By Ivana Kottasová and Lauren Izso, CNN Dead Sea, Israel (CNN) — People from Be’eri sometimes used to say the reason the Israeli kibbutz was so close to the Gaza Strip was because otherwise, it would be too perfect. “It was a joke, something we used to say because Be’eri is so beautiful. It’s the
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer A majority of Americans support higher pay for auto workers who are on strike against Detroit’s big three carmakers, although approval of the workers’ other demands is more mixed, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The poll found that 36% of Americans
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation in the United States likely eased again last month, though the decline might have slowed since summer, a reminder that the outsize price pressures of the past two years will take more time to cool. Thursday’s consumer inflation data could bolster — or undercut —
Continue ReadingBy INDRAJIT SINGH Associated Press PATNA, India (AP) — A passenger train has derailed in eastern India, killed at least four passengers and injuring dozens. All 21 coaches of the North-East Express Train derailed near a railroad station in Bihar state late Wednesday. Two of the coaches overturned. Local residents rushed to the scene and
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A 21-year-old man who broke into the Cabazon Outlets Mall, stealing thousands of dollars worth of goods with several associates, pleaded guilty today to burglary, as well as a charge in a separate case, and was immediately sentenced to two years in state prison. Reginald Bernard Mitchell admitted the burglary count, along with firearm
Continue ReadingBy DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Houston Astros gathered in the clubhouse with their bottles and goggles to toast another postseason victory, when manager Dusty Baker called Justin Verlander forward to lead the celebration. “I’m doing the World Series!” Baker said. “You do this one!” Verlander, after a profanity-punctuated speech that
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The numbers were drawn Wednesday night for an estimated $1.73 billion Powerball jackpot that ranks as the world’s second-largest lottery prize. The winning numbers announced were: 22, 24, 40, 52, 64 and the Powerball 10. The largest lottery jackpot ever was a $2.04 billion Powerball won
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Gabriel Moreno left Game 3 of the NL Division Series in the fifth inning because of a bruised right hand on Wednesday night. The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Chris Taylor fouled off a bunt attempt while batting against Joe Mantiply. Moreno took the foul
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his record governing the nation for four years without any new wars, and criticized President Joe Biden’s foreign policy as the world watches a war that has already claimed 2,300 lives unfold in Gaza, ignited by Hamas’ attack on
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Nets coach Jacque Vaughn says their opponent from Israel still wants to play an exhibition game Thursday night in Brooklyn, days after the country was attacked by Hamas militants. Maccabi Ra’anana will be opening a three-game tour against NBA teams. Nets center Nic Claxton questioned Wednesday after practice whether the game
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A seventh person has been arrested on murder charges in the death of a South Korean woman whose body was found decaying in a car trunk in suburban Atlanta. Police arrested Mihee Lee, 54, on Wednesday. She’s the mother of three others already accused of murder in
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has arrived in South Korea in a demonstration of strength against North Korea. South Korea’s Defense Ministry says the USS Ronald Reagan and its battle group came on Thursday, after participating in a trilateral South Korean-U.S.-Japanese maritime exercise earlier this
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Diamondbacks became the first team to hit four home runs in a postseason inning when Geraldo Perdomo, Ketel Marte, Christian Walker and Gabriel Moreno went deep off the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Lance Lynn in NL Division Series Game 3 on Wednesday night. Arizona, which won the first two games at
Continue ReadingBy Shawn Nottingham, CNN (CNN) — Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who admitted to faking her own kidnapping, has been found guilty of two misdemeanor charges related to the case, according to CNN affiliates WBMA and WVTM. Russell had pleaded not guilty to one count of false reporting to law enforcement authorities and one count
Continue ReadingBy Kayla Tausche and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration is set to announce new measures to raise the cost of Russia’s attempts to skirt a limit set on the price for its oil, senior administration officials told CNN, as the West aims to enforce more strictly a price cap first introduced nearly
Continue ReadingBy DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — José Abreu homered for the third time in two games, a two-run rocket in the fourth inning that launched the Houston Astros to their seventh straight AL Championship Series appearance with a 3-2 win that eliminated the Minnesota Twins in Game 4 of their AL Division
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A local family is mourning the loss of their loved one killed in the Hamas Attacks in Israel. They received the tragic news Tuesday night that their 20-year-old nephew’s body had been found after he went missing on Saturday. “He was amazing, great, great boy, was only 20 years old, he finished his school and
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has honored a former defense secretary whose high-profile arrest in the U.S. three years ago strained relations between the two countries. General Salvador Cienfuegos was charged with ties to a international drug trafficking network in October 2020. After he was returned to Mexico for investigation, all charges were dropped
Continue ReadingCNN By Chris Boyette and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — The woman who authorities say fled to Costa Rica and was missing for more than a month after allegedly killing an elite professional cyclist in Texas attempted to escape custody on Wednesday, authorities said. Kaitlin Marie Armstrong is accused of fatally shooting Anna Moriah “Mo”
Continue ReadingBy EBRAHIM NOROOZI and RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press CHAHAK, Afghanistan (AP) — Another strong earthquake has shaken western Afghanistan days after one of the most destructive quakes in the country’s recent history. Saturday’s temblors killed more than 2,000 people and flattened whole villages in Herat province. Wednesday’s magnitude 6.3 earthquake was centered about 17 miles
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