By Amir Tal, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Large crowds blocked Tel Aviv’s main highway, and roads in other Israeli cities, in response to the resignation of the city’s police chief. Ami Eshed announced his resignation from the police force late Wednesday after being sidelined by Israel’s far right national security minister, the outgoing police chief
Continue ReadingBy Amir Tal, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Large crowds blocked Tel Aviv’s main highway, and roads in other Israeli cities, in response to the resignation of the city’s police chief. Ami Eshed announced his resignation from the police force late Wednesday after being sidelined by Israel’s far right national security minister, the outgoing police chief
Continue ReadingBy KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer Tens of millions of people have quickly signed up to Meta’s new app, Threads, as it aims to compete with Twitter — a sign that users are looking for an alternative to the social media platform that has undergone a series of unpopular changes since Elon Musk bought it.
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — Three Russian fighter jets intercepted three US Air Force drones in northeastern Syria on Wednesday morning local time, according to the senior commander in charge of Air Force operations in the Middle East. Air Force Lt. Gen Alex Grynkewich described the Russian maneuver against the MQ-9 Reaper drones –
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — A passenger bus lost control and veered off a road and into a 75-foot-deep gully in southern Mexico, killing at least 29 passengers. The crash occurred early Wednesday in the largely indigenous Mixteca region of the southern state of Oaxaca. The state interior department said 29 people had died in the
Continue ReadingTROY, N.Y. (AP) — A police dog was stabbed 12 times while biting a burglary suspect in upstate New York but is expected to fully recover. The Troy Police Department says Norbi was stabbed early Wednesday morning while pursuing a man suspected of trying to break into homes in the city. Police say the Belgian
Continue ReadingBy ODED BALILTY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Thousands of protesters have blocked Tel Aviv’s main highway and major intersections across Israel, in a spontaneous outburst of anger following the ouster of the city’s popular police chief. Ami Eshed announced late Wednesday that he was leaving the Israeli police force under what he
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After some tough years post-Covid, youth tackle football is back in Madras.
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Despite experiencing heavy rainfall and a series of spring storms, the majority of Deschutes and Crook counties remain entrenched in a state of severe drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Consequently, Deschutes Basin irrigation districts are preparing for the need to curtail water as early as mid-July due to the dwindling natural flow in the Deschutes River.
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Todos los salones de belleza en Afganistán tienen un mes para cerrar y suspender sus operaciones, en una nueva medida de los líderes talibanes que siguen extendiendo su gobierno represivo sobre las mujeres, ya en gran medida están confinadas dentro de sus hogares por amplias prohibiciones para trabajar y estudiar. Mohammad Sidik
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Kelly, CNN (CNN) — Facebook has tried to compete with Twitter in numerous ways over the years, including copying signature Twitter features such as hashtags and trending topics. But now Facebook’s parent company is taking perhaps its biggest swipe at Twitter yet. Meta on Wednesday officially launched a new app called Threads, which
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz and Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Justice Department has made public more about the significant photographic and video evidence they collected last summer from Mar-a-Lago after the Trump presidency, in a newly released version of the investigative record that supported the FBI search of the resort. While the details match
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — All-Star center fielder Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels had surgery on his fractured left wrist, two days after he was injured while fouling off a pitch. Manager Phil Nevin said the surgery went well and that Trout felt great. Meanwhile, two-way All-Star Shohei Ohtani was in the lineup as
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An 18-year-old Redmond resident was arraigned Wednesday on an eight-count indictment accusing him and his father of murder in last week’s drive-by shooting that killed a 42-year-old Redmond man in the victim’s driveway.
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago White Sox All-Star Luis Robert Jr. and two-time champion Pete Alonso of the New York Mets are set to participate in baseball’s Home Run Derby in Seattle on Monday. Robert earned the top seed in an eight-player field announced Wednesday that includes Seattle’s Julio Rodríguez,
Continue ReadingPEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Pine Valley is hosting the Curtis Cup in 2024. The course regarded as America’s best will be staging an international competition for the first time in nearly 50 years. Pine Valley previously hosted the Walker Cup in 1985 and 1936. The Curtis Cup is amateur matches for women from the
Continue ReadingCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia hired Towson women’s lacrosse coach Sonia LaMonica to take over its program. Athletic director Carla Williams made the announcement Wednesday night. Lamonica replaces Julie Myers, who resigned June 21, ending a 28-year career in which she led the Cavaliers to the 2004 national championship and the postseason every season except
Continue ReadingFOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Ian Harkes is returning to Major League Soccer with the New England Revolution under Bruce Arena, who coached his father at the University of Virginia and with the U.S. national team. New England signed the 28-year-old midfielder to a contract for the rest of the season and the deal includes a
Continue ReadingNORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Country music star Toby Keith was back on stage over the Fourth of July weekend with his first shows since revealing last summer that he had been fighting stomach cancer. Hundreds attended the native Oklahoman’s pop-up concerts Friday and Saturday night in Norman, where he lives, The Oklahoman reports. He performed
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff’s Senate campaign said Wednesday that the California Democrat had raised $8.1 million over the past three months, a period that includes his recent censure by the Republican-led House. His team said that was a record for a Senate campaign for
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