula Hancocks, Eugenia Yosef and Lauren Izso, CNN (CNN) — The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has announced a โ€œtactical pauseโ€ of military activities along a road in southern Gaza that has been designated for humanitarian aid deliveries every day for 11 hours. The announcement comes as the stripโ€™s population of more than

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More than 20 of 32 NATO allies spending at least 2% of GDP on defense, Stoltenberg says

By Kayla Tausche and Haley Britzky, CNN Washington (CNN) — The United States and NATO are expected to announce Monday that the number of allied countries spending at least 2% of their countryโ€™s economic output on defense has doubled during President Joe Bidenโ€™s term. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is visiting Washington and meeting with Biden

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University of Michigan, CUNY failed to respond to hostile incident complaints in October 7 aftermath, federal report finds

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — The University of Michigan failed to properly investigate dozens of incidents of alleged antisemitic behavior on campus over the past four years, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Education. The agency also expressed concern about lax response by the City University of New York to

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First of 3 men charged in prison killing of James โ€˜Whiteyโ€™ Bulger pleads guilty to false statement to a federal agent

By Holmes Lybrand, Elizabeth Wolfe, Hannah Rabinowitz, Ashley R. Williams, Holly Yan and Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — One of three inmates charged in connection with the 2018 prison killing of notorious Boston gangster James โ€œWhiteyโ€ Bulger has pleaded guilty to falsifying statements to federal agents. Sean McKinnon was sentenced Monday to time served, as

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US, Cyprus embark on strategic dialogue that officials say demonstrates closest-ever ties

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) โ€” Cyprus-U.S. relations have reached their highest level yet after the two countries embarked on a strategic dialogue on key issues including defense, security, energy, crisis management and the fight against terrorism, officials say. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hailed the development as a โ€œpowerful evidence

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