Rafah invasion could derail cease-fire talks, aid groups warn Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will move on the city, regardless of whether Hamas agrees to the latest Israeli proposal for a cease-fire. 04/30/2024 - 11:17 am | View Link
French police remove pro-Palestinian students at Sorbonne PARIS — French police removed dozens of students from the Sorbonne university after pro-Palestinian protesters occupied the main courtyard of the institution in Paris on Monday. About 50 ... 04/29/2024 - 11:55 am | View Link
French FM Arrives in Lebanon in Attempt to Broker a Halt to Hezbollah-Israel Clashes French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné arrived in Lebanon on Sunday as part of diplomatic attempts to broker a de-escalation in the conflict on the Lebanon-Israel border. Séjourné met with United ... 04/28/2024 - 8:26 am | View Link
UN urges probe into 'troubling' Gaza mass grave reports as war enters 200th day Israeli strike continued across the Gaza Strip on day 200 of the war, as mediated negotiations between Tel Aviv and Hamas stall. 04/22/2024 - 9:22 pm | View Link
Terry Anderson, US journalist held hostage nearly 7 years in Lebanon, dead at 76 Terry Anderson, the American journalist who came to symbolize the plight of Western hostages during Lebanon's 1975-1990 civil war, has died. 04/22/2024 - 3:23 am | View Link
On Monday night, the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art were filled with celebrities, fashion insiders, and art lovers, who all donned spectacular looks for the 2024 Met Gala. The buzzy annual event, which takes place every year on the first Monday in May, has long been heralded as fashion’s biggest night and this year’s red carpet definitely made the case for this distinction.
When it comes to making a dramatic, memorable fashion statement, few do it like Zendaya, who showed out and showed up at the Met Gala not once, but twice in two showstopping looks. Throughout the years, the Challengers star has cemented her status as a true style icon, thanks to her fearless approach to dressing up and her longtime collaboration with her stylist and “image architect,” Law Roach.
DES MOINES, Iowa — A Tennessee-based sanitation company has agreed to pay more than half a million dollars after a federal investigation found it illegally hired at least two dozen children to clean dangerous meat processing facilities in Iowa and Virginia.
The U. S. Department of Labor announced Monday that Fayette Janitorial Service LLC entered into a consent judgment, in which the company agrees to nearly $650,000 in civil penalties and the court-ordered mandate that it no longer employs minors.
Current Miss USA Noelia Voigt announced Monday that she was stepping down from the role to focus on her mental health.
Voigt, who represented Utah and became the first Venezuelan-American to be crowned Miss USA in Sept. 2023, announced the “very tough decision to resign” in an Instagram post.
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“I realize this may come as a large shock to many,” Voigt, 24, said in the caption of her post.
A Kansas City-area man who’s charged with killing his hospitalized wife told police he couldn’t take care of her or afford her medical bills, court records say.
Ronnie Wiggs made his first appearance Monday on a second-degree murder charge and was referred to the public defender’s office. A hearing was set for Thursday to review his $250,000 bond.
A phone message that was left with the public defender’s office wasn’t immediately returned.
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His wife was getting a new port for her dialysis when staff at Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence called a “code blue” Friday because she was unresponsive.
Staff managed to get her pulse back, but they determined she was brain dead and made preparations to harvest her organs, according to the probable cause statement.
(WASHINGTON) — An American soldier has been arrested in Russia and accused of stealing, according to two U. S. officials.
U. S. officials said the soldier, Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, 34, was stationed in South Korea and was in the process of returning home to Fort Cavazos in Texas. Instead, officials said he traveled to Russia.
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The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss personnel details.
Cynthia Smith, Army spokeswoman, confirmed that a soldier was detained on Thursday in Vladivostok, a major military and commercial Pacific port, on charges of criminal misconduct.