By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli strike early Thursday on a school-turned-shelter in central Gaza that the military said was being used as a “Hamas compound” killed at least 30 people, including five children, according to local health officials. The strike came after the military
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Nolan Schanuel and Zach Neto homered as the Los Angeles Angels completed a three-game sweep of San Diego with a 3-2 victory Wednesday night after Padres star Manny Machado left with a leg injury. The Padres announced after the game Machado suffered a strained right
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press SOUTH HEBRON HILLS, West Bank (AP) — More than a dozen Israeli settlers — as well as two affiliated farms and four groups — have been targeted by international sanctions over accusations of attacks and harassment against Palestinians in the West Bank. The measures are meant as
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — Prosecutors are planning a major announcement in the Gilgo Beach serial killings as the prime suspect in the case is set to appear in criminal court on Long Island. Architect Rex Heuermann returns to court Thursday, just days after police resumed searching his home and a
Continue ReadingBy VALERIE GONZALEZ and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press DULZURA, Calif. (AP) — Abigail Castillo was about to cross the U.S. border illegally when she heard President Joe Biden was halting asylum. She continued anyway, walking hours through the mountains east of San Diego with her toddler son, hoping it wasn’t too late. “I heard that
Continue ReadingBy VALERIE GONZALEZ and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press DULZURA, Calif. (AP) — Abigail Castillo was about to cross the U.S. border illegally when she heard President Joe Biden was halting asylum. She continued anyway, walking hours through the mountains east of San Diego with her toddler son, hoping it wasn’t too late. “I heard that
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press SOUTH HEBRON HILLS, West Bank (AP) — For weeks after being sanctioned by the United States, Yinon Levi struggled to pay the bills, living at his farming outpost atop a hill in the occupied West Bank. But the Israeli settler’s problems didn’t last. When the banks froze
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, RANDALL CHASE, COLLEEN LONG and MIKE CATALINI Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jurors in Hunter Biden’s criminal trial got a look at the .38 caliber Colt revolver he bought back in October 2018. They saw Form 4473, the firearms transaction record at the center of the case. And they’re hearing testimony
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama and Somalia were set to get seats on the U.N. Security Council in a secret ballot Thursday in the General Assembly. The 193-member world body is scheduled to vote to elect five countries to serve two-year terms on the council. The
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa is in a moment of deep soul-searching after an election that brought a jarring split from the African National Congress, the very party that gave it freedom and democracy 30 years ago. In the days after rejecting what was once the country’s
Continue ReadingBy ERIC HE Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Joey Estes took a perfect game into the seventh inning, Mason Miller had a five-out save and the Oakland Athletics beat the Seattle Mariners 2-1 on Wednesday night. The A’s, who have dropped three straight series, can snap the skid with a victory Thursday. The Mariners
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, two Republican members of a county canvassing board last month refused to sign off on the results of an election that led to the recall of three GOP members of the county commission. They did so only after state officials warned them it
Continue ReadingBy VERDA SUBZWARI Associated Press The image shows tents in a camp, highlighted to spell out one single phrase: “All Eyes on Rafah.” It has been shared more than 50 million times. A single image, not even an authentic photograph, is the focus of a singular campaign on Instagram that has caught the attention of
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Ahmed Othman isn’t on TikTok and doesn’t want to be. He and his younger sister got iPhones when they were in eighth and seventh grade respectively, but with no social media, just iMessage. Their parents, who are both computer scientists, spent the next year teaching them about social media,
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands on Thursday kicks off four days of voting in European Union parliamentary elections across the 27 member states that are expected to deliver gains for the hard right. The Netherlands is the only EU country to start its polling so early, followed by
Continue ReadingBy Luke McGee, CNN (CNN) — One of the world’s largest democratic exercises is underway, with some 373 million people across the European Union eligible to vote in elections for the next European Parliament. Voters in the 27 nations of the EU head to the polls from Thursday to Sunday to elect 720 members of
Continue ReadingBy Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN Washington (CNN) — Donald Trump hasn’t shown much interest in reaching out to Republicans who think he’s an existential threat. But Thursday, on the 80th anniversary of D-Day, President Joe Biden will take the first step in trying to win over voters his campaign believes could be the Holy Grail for them in the election,
Continue ReadingBy WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes wanted to throw Shohei Ohtani something other than a fastball. Only, he couldn’t. None of Skenes’ breaking stuff had really worked during his warmup, so the Pittsburgh Pirates rookie stared in at arguably the most dangerous hitter in baseball during the first inning Wednesday
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — A major bridge in Charleston, South Carolina, was temporarily closed Wednesday afternoon after a crew lost control of a large container ship after it left port. The US Coast Guard was alerted to an “out of control vessel” in the Cooper River around 12:17 p.m. Wednesday,
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A Desert Hot Springs resident suspected of taking part in a car-to-car shooting in a Palm Desert mall parking lot in 2023 must stand trial on attempted murder and other charges, a judge ruled today. Daniel Joseph Santacroce previously pleaded not guilty to four felony counts of attempted murder and one felony count each of
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