GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Lebanese security officials say at least three rockets were fired from southern Lebanon toward Israel. The attack on Thursday evening threatened to open a new front in the escalating fighting between Israel and the militant Palestinian Hamas group in Gaza. It was unclear who was responsible for the attack
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The ex-Florida tax collector with close ties to Rep. Matt Gaetz is planning to plead guilty on Monday in a federal court in Florida, according to a new filing Thursday. As part of the deal, Joel Greenberg will cooperate with investigators in a wide-ranging probe, according to one source familiar with the matter. For months,
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Inflation is all that the market seems to care about these days. Wages are rising, consumer prices are surging — and investors are worried the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates faster than expected to keep inflation in check. So what’s an investor to do? The S&P 500 is down more than 2% in the
Continue Reading In recent days the country has been captivated by the search for an escaped tiger in a Houston neighborhood. But the occurrence is not as exotic as one might think. There are more tigers in captivity in the United States than in the wild around the world, experts say. The World Wildlife Fund estimates about
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Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (Omaha World-Herald) — In an Omaha grocery store, just right of the floral section and before the aisles of greeting cards, a hip-hop legend was greeting fans and promoting his cognac brand Wednesday night. Hundreds waited in line for hours to meet Curtis James Jackson III,
Continue Reading GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas sent a heavy barrage of rockets deep into Israel as Israel pounded Gaza with more airstrikes and shells and called up 9,000 more reservists. Those extra troops could be used to stage a ground invasion. Palestinian witnesses say the artillery and tank shells that began falling in Gaza
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(CNN) — En Israel y Gaza se libran enfrentamientos violentos desde hace una semana, lo que lleva un saldo hasta el momento de decenas de muertos y cientos de fallecidos. El conflicto entre Israel y los palestinos: ¿Por qué ahora? ¿Qué ocurre en Jerusalén? ¿Qué dice la comunidad internacional? Israel-Gaza: ¿es este el conflicto más
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EL PASO, Texas — For the first time in 623 days, El Paso on Thursday evening was set to host a baseball game at Southwest University Park. After the 2020 Minor League Baseball season was canceled due to Covid-19, the El Paso Chihuahuas were returning to play in their home stadium vs. the Albuquerque Isotopes. Thursday night’s
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FORT BLISS, Texas — The oldest armored unit in the United States Army celebrated their 10th year to the day of arriving at Fort Bliss on Thursday. The First Armored Division, or “Old Ironsides” as it is commonly known, was stationed in Ansbach, Germany before the Base Realignment and Closure commission (BRAC) moved the unit
Continue Reading Prices are climbing all over the place as the economy is reopening. But for lower-income earners — who were already hit hardest by the pandemic — the sudden price spikes are squeezing their budgets even further. When necessities get more expensive, consumers with less disposable income, who already spend a bigger share of their money
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — A man was acquitted Thursday on arson charges stemming from a 2018 fire that left an 8-year-old girl dead in Sunland Park. A judge dismissed multiple charges resulting from the deadly mobile home fire against Juan Carlos Holguin saying there was insufficient evidence linking him to the crime. The charges
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — Changing one life by rescuing another. That’s what one New Mexico cowboy has been doing for several years. If you think you’ve seen a cowboy in the Bosque lately, your eyes are not playing tricks on you. Every Friday for the last five
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — In February, Super Bowl LV was played in front of thousands of fans and thousands of cardboard cutouts. Lifelong Buccaneers fan, LJ Govoni sat next to a cardboard cutout of a Chiefs fan, who he jokingly nicknamed “Frank”. After a social media hunt
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story COLUMBUS, Ohio (WLWT) — Any Ohioan who has received at least one shot of the COVID-19 vaccine is eligible to win $1 million, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced Wednesday. Five Ohioans will be chosen at random in five separate weekly drawings. The first drawing will be held on
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Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz claimed Tuesday that Democrats have intentionally “designed” their sweeping elections bill so that millions of undocumented immigrants would be registered to vote. Cruz said at a Senate Rules Committee meeting that the Democratic bill that proposes major changes to voting, campaign finance and government ethics rules, known as the For
Continue Reading Rep. Liz Cheney is outlining her next steps in the aftermath of her ousting from leadership, telling NBC, “I intend to be the leader, one of the leaders, in a fight to help to restore our party,” and warning that former President Donald Trump is willing “to unravel the democracy to come back into power.”
