By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When Rep. Patrick McHenry took the House speaker’s gavel for the first time, he slammed it down with such force at adjournment that it gained viral internet attention as the defining image of a House in turmoil. But since his abrupt appointment as speaker pro tempore last
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When Rep. Patrick McHenry took the House speaker’s gavel for the first time, he slammed it down with such force at adjournment that it gained viral internet attention as the defining image of a House in turmoil. But since his abrupt appointment as speaker pro tempore last
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People across the globe are impacted by the war in Israel and that includes a Southern California woman now living in Israel whose husband is a soldier on the frontlines. News Channel 3’s Peter Daut spoke with Matana Horowitz about the tense situation there and what she wants Americans to know. Be the first to
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nick Castellanos became the first player to hit multiple homers in consecutive postseason games, leading the Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-1 win in Game 4 of their NL Division Series that knocked the 104-win Atlanta Braves out of the playoffs for the second straight year. The
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court avoided a catastrophic accident last year when an enormous piece of marble at least two feet in length crashed to the ground in an interior courtyard used by the justices and their aides, according to several Supreme Court employees. The incident, which the court
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen and Kocha Olarn, CNN Bangkok (CNN) — Like his father Chumporn and dozens of other able-bodied men from their village in northeast Thailand, Manee Jirachart moved to Israel in search of work, dreaming of a better life. Jobs were hard to come by within his rural community so when Manee found a
Continue ReadingBY AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington this summer, a few Black queer advocates spoke passionately before the main program about the ongoing struggle for LGBTQ+ rights. As some of them got up to speak, the crowd was still noticeably small. Hope Giselle, a speaker
Continue ReadingBY AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington this summer, a few Black queer advocates spoke passionately before the main program about the ongoing struggle for LGBTQ+ rights. As some of them got up to speak, the crowd was still noticeably small. Hope Giselle, a speaker
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By JOSEPH KRAUSS and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military has directed the evacuation of northern Gaza, a region that is home to 1.1 million people, within 24 hours. That’s according to a U.N. spokesman. The order, delivered to the United Nations, comes as Israel presses an offensive against Hamas militants following
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, CNN Lublin and Kostrogaj, Poland (CNN) — A few days ago, eastern Poland was basking in unseasonably warm weather. But the winters here are long and harsh, and they can arrive with little warning. It’s Friday night in Lublin, and the weather has changed. The city’s youth are out, en masse, huddled
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For the past six months, we’ve been pressing San Bernardino County officials about their handling of a powerful blizzard earlier this year. Some residents in the county’s mountain communities were left stranded for several days. “We felt really abandoned by the county,” Ellah Ronen, a Crestline resident. After declining our invitations for interviews, a county
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says it has expressed its concerns to China after assessing that the country returned an unspecified “large number” of North Koreans, including escapees, back home. Koo Byoungsam, spokesperson of South Korea’s Unification Ministry, said Seoul did not have exact information on how many
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — China has reported its exports and imports both fell in September from a year earlier as global demand remained muted. Customs data released Friday showed exports for September slid 6.2% to $299.13 billion in the fifth straight month of decline. Imports also slid 6.2%, to
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government asked a court Friday to revoke the legal status of the Unification Church after an Education Ministry investigation concluded the group for decades has systematically manipulated its followers into donating money, sowing fear and harming their families. The request submitted to the Tokyo District Court
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — More than a million people in northern Gaza have been ordered to evacuate to the south as the latest Israel-Hamas war entered its seventh day and Israel appeared to be preparing a ground offensive. Hamas, meanwhile, urged residents to stay put. The orders sent panic through civilians
Continue ReadingBy CLAUDIA LAUER, REBECCA BOONE and AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Audio of 911 calls from a deadly August wildfire released late Thursday by Maui County authorities reveals a terrifying and chaotic scene as the inferno swept through the historic town of Lahaina and people desperately tried to escape burning homes and
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nick Castellanos became the first player to hit multiple homers in consecutive postseason games, sending the Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-1 win in Game 4 of their NL Division Series that knocked the 104-win Atlanta Braves out of the playoffs for the second straight year. The
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes knows the Kansas City Chiefs’ offense is still trying to put everything together. It was evident in the way they struggled against Denver on third down Thursday night. The way they kept getting bottled up in short-yardage situations. And in how they
Continue ReadingCNN By Paul P. Murphy, Tara John, Brent Swails and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The footage is from the last two years, but it is chillingly prescient. In a December 2022 video, Hamas fighters can be seen flooding a training area, shooting rockets and capturing pretend prisoners as they surround mock Israeli buildings. The
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LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Maui County released audio of 911 calls from a deadly August wildfire on Thursday in response to a public record request from The Associated Press. The 911 audio adds another layer to what is known about the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, illustrating some of the chaos and
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