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Hurricane Norma makes landfall near Mexico’s Los Cabos and Tammy hits tiny Barbuda in the Caribbean
By Ignacio MartÃnez And Fernando Llano, The Associated Press on October 21st, 2023
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) – Hurricane Norma came ashore near the resorts of Los Cabos at the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula on Saturday afternoon, and hours later Hurricane Tammy made landfall on the Caribbean island of Barbuda. Both storms were Category 1 hurricanes when they hit. The U.S. National Hurricane Center ... Read More »
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By Ignacio MartÃnez And Fernando Llano, The Associated Press on October 21st, 2023
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) – Hurricane Tammy has made landfall on the Caribbean’s Barbuda as Category 1 hurricane Saturday night. The U.S. National Hurricane Center saidTammy came ashore with 85 mph (140 kmh) winds. The hurricane was moving north-northwest at 10 mph (17 kmh). Its center was 35 miles (55 kilometers) north of Antigua. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hurricane Norma makes landfall near Mexico’s Los Cabos while Tammy threatens islands in the Atlantic
By Ignacio MartÃnez And Fernando Llano, The Associated Press on October 21st, 2023
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) – Hurricane Norma made landfall near the resorts of Los Cabos at the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula on Saturday afternoon, then later weakened to a tropical storm over land. In the Atlantic, Hurricane Tammy was very near Barbuda and threatened to batter the islands of the Lesser ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hurricane Norma makes landfall near Mexico’s Los Cabos as Tammy threatens islands in the Atlantic
By Ignacio MartÃnez And Fernando Llano, The Associated Press on October 21st, 2023
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) – Hurricane Norma made landfall near the resorts of Los Cabos at the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula on Saturday afternoon. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Norma, once a Category 4 hurricane, made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane with winds of 80 mph (130 kph) near ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hurricane Norma makes landfall near resorts of Los Cabos on Mexico’s Baja California peninsula
By Ignacio MartÃnez And Fernando Llano, The Associated Press on October 21st, 2023
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) – Hurricane Norma has made landfall near the resorts of Los Cabos at the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Norma, once a Category 4 hurricane, made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane with winds of 80 mph (130 kph) just south of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Military spokesman says Israel plans to increase strikes on Gaza
By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy And Joseph Krauss, The Associated Press on October 21st, 2023
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – Israel’s military spokesman said Israel plans to step up its attacks on the Gaza Strip starting Saturday as preparation for the next stage of its war on Hamas. Asked about a possible ground invasion into Gaza, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari told reporters Saturday night that the military was trying to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Egypt’s border crossing opens to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into besieged Gaza
By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy And Joseph Krauss, The Associated Press on October 21st, 2023
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – The border crossing between Egypt and Gaza opened on Saturday to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into the besieged Palestinian territory for the first time since Israel sealed it off in the wake of Hamas’ bloody rampage two weeks ago. Gaza’s 2.3 million Palestinians, half of whom have ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Egypt border crossing opens, letting a trickle of desperately needed aid into besieged Gaza
By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy And Joseph Krauss, The Associated Press on October 21st, 2023
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – The border crossing between Egypt and Gaza opened on Saturday to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into the besieged Palestinian territory for the first time since Israel sealed it off in the wake of Hamas’ bloody rampage two weeks ago. Gaza’s 2.3 million Palestinians, half of whom have ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Egypt-Gaza border crossing opens, letting desperately needed aid flow to Palestinians
By Najib Jobain And Joseph Krauss, The Associated Press on October 21st, 2023
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – The border crossing between Egypt and Gaza opened on Saturday to let desperately needed aid flow to Palestinians running short of food, medicine and water in the territory that is under an Israeli siege. More than 200 trucks carrying roughly 3,000 tons of aid had been positioned near the crossing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israel strikes Gaza after 2 captives freed, and there are signs that aid may soon enter from Egypt
By Najib Jobain And Joseph Krauss, The Associated Press on October 21st, 2023
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – Israel and Palestinian militants traded fire on Saturday after Hamas released an American woman and her teenage daughter, the first of some 200 captives to be freed after the militant group’s Oct. 7 rampage into Israel. Meanwhile, there were indications that the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza would soon ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge temporarily lifts narrow gag order on Trump in 2020 election case
By Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press on October 20th, 2023
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan temporarily lifted her narrow gag order in Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case in Washington on Friday to give lawyers time to file more briefs on the matter. Chutkan made that ruling shortly after Trump’s lawyers urged the judge to pause the gag order while he pursues his appeal of ... Read More »
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