Israel says Hamas is using Gaza’s biggest hospital for cover. Hundreds of people are trapped inside | AP News

Israel says Hamas is using Gaza’s biggest hospital for cover. Hundreds of people are trapped inside | AP News

JERUSALEM (AP) — Gaza’s Shifa Hospital has become the focus of a days-long stalemate in Israel’s war against the Hamas militant group.Shifa is Gaza’s largest and best-equipped hospital. But Israel claims the facility also is used by Hamas for military purposes. It says Hamas has built a vast underground command complex center below the hospital

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Mexican LGBTQ+ figure found dead at home after receiving death threats | AP News

Mexican LGBTQ+ figure found dead at home after receiving death threats | AP News

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The first openly nonbinary person to assume a judicial position in Mexico was found dead in their home Monday in the central Mexican city of Aguascalientes after receiving death threats because of their gender identity, authorities said.The Aguascalientes state prosecutor’s office confirmed that Jesús Ociel Baena was found dead Monday morning

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Mexico’s ruling party appears to have dodged possible desertions in the run-up to 2024 elections | AP News

Mexico’s ruling party appears to have dodged possible desertions in the run-up to 2024 elections | AP News

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s ruling party appeared Monday to have dodged the possibility of large-scale desertions of disappointed hopeful candidates in the run-up to the country’s 2024 elections. Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard announced he would not leave President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Morena party. Ebrard had wanted the party’s nomination for president

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FBI, Capitol police testify in the trial of the man accused of attacking Nancy Pelosi’s husband | AP News

FBI, Capitol police testify in the trial of the man accused of attacking Nancy Pelosi’s husband | AP News

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Prosecutors brought forward a string of law enforcement officials Monday to provide context around video that’s at the crux of their case against David DePape, the man accused of attacking former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband at the couple’s San Francisco home last year.DePape has pleaded not guilty to attempted kidnapping

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