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Israeli airstrike on a Gaza school used as a shelter kills at least 80, Palestinian officials say
By Wafaa Shurafa And Samy Magdy, The Associated Press on August 10th, 2024
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – An Israeli airstrike hit a school-turned-shelter in Gaza early Saturday, killing at least 80 people, Palestinian health authorities said, in one of the deadliest strikes in the 10-month-old war between Israel and Hamas. The Israeli military acknowledged it targeted the Tabeen school in central Gaza City, claiming it hit ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Seoul says North Korea has flown more trash balloons toward South Korea
By The Associated Press on August 10th, 2024
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – South Korea’s military says North Korea is again flying balloons likely carrying trash toward the South, adding to a bizarre psychological warfare campaign amid tensions between the war-divided rivals. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Saturday that the winds could carry the balloons to regions north of the South ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!An Israeli airstrike on a Gaza school kills at least 80 people, Palestinian health officials say
By Wafaa Shurafa And Samy Magdy, The Associated Press on August 10th, 2024
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – An Israeli airstrike hit a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City early Saturday, killing at least 80 people, Palestinian health authorities said, in one of the deadliest strikes in the 10-month-old war between Israel and Hamas. The Israeli military acknowledged the strike, claiming it hit a Hamas command center within the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!An Israeli airstrike on a Gaza school kills over 80 people, Palestinian health officials say
By Wafaa Shurafa And Samy Magdy, The Associated Press on August 10th, 2024
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – The death toll from an Israeli airstrike on a Gaza City school early Saturday has risen to 80, Palestinian health authorities said. The Israeli military acknowledged the strike on the Tabeen school, claiming it hit a Hamas command center within the school. Hamas denied that. Fadel Naeem, director of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!An Israeli airstrike on a Gaza school kills over 60 people, Palestinian health officials say
By Wafaa Shurafa, The Associated Press on August 9th, 2024
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – An Israeli airstrike hit a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City early Saturday, killing more than 60 people, Palestinian health authorities said, in one of the deadliest strikes in the 10-month-old war between Israel and Hamas. The Israeli military acknowledged the strike, claiming without evidence that it hit a Hamas command ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!An Israeli airstrike on a school in Gaza City kills over 60 people, Palestinian health officials say
By The Associated Press on August 9th, 2024
CAIRO (AP) – Palestinian health authorities say an Israeli airstrike hit a school-turned-shelter Saturday in Gaza City, killing more than 60 people. The Health Ministry’s Ambulance and Emergency service said the strike on the Tabeen school in central Gaza City also wounded 47 people. The Israeli military acknowledged the strike, claiming it hit a Hamas ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US Ambassador confirms Mexican drug lord Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada was brought to US against his will
By The Associated Press on August 9th, 2024
MEXICO CITY (AP) – The U.S. ambassador to Mexico has confirmed that drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada was brought to United States against his will when he arrived in July on a plane in Texas with fellow drug lord JoaquÃn Guzmán López. Zambada’s attorney had earlier claimed the long-time chief of the Sinaloa cartel ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump plane heading to Montana rally was diverted but landed safely nearby, airport staff says
By Matthew Brown And Amy Beth Hanson, The Associated Press on August 9th, 2024
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) – Donald Trump’s plane was diverted on its way to Bozeman, Montana, due to a mechanical issue but landed safely in nearby Billings, according to a staff member at the Billings airport. The former president was heading to Bozeman for a Friday night rally in support of Republican Senate candidate Tim Sheehy, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Illinois sheriff retiring after deputy he hired was charged with murder for shooting Sonya Massey
By John O'connor And Rick Callahan, The Associated Press on August 9th, 2024
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – An Illinois sheriff who hired the deputy charged in the death of Sonya Massey announced Friday that he will retire, five weeks after the 36-year-old Black woman was fatally shot in her home. Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell, who won the office in 2018, said politics stood in the way of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Plane crashes in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state, killing all 61 aboard, airline says
By Mauricio Savarese And Gabriela Sá Pessoa, The Associated Press on August 9th, 2024
VINHEDO, Brazil (AP) – A passenger plane with 61 people aboard crashed into a gated residential community in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state Friday, killing all aboard and leaving a smoldering wreck, officials and the airline said. Officials gave no immediate word on any casualties on the ground at the site of the crash in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man who attacked police at the US Capitol with poles gets 20 years, one of longest Jan. 6 sentences
By Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press on August 9th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – A California man with a history of political violence was sentenced on Friday to 20 years in prison for repeatedly attacking police with flagpoles and other makeshift weapons during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. David Nicholas Dempsey’s sentence is among the longest among hundreds of Capitol riot prosecutions. ... Read More »
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