By Alayna Treene, Daniel Strauss and Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — When former President Donald Trump returned to New Hampshire on Saturday, he was eager to continue leveraging the Israel-Hamas war to draw a contrast with President Joe Biden, his likely 2024 general election opponent. Trump’s speech in Claremont focused on delivering peace through strength,
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA GOODMAN, ALAN SUDERMAN and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press ELLWOOD CITY, Pa. (AP) — When a health care startup dreamed of building a network of rural hospitals several years ago, it turned to Jim Biden. Although he wasn’t a public health consultant or a medical expert, Jim Biden was the brother of Joe Biden,
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT and MARTA FIORIN Associated Press YPRES, Belgium (AP) — People around the globe are remembering the slaughter and losses from four years of fighting during World War I just over a century ago that was supposed to amount to “the war to end all wars.” Yet the rumble of tanks and the
Continue ReadingBy MELINA WALLING, AMANDA LOMAN and BROOKE HERBERT Associated Press MOUNT ANGEL, Ore. (AP) — On a bright day this fall, tractors crisscrossed Gayle Goschie’s farm about an hour outside Portland, Oregon. Goschie is in the beer business — a fourth-generation hops farmer. Fall is the off-season, when the trellises are bare, but recently, her
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi and Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of pro-Palestinan protesters snarled Manhattan traffic and curtailed people’s access to Grand Central Terminal as they demonstrated in New York City on Friday night, in part demanding a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. Demonstrators, some waving Palestinian flags and holding signs with messages such as
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has forcibly removed from office the bishop of Tyler, Texas. Bishop Joseph Strickland is a conservative who is active on social media and has been a fierce critic of the pontiff and some of his priorities. A one-line statement from the Vatican on Saturday said
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials said Russian forces targeted Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, as part of an overnight bombardment felt across the country. A ballistic missile was shot down as it approached the Ukrainian capital, the first attempted missile on Kyiv in almost two months, said the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, Serhii
Continue ReadingBy KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — The husband of a Russian-American journalist working for a U.S. government-funded media company who is detained in Russia has called for her speedy release. Alsu Kurmacheva’s husband Pavel Butorin told The Associated Press in an interview Friday that the couple was due to celebrate their 21st anniversary
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Palestinian supporters marched peacefully through central London on Saturday, even as right-wing counter-protesters clashed with police, after a week of angry debate over whether to permit the demonstration on a day when Britain honored its war dead. The day unfolded amid a backdrop of tensions fueled by
Continue ReadingBy SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — One year since Ukraine retook the city of Kherson from occupying Russian forces, residents have grown accustomed to the sounds of bombs reminding them that the war is far from over. Marking the anniversary of Russia’s defeat on Nov. 11 is a bittersweet occasion, many residents
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops and Hamas gunmen battled Saturday outside Gaza ‘s largest hospital where frantic doctors said the last generator had run out of fuel, causing the death of a premature baby and four other patients. Thousands of war-wounded, medical staff and
Continue ReadingZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia’s defense minister has been seriously injured in a car crash in which another person died. Officials say that the accident happened around 6 a.m. Saturday on a road in eastern Croatia. They say the 44-year-old defense minister, Mario Banozic, was driving a car that was in collision with a van.
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Lane Murdock sometimes finds herself preemptively looking for emergency exits even though she now lives and studies in a country where mass shootings are rare. More than five years after leading a national student walkout following the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the 21-year-old from Connecticut occasionally
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — A military court in Myanmar has sentenced a general who until recently was a senior member of the country’s ruling council to five years in prison for abusing his authority and taking bribes. The state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper said Lt. Gen. Soe Htut abused his rank and authority by
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and DAVID RISING Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s prime minister pushed back Saturday against growing calls from Western allies to do more to protect Palestinian civilians, as troops closed in on Gaza’s largest hospital that Israel claims is Hamas’ main command post but still hosts thousands
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — No. 2 Michigan headed into the biggest game of its season at No. 9 Penn State on Saturday, a monster matchup with Big Ten and national championship implications, with a major question mark. Whether Wolverines coach Jim Harbaugh will be leading his
Continue ReadingBy Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A man accused of driving an SUV into a group of law enforcement recruits who were on a training run last year in Southern California has been charged in connection to the crash that left one trainee dead and others injured, prosecutors said. Nicholas Joseph Gutierrez, 23, faces two counts
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Even NBA star LeBron James is relishing the chance to tease Michigan over its college football sign-stealing scandal. The 19-time All-Star took a light-hearted swipe at the Wolverines and coach Jim Harbaugh in the aftermath of the Los Angeles Lakers’ win over the Phoenix Suns on
Continue ReadingBy Teele Rebane and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Iceland has declared a state of emergency, with police officials urging residents to evacuate the coastal town of Grindavík following an intense wave of earthquakes in the southwest of the country linked to a possible volcanic eruption. Nearly 800 quakes were recorded between midnight and 2
Continue Readingby DANIEL SHAILER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials have imposed severe, monthslong cuts to Mexico City’s water supply just a month after initial restrictions were ordered as drought dries the capital’s reservoirs. Authorities announced the moves at a news conference Friday, but did not report the cuts on social media until just
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