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Car rams into Chinese consulate in San Francisco and police fatally shoot driver, officers say
By The Associated Press on October 9th, 2023
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A car rammed into the Chinese consulate in San Francisco on Monday, coming to a stop in the lobby and creating a chaotic scene that ended with police shooting the driver, who later died at the hospital, officials said. Police descended on the consulate building after 3 p.m. on a report ... Read More »
1 responseDriver rams car into Chinese consulate in San Francisco and police fatally shoot him, officers say
By The Associated Press on October 9th, 2023
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A car rammed into the Chinese consulate in San Francisco on Monday, coming to a stop in the lobby and creating a chaotic scene that ended with police shooting the driver, who later died at the hospital, officials said. Police descended on the consulate building after 3 p.m. on a report ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!San Francisco police say they shot and killed a person who crashed into Chinese consulate
By The Associated Press on October 9th, 2023
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – San Francisco police said they shot and killed a driver on Monday who crashed into the Chinese consulate lobby, prompting a massive response from officers and firefighters. Officers entered, made contact with the suspect and an officer involved shooting occurred involving the driver, police Sgt. Kathryn Winters said during a short ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!San Francisco police say they shot and killed a person who drove into Chinese consulate
By The Associated Press on October 9th, 2023
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – San Francisco police said they shot and killed a driver on Monday who crashed into the Chinese consulate. Police said in a short news conference that a vehicle drove into the lobby of the Chinese consulate on Monday afternoon. Officers entered, made contact with the suspect and an officer involved shooting ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sunrise gatherings, dances and speeches mark celebration of culture on Indigenous Peoples Day
By Mark Thiessen And Morgan Lee, The Associated Press on October 9th, 2023
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Events across the country, including a sunrise gathering in Minneapolis, a rally at the statehouse in Maine, and traditional dancing, music and food in Alaska and Arizona, marked celebrations of Indigenous Peoples Day. The ceremonies, speeches and performances in traditional regalia Monday came two years after President Joe Biden officially commemorated ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!President Biden interviewed as part of special counsel investigation into classified documents
By The Associated Press on October 9th, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden has been interviewed as part of an independent investigation into his handling of classified documents, the White House said late Monday. Spokesperson Ian Sams says in a statement that the interview was voluntary and conducted at the White House on Sunday and Monday... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Texas Rep. Will Hurd suspends long-shot GOP 2024 presidential bid, endorses Nikki Haley
By Will Weissert, The Associated Press on October 9th, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – Former Texas congressman Will Hurd suspended his Republican presidential bid Monday, abandoning a brief campaign built on criticizing Donald Trump at a time when his party seems even more determined to embrace the former president. Hurd said on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, that he was endorsing Nikki Haley, a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Texas congressman Will Hurd, a strong Trump critic, suspends long-shot 2024 presidential bid
By Will Weissert, The Associated Press on October 9th, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – Former Texas congressman Will Hurd suspended his Republican presidential bid Monday, abandoning a brief campaign built on criticizing Donald Trump at a time when his party seems even more determined to embrace the former president. Hurd said on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, that he was endorsing Nikki Haley for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israel’s Netanyahu says Gaza offensive has ‘only started,’ attacks will reverberate for years
By Josef Federman And Issam Adwan, The Associated Press on October 9th, 2023
JERUSALEM (AP) – Body Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel has “only started” a fierce offensive in the Gaza Strip in response to an unprecedented Hamas attack. Netanyahu delivered the pronouncement in a nationally televised address as Israel pressed ahead with a third day of heavy airstrikes in Gaza. “We have only started ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Health Ministry in Gaza says more than 680 people in the territory killed in Israeli strikes
By Josef Federman And Issam Adwan, The Associated Press on October 9th, 2023
JERUSALEM (AP) – The Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip said Monday that more than 680 people have been killed in Israel’s retaliatory strikes following an unprecedented Hamas attack. The ministry said more than 3,700 people have been wounded. Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip since the Saturday attack, striking hundreds of targets and leaving ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israel strikes and seals off Gaza after incursion by Hamas, which vows to execute hostages
By Josef Federman And Issam Adwan, The Associated Press on October 9th, 2023
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel’s military ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip on Monday, halting deliveries of food, water, fuel and supplies to its 2.3 million people as it pounded the Hamas-ruled territory with waves of airstrikes in retaliation for the militants’ bloody weekend incursion. Around 1,400 Israelis and Palestinians are dead two days ... Read More »
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