By MANUEL RUEDA and ASTRID SUAREZ Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Escalating tensions between Colombia and Israel over the Gaza war could undo decades of close military ties between them and hamper Colombia’s ability to fight drug traffickers and rebels, security analysts say. Israel has been one of Colombia’s main suppliers of war planes,
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Travis King, the US Army private who fled to North Korea in July, has been charged by the Army with desertion, among other crimes, according to a charging document seen by CNN Thursday. King, who was released from North Korean custody and returned to the United States last month,
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — José Abreu hit a three-run homer right after Yordan Alvarez’s tiebreaking sacrifice fly, and the Houston Astros pulled even in the AL Championship Series with a 10-3 victory over the Texas Rangers in Game 4. The Astros led 3-0 only four batters into the game.
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 that may be linked to the group’s concern for Palestinians caught in the Israel-Hamas war. The Council on American-Islamic Relations says it has canceled plans to hold its
Continue ReadingBy Carlos Suarez and Denise Royal, CNN (CNN) — Private colleges and universities in Florida must now comply with a rule requiring students and faculty to use bathroom and changing facilities aligned with their sex assigned at birth. The Florida Board of Education voted Wednesday to expand the rule – already in effect at the
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Israel’s war with Palestinian militant group Hamas has sparked a fierce debate on China’s tightly controlled social media, driving a wedge between those who support Israel’s right to retaliate and a variety of pro-Palestinian voices – including a surge in antisemitic views. Many in China have been
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN HALL Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Pierre-Luc Dubois scored twice within 12 seconds in the first period, and Cam Talbot stopped 29 shots in the Los Angeles Kings’ 7-3 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night. Dubois scored for the second straight game, giving him three goals in four games
Continue ReadingBy CNN staff (CNN) — President Joe Biden made the case for continued US aid to Ukraine and Israel in a primetime address from the Oval Office Thursday. Read a transcript of his delivered remarks here: Good evening, my fellow Americans. We’re facing an inflection point in history. One of those moments where the decisions
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“There’s just so many horror stories. And they all hit very close to home,” said Carmel Ederi, a local resident who survived the Hamas terrorist attack. Carmel Ederi and her husband Yosi say they are grateful to be alive and back home in the Coachella Valley after being trapped in a warzone. “We are still
Continue ReadingBy Paula Newton, Sania Farooqui and Sophie Jeong, CNN Ottawa (CNN) — Canada has withdrawn 41 diplomats and their families from India after New Delhi threatened to revoke their diplomatic immunity amid a deepening dispute over the assassination of a Sikh activist. The move follows a series of tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions between the two countries
Continue ReadingWATERTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — A state of emergency has been issued in a northern New York county where the Fort Drum U.S. Army base is located, following a major water main break that has theft tens of thousands without water. Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado said Thursday that 32,000 gallons of drinking water from six of
Continue ReadingBy LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A rapidly intensifying blaze that engulfed multiple rowhouses in northwest Baltimore late Thursday afternoon left one firefighter dead and four others injured, city officials said. The injured firefighters sustained varying degrees of burns and are receiving medical treatment, officials said at a news conference Thursday night outside
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An Army private who fled to North Korea before being returned home to the United States last month has been detained by the U.S. military, two officials said Thursday night, and is facing charges including desertion and possessing sexual images of a child.
Continue ReadingTOPPENISH, Wash. (AP) — Police say a 19-year-old man shot four people in central Washington state, killing three of them, and then killed himself. Toppenish Police Chief John Clary says a 13-year-old boy, an 18-year-old woman and a 21-year-old woman were shot and killed at a house in Toppenish around 5 a.m. Thursday. Clary says
Continue ReadingPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s national police say a former justice official considered one of the main suspects in the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in 2021 has been arrested. Joseph Badio once worked for the Ministry of Justice and at the government’s anti-corruption unit until he was fired for alleged ethics violations weeks
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Declaring that U.S. leadership “holds the world together,” President Joe Biden told Americans on Thursday night the country must deepen its support of Ukraine and Israel in the middle of two vastly different, unpredictable and bloody wars. Acknowledging that “these conflicts can seem
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMYA KULLAB and RAVI NESSMAN Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel pounded the Gaza Strip with airstrikes Thursday, including in the south where Palestinians were told to take refuge, as the Israeli defense minister ordered ground troops to prepare to see Gaza “from the inside”, though he didn’t indicate
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — The trial has started for parents accused of starving a boy to death nearly three years ago in Washington state. Prosecutors in opening statements this week said 15-year-old Karreon Franks weighed 61 pounds (27.67 kilograms) when he died from starvation and neglect, The Columbian reported. Felicia Adams, 54, and Jesse Franks,
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The government of France has bestowed a further honor on Atlanta’s Andrew Young. French Ambassador Laurent Bili promoted Young to an officer in France’s Legion of Honor on Thursday in Atlanta. The 91-year-old Young is the former mayor of Atlanta, ambassador to the United Nations under President
Continue ReadingBy Dan Berman (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday struck back at Donald Trump’s attempt to dismiss his federal election interference case based on “presidential immunity,” saying no such protection from criminal liability exists for former presidents. Trump, Smith wrote, is trying to put himself on Mt. Rushmore. “In staking his claim, he
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