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (WFSB) — The city of New Haven is remembering a hero. Ricardo Torres Jr., a firefighter who lost his life while battling a fire early Wednesday morning, always wanted to be a firefighter, according to those who knew him. “Today, we lost one of our
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WEST BATH, Maine (WMTW) — A West Bath couple was wounded Wednesday morning when their 2-year-old shot them with a handgun. The incident was reported just before 8 a.m. on New Meadows Road. Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry said the child picked up the gun that was on
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story STORRS, Connecticut (WFSB) — Chemicals, possible bomb-making materials, guns and drugs were seized during a search warrant execution in Storrs. State police said they arrested Scott Barber, 31, on Wednesday afternoon, at his home on Hillyndale Road. Investigators said they had intelligence that bomb-making materials could be in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (WXII) — A 14-year-old boy was shot early Thursday morning after a fight broke out at a Cook Out restaurant in Winston-Salem, police said. Winston-Salem police officers said they responded to the shooting at 3:17 a.m. Thursday. The preliminary investigation revealed that the shooting was
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (WTAE) — A woman who found her dog lifeless on a grooming table in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood in November is speaking out. “Kobe was a very loving and energetic dog,” A.J. Ross tells Pittsburgh’s Action News 4. Ross took Kobe, a toy poodle, to the PetSmart
Continue Reading Inflation is all that the market seems to care about these days. Wages are rising, consumer prices are surging — and investors are worried the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates faster than expected to keep inflation in check. So what’s an investor to do? The S&P 500 is down more than 2% in the
Continue Reading President Joe Biden warned gas station owners on Thursday against price gouging and taking advantage of consumers as many areas along the East Coast face shortages in the wake of panic-buying sparked by a ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline. The President said he was going to work with governors in affected states and direct
Continue Reading Alarming economic numbers and scenes of long lines at gas pumps in the Southeast are causing new political hurdles for President Joe Biden just as he begins negotiations with Republicans over major new spending proposals. Speaking from the White House on Thursday, Biden sought to tamp down on panic-buying and warned gas station owners against
Continue Reading Alibaba has reported earnings for the first time since China imposed a record fine on the tech giant — and the numbers were not as awful as some feared. Alibaba posted a loss of about $1.2 billion in the first quarter, mainly due to the $2.8 billion fine imposed on it by Beijing earlier this
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Pac-12 hired sports entertainment executive George Kliavkoff to be the conference’s next commissioner, replacing Larry Scott with another college sports outsider. The conference presidents conducted a secretive nearly four-month search that included speculation about some familiar names in college sports being considered, such as former NCAA executive and NFL quarterback
Continue Reading (CNN) — La leyenda de la NBA, Michael Jordan, compartió los últimos mensajes de texto que intercambió con el gran Kobe Bryant. Jordan, quien será el encargado de incluir a Bryant en el Salón de la Fama del Baloncesto el sábado, compartió con ESPN los mensajes, que se remontan al 8 de diciembre de 2019,
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WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is easing indoor mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people, allowing them to safely stop wearing masks inside in most places. The announcement came Thursday from CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky. The new guidance still calls for wearing masks in crowded indoor settings like buses,
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The state trial for the three former Minneapolis Police officers accused of aiding and abetting the murder of George Floyd has been postponed until March 7, 2022, so that a federal trial on civil rights charges can take place first, Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill announced in a Thursday hearing, according to a pool reporter
Continue Reading (CNN) — A miles de kilómetros de su hábitat natural, un tigre de Bengala fue visto merodeando en el patio delantero de una casa en Houston. Pero días después del extraño avistamiento, las autoridades y los habitantes de Houston no están seguros de dónde está exactamente el gran felino. Esto es lo que sabemos sobre
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