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Palestinians flee northern Gaza after Israel orders mass evacuation with ground attack looming
By Isabel Debre, Edith M. Lederer And Wafaa Shurafa, The Associated Press on October 13th, 2023
JERUSALEM (AP) – Palestinians scrambled to flee northern Gaza after Israel’s military urged about 1 million people to leave for the territory’s south ahead of an expected ground invasion following the surprise attack a week ago by the ruling Hamas militant group – despite warnings from the U.N. that evacuating nearly half of Gaza’s population ... Read More »
1 responseFrench authorities link a school stabbing that killed a teacher to Islamic extremism
By John Leicester, Jeffrey Schaeffer And Sam Petrequin, The Associated Press on October 13th, 2023
ARRAS, France (AP) – A man of Chechen origin who was under surveillance by French security services over suspected Islamic radicalization stabbed a teacher to death at his former high school and wounded three other people Friday in northern France, authorities said. France raised its threat alert to its highest level, and the attack was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Republicans pick Jim Jordan as nominee for House speaker, putting job within the Trump ally’s reach
By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking And Farnoush Amiri, The Associated Press on October 13th, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – Republicans chose Rep. Jim Jordan as their new nominee for House speaker on Friday during internal voting, putting the gavel within reach of the staunch ally of GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump. Jordan, of Ohio, will now try to unite colleagues from the deeply divided House GOP majority around his bid ahead ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israel’s Netanyahu vows to ‘destroy’ Hamas, says Gaza offensive still in early stages
By Isabel Debre, Edith M. Lederer And Wafaa Shurafa, The Associated Press on October 13th, 2023
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to destroy Hamas as the army prepares for an expected ground invasion of the Gaza Strip. Netanyahu delivered the threat in a nationally televised address late Friday. Israel has been pounding Gaza with airstrikes since Hamas militants carried out an unprecedented cross-border attack last Saturday, ... Read More »
1 responsePennsylvania seeks to expand public awareness of its Indigenous culture and history
By The Associated Press on October 13th, 2023
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) – Pennsylvania’s absence of federally recognized tribal nations means there’s been an incomplete picture of its Native American culture and history, officials said Friday as they announced a grant-funded program designed to change that. The Pennsylvania Tourism Office, in partnership with Lehigh University’s Institute for Indigenous Studies and with input from federally ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A teacher is dead and 3 people are wounded after a France stabbing attack that echoes a 2020 killing
By John Leicester, Samuel Petrequin And Jeffrey Schaeffer, The Associated Press on October 13th, 2023
ARRAS, France (AP) – France’s national counterterrorism prosecutor said Friday that several people have been detained in an investigation into a school stabbing that left one teacher dead and three people wounded. Prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard said the wounded include a teacher, a security agent and a cleaning worker. He said “³several people are in custody”³ ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hamas says 70 people, mostly women and children, killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza’s fleeing convoys
By Isabel Debre, Edith M. Lederer And Wafaa Shurafa, The Associated Press on October 13th, 2023
JERUSALEM (AP) – Hamas officials say that 70 people, mostly women and children, have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on convoys fleeing Gaza City. Hamas’ media office says the cars were struck in three places as they headed south from Gaza City. It was not immediately clear who the target of the airstrikes was, or ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US says North Korea delivered 1,000 containers of equipment and munitions to Russia for Ukraine war
By Aamer Madhani, The Associated Press on October 13th, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House said on Friday that North Korea has delivered more than 1,000 containers of military equipment and munitions to Russia for its ongoing war in Ukraine. Speculation about a possible North Korean plan to refill Russia’s munition stores drained in its protracted war with Ukraine flared last month, when North ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israeli military says it has carried out small raids into Gaza Strip
By Isabel Debre, Edith M. Lederer And Wafaa Shurafa, The Associated Press on October 13th, 2023
JERUSALEM (AP) – The Israeli military says for the first time that ground troops have been operating inside the Gaza Strip. In a statement Friday, the army said troops had entered Gaza to battle militants, destroy weapons and search for evidence about the missing hostages held by Hamas. The announcement did not appear to be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israeli shelling along Lebanon border kills 1 journalist, wounds 6
By Hassan Ammar, The Associated Press on October 13th, 2023
ALMA Al-SHAAB, Lebanon (AP) – An Israeli shell landed in a gathering of international journalists covering clashes on the border in south Lebanon, killing one and leaving six others injured. An Associated Press photographer at the scene saw the body of the dead journalist and the six who were wounded, some of whom were rushed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NASA spacecraft launched to mysterious and rare metal asteroid in first mission of its kind
By Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press on October 13th, 2023
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – NASA’s Psyche spacecraft rocketed away Friday on a six-year journey to a rare metal-covered asteroid. Most asteroids tend to be rocky or icy, and this is the first exploration of a metal world. Scientists believe it may be the battered remains of an early planet’s core, and could shed light ... Read More »
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