By ISABEL DEBRE, SAMYA KULLAB and MOHAMMED JAHJOUH Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The morgue at Gaza’s biggest hospital, Shifa in Gaza City, is overflowing on the sixth day of heavy aerial bombardment on the territory of 2.3 million people. Scores of Palestinians are being crushed each day in the rubble from
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Cuando se enteró de que combatientes de Hamas estaban atacando un festival de música al que asistiría su familia, Ben Ovadia rezó el Kaddish, la oración judía por los muertos, por su madre. “No sabía qué hacer. Dije que por favor la mataran porque sería mejor que ser secuestrada”, dijo Ovadia,
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn, CNN New York (CNN) — Artificial intelligence could soon be writing more company emails in Microsoft Outlook, as the company expands its rollout of AI tools for corporate users. The Microsoft 365 Copilot tool – “your everyday AI companion,” as the company bills it – will help users write their emails to
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors on Thursday announced an additional charge against New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife, alleging they conspired to have the senator act as a foreign agent of Egypt. The superseding indictment filed against Menendez, who was chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at the
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Glenn Gordon Caron said that while his friend Bruce Willis can no longer communicate in all the same ways, he knows Willis is happy about his show “Moonlighting” finally coming to streaming. Caron, who was a creator of the show in which Willis starred in during the 1980s,
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden had been to Dachau, the infamous concentration camp in Germany, several times before, but he sensed changes when he visited as vice president with a teenaged granddaughter. “It seemed as though things had been rearranged to make visitors less uncomfortable,” he recalled in a memoir
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — ‘Tis the season for concert films! Taylor Swift and Beyoncé are releasing filmed versions of their über-successful summer tours (Eras and “Renaissance,” respectively), and Talking Heads’ seminal concert movie, “Stop Making Sense,” recently received a theatrical rerelease nearly 40 years after its premiere. Demand is clearly high: Swift’s movie,
Continue ReadingBy Scott Glover, Curt Devine, Majlie de Puy Kamp and Scott Bronstein, CNN (CNN) — Iran has loomed large as one of Hamas’ most generous financial backers, providing the militant group crucial resources it needs to carry out acts of terrorism. But investigators in the US and across the globe have identified another revenue source
Continue ReadingBy NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s former agriculture minister has been arrested by the country’s anti-graft commission on accusations of bribery, abuse of power and fraud. Syahrul Yasin Limpo resigned his position as agriculture minister last week to focus on the impending legal proceedings against him. He was formally named as
Continue ReadingORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A ruling prohibiting the enforcement of a new Florida law targeting drag shows will stay in place for the time being. A panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s granting of a preliminary injunction stopping the law from being enforced until a trial
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has unleashed a broad spate of conspiracy theories, arguing that the 1994 assassination of a Mexico presidential candidate was a government-sponsored killing. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador did not provide any specific evidence for the accusation of state involvement in the killing of ruling party candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio.
Continue ReadingBy Hope Dean Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — As police added one suspect to the list in a Gwinnett County murder case, an attorney is trying to clear another suspect’s name. In September, police arrested six people, one of whom is 15, in connection to a body found in
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Authorities in Britain say a Kenya Airways plane from Nairobi bound for London’s Heathrow Airport has been intercepted by air force fighter jets and diverted to land at Stansted airport because of a potential security threat. But the Essex Police force says that officers have established that there was “nothing of concern”
Continue ReadingBy Evan Sobol and Eliza Kruczynski Click here for updates on this story MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut (WFSB) — A video that circulated on social media showed a Middletown couple make racist remarks to landscapers, the city’s mayor said. The video was sent to Channel 3 earlier this week. “I was thinking that she was going to
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Mortgage rates climbed for the fifth consecutive week Thursday, following recent jobs and inflation reports that surged past forecasts and set expectations that decades-high interest rates could stay higher for longer. The persistently higher mortgage rates are putting added strain on today’s would-be homebuyers who are also
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Un avión que transporta a 110 ciudadanos colombianos despegó de Tel Aviv, anunció este jueves el Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de Colombia en un comunicado. Los pasajeros cambiarán de avión en Lisboa, Portugal, antes de llegar a Colombia, señaló en el comunicado. El Gobierno colombiano seguirá coordinando los esfuerzos para evacuar a
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The International Monetary Fund says Middle East economies are gradually recovering as external shocks from the war in Ukraine and global inflation fade. But the escalating war between Israel and the Hamas militant group could dampen the outlook, especially if other regional actors join the battle. The IMF said
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s top human rights body has agreed to renew the work of an independent expert who has reported on deteriorating human rights conditions in Russia after President Vladimir Putin launched all-out war on Ukraine last year. The Human Rights Council on Thursday voted 18 to 7, with 22 abstentions, to extend
Continue ReadingBy MELISSA MURPHY AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Billie Jean King is still globetrotting in support of more investment and equity in women’s sports. She attended the Women’s World Cup in Australia, kicked off the player draft for the new women’s professional hockey league in Toronto and is opening an office in London
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s government is warning citizens to beware of a disinformation campaign after some people got fake messages saying the ruling party was offering free funerals for pensioners. The country is facing a crucial national election on Sunday, and the fake messages and the warnings come as
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