At least 27 people were killed in Israeli strikes that targeted three residential houses in Deir al-Balah, according to Associated Press journalists at the hospital. (Feb 22). At least 27 people were killed in Israeli strikes that targeted three residential houses in Deir al-Balah, according to Associated Press journalists at the hospital. (Feb 22). Published
Families and friends have started burying loved ones who were among at least 16 people killed in the collapse of an illegally operated gold mine in a remote area of central Venezuela. The accident was one of the worst in years in a poorly regulated mining industry that has soared as the OPEC nation’s oil
MIAMI (AP) — A Utah man imprisoned for nearly two years in Venezuela has sued President Nicolás Maduro, accusing the leftist leader of heading a “criminal enterprise” that kidnaps, tortures and unjustly imprisons American citizens.The complaint filed Thursday in Miami federal court by Joshua Holt is the latest in a string of lawsuits by Americans
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — At least eight people died in Rio de Janeiro state due to landslides and floods caused by heavy rains Thursday, Brazilian authorities said. A 6-year-old was listed as missing in the countryside city of Mendes.Four of the dead, including an 8-month-old, were members of the same family in the city
Feb. 16-22, 2024Drivers collide during the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race in Florida, an Army ceremonial unit fires traditional weapons during celebrations for President’s Day in Washington, and worshippers pray during a service at Lakewood Church in Houston, for the first time since a woman opened fire at the megachurch earlier in the month. This
SAN DIEGO (AP) — It will still be months before the San Diego Zoo gets new pandas, the first such bears sent to the United States by China in decades.For now, the only U.S. zoo left with any is in Atlanta. But globally there are many places to check out the cuddly black-and-white bundles of
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panamanian authorities on Thursday ordered the arrest of former President Ricardo Martinelli, who has been holed up in the Nicaraguan Embassy since receiving political asylum from that country earlier this month.A judge approved a requested change of Martinelli’s conditional release that had stood while he appealed his 10-year sentence for a
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some Republicans joined Democrats in expressing alarm over a ruling this week by the Alabama Supreme Court that jeopardized future access to in vitro fertilization, giving allies of President Joe Biden new fuel for their efforts to center abortion access in the presidential election. “We’ve got to talk about making sure we
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Supreme Court ruled last week that couples who were trying in vitro fertilization and lost frozen embryos in an accident at a south Alabama storage facility can sue under the state’s wrongful death law.Since then, three providers have paused the often-used fertility treatments while they sort out the legal
LONDON (AP) — Britain and its former partners in the European Union have struck a deal to cooperate more on tackling illegal migration, in the latest sign of a thawing in relations between the two sides following Brexit.The British government said in a statement Friday that U.K. border agencies and Frontex, the EU’s border and
