By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The New York Times is reporting that Israel knew about Hamas battle plans to attack southern Israel over a year before the Oct. 7 operation took place, but dismissed them as “aspirational.” The Times said Friday that Israeli officials were in possession of a 40-page battle plan,
Continue ReadingBy Ryan Young, Pamela Kirkland and Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — On a Tuesday night in January, five sheriff’s deputies from Rankin County, Mississippi, and a police officer from a neighboring department forced their way into the home where Eddie Parker and Michael Jenkins were living in Braxton, Mississippi. The six White law enforcement officers called themselves the “Goon Squad,”
Continue ReadingBUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Tens of thousands of people in Romania’s capital have watched a military parade that included troops from NATO allies to mark the country’s national day. The annual parade was held at the Arc de Triomphe in Bucharest and saw thousands of soldiers march together and dozens of combat jets and helicopters
Continue ReadingBy KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The warm ties India and the United States have built are being tested after US prosecutors accused an Indian official of orchestrating an alleged assassination plot in New York City. This is the second time in months India has been accused of carrying out a murder
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, JACK JEFFERY and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s war with Hamas erupted again Friday, as airstrikes hit houses and buildings in the Gaza Strip minutes after a weeklong truce expired. Health authorities in the besieged territory reported dozens of Palestinians killed and Israel dropped leaflets over
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has proposed new rules that could make it harder for electric vehicles to qualify for a full $7,500 federal tax credit. The rules announced Friday could complicate efforts to meet President Joe Biden’s goal that half of new passenger vehicles sold in the U.S. run
Continue ReadingKAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A 70-year-old woman in Uganda has given birth to twins after receiving fertility treatment, making her one of the world’s oldest new mothers. Safina Namukwaya gave birth to a boy and a girl on Wednesday via cesarean section at the hospital in the capital Kampala where she had been receiving in
Continue ReadingKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban government’s new ambassador to China has arrived in Beijing. It is the first time Afghanistan’s rulers have officially sent an ambassador to another country since returning to power more than two years ago. No country recognizes the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan but some, including China, have
Continue ReadingBy ZIMO ZHONG and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street is mixed early Friday after closing out the best month of the year. Futures for the S&P 500 edged 0.2% lower before the bell while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were essentially flat. Markets marched steadily higher through much of November as
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will face two delicate tasks when she attends a climate summit this weekend in Dubai. She’ll be trying to demonstrate U.S. environmental leadership despite President Joe Biden’s absence from the annual gathering on climate change. And she’ll meet with regional
Continue ReadingBy Arlette Saenz and Donald Judd, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden is preparing for a fundraising sprint with at least nine high-dollar fundraisers in early to mid-December, a source familiar with the events told CNN, as the deadline for the final fundraising quarter looms at month’s end. The push, which includes two events
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press KALAUPAPA, Hawaii (AP) — Kalaupapa beckoned to Kyong Son Toyofuku. She had long prayed to visit the hard-to-reach Hawaiian peninsula, trapped by its deep-green, sheer sea cliffs and rugged, black rock shores that glisten under the Pacific’s pristine waters. As a daily Mass-going Catholic devoted to Saint Damien of
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta and Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — Hamas’ surprise attack on October 7 left Israel flat-footed, sparking a backlash that is still rippling through the country. The operation saw at least 1,500 Hamas fighters pour across the border into Israel, in an assault that killed at least 1,200 Israelis, while others are still
Continue ReadingCNN Opinion by Bill Carter (CNN) — Every televised political debate is followed immediately by a question: Who won? Last night’s debate on Fox News between two governors with presidential aspirations — either declared or implied for the future — also led quickly to a second question: What was the point? The principals were Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis,
Continue ReadingBy KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says his government is not prepared to “review its goals” in Ukraine in a blunt and confrontational message to Western leaders on a rare trip to a NATO member state. Lavrov spoke on Friday. The participants at
Continue ReadingBy KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says his government is not prepared to “review its goals” in Ukraine in a blunt and confrontational message to Western leaders on a rare trip to a NATO member state. Lavrov spoke on Friday. The participants at
Continue ReadingBy KEN MORITSUGU and DIDI TANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Official China called Henry Kissinger “an old friend.” A commentator likened him to a giant panda, a goodwill ambassador between two countries that have been at odds more often than not over the decades. Kissinger, who died Wednesday, developed a special relationship with China
Continue ReadingBy MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — An official says the Cyprus government and U.S. energy company Chevron have reached a deal on how to develop the Aphrodite gas field, the first to be discovered under the seafloor off Cyprus. It’s estimated to hold 4.2 trillion cubic feet of gas. The Cypriot official
Continue ReadingBy Rikki Klaus, CNN (CNN) — On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks boarded a city bus after work in Montgomery, Alabama, and sat down. As the bus filled with passengers, the driver demanded the 42-year-old seamstress move further back into the segregated Black section of the bus so a White man could have her seat. Parks famously refused.
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An attorney for the billionaire Haslam family has called the bribery allegations from Warren Buffett’s company a “wild invention.” But a judge didn’t decide immediately whether those allegations will be resolved at a January trial that will help determine the multibillion-dollar price Berkshire Hathaway might
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