Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Hundreds of Israelis sent orange balloons into the air Monday to mark the fifth birthday of one of two children held captive by militants in the Gaza Strip. Ariel Bibas, along with his 1-year-old brother Kfir, has become a symbol of the struggle to release the hostages. The
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Georgia will open the season ranked No. 1 in the preseason USA Today Coaches Poll a year after having its two-year run as national champion end. The Bulldogs received 46 of the 55 first-place votes from college football coaches. Preseason No. 2 Ohio State got seven votes at No. 1, followed
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris, a daughter of immigrants who rose through the California political and law enforcement ranks to become the first female vice president in U.S. history, formally secured the Democratic presidential nomination on Monday — becoming the first woman of color to lead a major party ticket. More
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris, a daughter of immigrants who rose through the California political and law enforcement ranks to become the first female vice president in U.S. history, formally secured the Democratic presidential nomination on Monday — becoming the first woman of color to lead a major party ticket. More
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Police have released images of three suspects and the getaway car used in the killing of former “General Hospital” actor Johnny Wactor in downtown Los Angeles when he interrupted thieves stealing the catalytic converter from his car. The two images were released by the Los Angeles Police Department on Sunday in
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Police have released images of three suspects and the getaway car used in the killing of former “General Hospital” actor Johnny Wactor in downtown Los Angeles when he interrupted thieves stealing the catalytic converter from his car. The two images were released by the Los Angeles Police Department on Sunday in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The United Nations said Monday it has fired additional staff members from its agency for Palestinian refugees after an internal investigation found they may have been involved in the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack against Israel. The U.N. secretary-general’s office announced the move in a brief statement to journalists. Farhan Haq,
Continue ReadingTUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian President Kais Saied has filed the necessary paperwork to run in the presidential election in October. He is expected to face little competition as prominent opposition members and other potential challengers have been imprisoned during his first term. The list of candidates for the Oct. 6 election will be published
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — The International Boxing Association has raised new questions while struggling to answer others at a shambolic news conference about the opaque gender tests that led the Olympics-banned governing body to abruptly suspend Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting from last year’s world championships. The decision has fueled online abuse against
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Justice Clarence Thomas took a previously undisclosed flight on a private jet owned by GOP megadonor Harlan Crow in 2010, a top Senate Democrat said Monday – the latest in a series of revelations that come as the high court is under pressure to strengthen its ethics practices. Senate
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Pellish and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s 2014 disposal of a dead bear cub in New York City’s Central Park may have violated state law, punishable by a fine of up to $250, but the statute of limitations for the law in question expired after one
Continue ReadingCNN By Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Usha Vance, the wife of Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance, defended her husband’s previous comments deriding childless adults and downplayed his labeling of some Democratic politicians as “childless cat ladies,” calling it a “quip.” In a sit-down interview with Fox News that aired Monday, Usha Vance, a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — In Beirut, shops are open and traffic is as snarled as ever. In Tel Aviv, cafes hum with patrons and umbrellas sprout across crowded beaches. Such scenes may seem surreal in a region teetering on the edge of all-out war — and beneath the surface there is plenty
Continue ReadingPESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Thousands of supporters of Pakistan’s imprisoned former prime minister have rallied in the country’s volatile northwest to mark the first anniversary of his arrest and demand his immediate release. Monday’s protest is part of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf or PTI opposition party’s campaign aimed at pressuring the government of Prime Minister Shehbaz
Continue ReadingAssociated Press You can use cucumbers in cooked dishes, such as stir-fries or sautés, and you can obviously pickle them. But most of the time we tend to enjoy our cucumbers fresh, in salads of all stripes. Nothing beats cucumber for its cool, refreshing, hydrating crunch. One such cucumber-centric salad is an authentic Greek salad.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris, a daughter of immigrants who rose through the California political and law enforcement ranks to become the first female vice president in U.S. history, formally secured the Democratic presidential nomination on Monday — becoming the first woman of color to lead a major party ticket. More
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris, a daughter of immigrants who rose through the California political and law enforcement ranks to become the first female vice president in U.S. history, formally secured the Democratic presidential nomination on Monday — becoming the first woman of color to lead a major party ticket. More
Continue ReadingHOUSTON (AP) — A Frontier Airlines flight that had been set to go from Houston to the Dallas area last week got canceled not because of weather, but because one of its pilots got arrested. Houston police say the pilot, Seymour Walker, was arrested by officers around 4 p.m. Thursday. The arrest happened before passengers
Continue ReadingMarkets on Wall Street and in Asia are stabilizing Tuesday following a mini-panic caused by an assortment of factors that stretched from late last week through Monday. Big Techs regained favor among investors after the sell-off that had knocked billions of dollars off their market values. Calmer voices that had urged patience and said a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two special prosecutors say they plan to charge a former central Kansas police chief with obstruction of justice over his conduct following a raid of the local newspaper last year. Prosecutors also said Monday that the newspaper’s staff committed no crimes. It wasn’t clear from the prosecutors’ lengthy report
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