By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Bets against the value of Israeli companies spiked in the days before the October 7th Hamas attacks, suggesting some traders may have had advance knowledge of the looming terror attack and profited off it, according to new research released Monday. The preliminary research, which hasn’t been peer
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Protesters marching in Philadelphia against the bombardment of Gaza chanted about genocide Sunday outside an Israeli-style restaurant, leading Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro to call the demonstration “antisemitic.” In Philadelphia’s Center City and University City neighborhoods, hundreds of people marched to criticize Israel’s military actions in Gaza, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Another strong atmospheric river is set to barrel into the Northwest late Monday and dump over half a foot of rain on the already soaked region, setting off a significant flood threat. Monday’s storm is the latest in a seemingly never-ending train of atmospheric rivers slamming the region,
Continue ReadingBy JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The United States has imposed sanctions on three Sudanese individuals accused of undermining “peace, security and stability” in the conflict-stricken African nation. The sanctions imposed by the Department of the Treasury on Monday block all property and entities owned by Taha Osman Ahmed al-Hussein, Salah Abdallah Mohamed
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A female tourist from Boston was killed Monday by a shark while paddleboarding in the Bahamas, police told reporters. The victim, who was not identified, was attacked less than a mile off the western end of New Providence island, where the capital, Nassau, is
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — La ajedrecista Vaishali Rameshbabu siguió la tradición familiar al conquistar el pasado viernes el título de gran maestra. Vaishali, de 22 años, se coronó como la tercera mujer de la India que logra este reconocimiento. Sin embargo, no es la primera de su familia. Su hermano, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, es de hecho uno
Continue ReadingBy LISA RATHKE Associated Press More than $950,000 has been raised for the recovery of one of the three college students of Palestinian descent who was shot in Vermont and is currently paralyzed from the chest down, according to a GoFundMe page set up by his family. One of the bullets that hit Hisham Awartani
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Niger’s junta has scrapped two key military agreements that the West African nation signed with the European Union to help fight violence in Africa’s Sahel region. Niger’s foreign affairs ministry made the announcement on Monday as senior government officials and a visiting Russian delegation discussed defense
Continue ReadingBy ‘A’ali’i Dukelow Click here for updates on this story MAUI, HAWAI’I (KITV) — 73-year-old Primrose Loebl is one of thousands displaced by the Lahaina fire who fears she could end up homeless. But as she searches for housing she is also navigating another challenge — cancer. Shortly after Loebl was diagnosed with stage 3
Continue ReadingBy Jason Morris and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — One of Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the Georgia election subversion case, Trevian Kutti, posted a video to Instagram last month in which she appeared to make disparaging remarks about a witness in the case. The Fulton County district attorney’s office is now considering whether to try to get
Continue ReadingBy Sam Fossum, CNN Washington (CNN) — US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday announced a new Counter-Fentanyl Strike Force to crack down on the illicit financial networks supporting the cartels and drug traffickers that help funnel the drug into the United States. The new strike force, part of the department’s efforts to tackle the
Continue ReadingWOODSTOCK, Ala. (AP) — In a story published December 4, 2023, about the shooting of Tyler Goodson, based on information from authorities, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Joseph Tyler Goodson, 32, was killed by police in Alabama on Sunday. Goodson, who was featured in the hit podcast “S-Town” that chronicled events in a rural
Continue ReadingBy REGINA GARCIA CANO and JUAN ARRAEZ Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has the victory he was seeking in a weekend referendum on whether to claim sovereignty over an oil-rich area of neighboring Guyana. But lackluster turnout suggests that his government is losing influence and is tone deaf to people’s
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The region will be warming up significantly as the mercury in the thermometer is expected to hit 60 Tuesday. The combination of warmer than normal air, along with the chance for some rain will lead to some creeks and streams running near or at bank-full. The double dip of melting snow and rain will be
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The International Ice Hockey Federation is making neck guards mandatory for all levels of competition in the tournaments it runs. That includes the Olympics and men’s and women’s world championships. It would not include pro leagues like the NHL. The move comes after American Adam Johnson was killed when
Continue ReadingBy SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio state Senate Republicans are proposing vast changes to a recreational marijuana measure approved by voters last month. Changes proposed in committee Monday call for banning home growing of cannabis, increasing the approved tax rate and changing how those taxes are distributed. Voters approved
Continue ReadingRICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say human remains found in rural Indiana in 1982 have been identified as those of a Wisconsin woman who was 20 when she vanished more than four decades ago. The remains are those of Connie Lorraine Christensen, who was from the Madison, Wisconsin-area community of Oregon. Lauren Ogden, chief deputy coroner
Continue ReadingBy CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Gloria Allred is representing the family of the girl with whom Oklahoma City Thunder guard Josh Giddey is accused of having an improper relationship, the famed attorney confirmed Monday. Allred has been an advocate for women in cases against powerful men and celebrities for decades.
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Julia Roberts habló durante una entrevista de su exnovio Matthew Perry, fallecido protagonista de “Friends”. Estrellas de “Friends” rompen su silencio tras la muerte de Matthew Perry: “Estamos todos absolutamente devastados” En conversación con “Entertainment Tonight”, la actriz reflexionó sobre la pérdida de Perry, quien falleció en octubre a los 54 años.
Continue ReadingBy FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer A prominent disinformation scholar who left Harvard University in August has accused the school of muzzling her speech and stifling — then dismantling — her research team as it launched a deep dive in late 2021 into a trove of Facebook files she considers the most important documents in
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