By Alex Marquardt, Kaitlan Collins, Oren Liebermann, Michael Conte, Sana Noor Haq, Eric Bradner and Eva Rothenberg, CNN (CNN) — Hamas released two American hostages, Judith Tai Raanan and her 17-year-old daughter, Natalie Raanan, on Friday nearly two weeks after launching a deadly attack in Israel and abducting around 200 people. The US citizens were
Continue ReadingCHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey father has filed a federal lawsuit to block a state policy that prevents schools from outing transgender students to their parents. Frederick Short Jr. filed the suit Oct. 12 in federal court. His three children attend Cherry Hill High School. He argues that the policy violates his
Continue ReadingBy Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — The mysterious man pulled up outside the Red Rock Resort and Casino in a pickup truck covered with trash bags. Wearing dark clothing, black latex gloves and a mask over his face, he walked up to the cashier’s cage and demanded money, his hand tucked into his pocket as
Continue ReadingBy LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been a month since a Maryland man became the second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig –- and hospital video released Friday shows he’s working hard to recover. Lawrence Faucette was dying from heart failure and ineligible for a traditional heart transplant
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — All Hands and Hearts makes a promise in big letters on the front page of its website: “95 cents of every dollar is spent on our programs.” The Massachusetts-based disaster relief nonprofit, like so many charitable organizations have for decades, feels the pressure to operate as
Continue ReadingARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A national Muslim civil rights group is moving its annual banquet out of a Virginia hotel it says received bomb and death threats. The Council on American-Islamic Relations says it will relocate its annual banquet Saturday from the Marriott Crystal Gateway in Arlington. CAIR says the hotel reported anonymous callers have
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Friday released a sweeping set of proposals to bolster Israel and Ukraine in the midst of two wars as well as invest more in domestic defense manufacturing, humanitarian assistance and managing the influx of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyer Kenneth Chesebro pleaded guilty to a felony on Friday just as jury selection was getting underway in his trial on charges accusing him of participating in efforts to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election in Georgia. Chesebro, who was charged alongside Trump and 17
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union says President Shawn Fain will update members on progress in contract talks with Detroit’s three automakers as General Motors increased its wage offer. In a statement, GM said it made an offer on Friday with substantial movement in all key areas.
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America Three men who each spent 36 years in prison for a high-profile killing they did not commit are going to get $48 million from Baltimore. It’s the largest settlement in Maryland history. The Baltimore Board of Estimates’ approval of the payout brings an end to a federal lawsuit
Continue ReadingSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An employee with the Illinois comptroller’s office has been fired after she posted vulgar antisemitic comments on social media during an exchange about the latest Israel-Hamas war. A spokesperson for Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza said in a statement Thursday that the employee was “immediately fired” after she admitted to some of
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Many Nigerians are remembering the victims of the historic protests in 2020 against police brutality, with Amnesty International reporting that at least 15 of the protesters are still being detained and tortured. A group held a rally in Lagos to commemorate the third anniversary of the
Continue ReadingRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Police in Brazil conducted searches and made two arrests in an investigation targeting members of the country’s intelligence agency who were suspected of using spy technology to track cellphones without judicial authorization. Brazilian media reported that officials at the Brazilian Intelligence Agency, which is known by its Portuguese acronym ABIN,
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press ONJUKU, Japan (AP) — Scientists from the U.N. nuclear agency have watched Japanese lab workers prepare samples of fish collected at a seafood market near the Fukushima nuclear plant to test the safety of treated radioactive wastewater released from the damaged plant into the sea. The discharge of wastewater began
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Friday released a sweeping set of proposals to bolster Israel and Ukraine in the midst of two wars as well as invest more in domestic defense manufacturing, humanitarian assistance and managing the influx of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI, STEPHEN GROVES and KEVING FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Jim Jordan failed badly Friday on a third ballot for the House speaker’s gavel, rejected by even more Republicans from the conservative mainstream who warned the hard-edged ally of Donald Trump that no threats or promises could win their
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — A top Chinese envoy says that China and Russia share the same position on the Palestinian issue and plan to try to work together to cool the situation and help establish a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians. China’s special envoy to the Middle East spoke after a meeting Thursday in
Continue ReadingKINGSTON, N.Y. (AP) — Officials say two hospitals in New York have been hit with a cyberattack and are diverting patients to other facilities. The cyberattack affected computer systems at HealthAlliance Hospital in Kingston along with Margaretville Hospital and Mountainside Residential Care Center, all part of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network. The health care
Continue ReadingCNN By Clare Foran, Melanie Zanona, Haley Talbot and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans are once again scrambling with no clear path to elect a new speaker after voting to push Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan out of the race, the latest sign of the chaos and divisions that have engulfed the majority party
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN and PAN PYLAS Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Gale-force winds and floods have struck several countries in northern Europe as the region endures more heavy rain that forecasters say will continue into the weekend. At least three people have been reported dead, two in Scotland and one in England. A
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