June 6: One week on, Qatar says Hamas still studying latest hostage deal proposal Egypt says Hamas response expected in days * Israel comes out against Security Council resolution being pushed by US that expresses support for its own hostage deal offer ... 06/5/2024 - 2:58 pm | View Link
Jewish officer resigns from US Army to protest Gaza war, citing lessons of the Holocaust Mann, whose grandparents fled antisemitism in Europe, said he had been disheartened by the high civilian death toll in Gaza. 06/5/2024 - 10:13 am | View Link
The Israeli army says it investigates itself. Where do those investigations stand? The Israeli military said in a statement that the investigation had been turned over to a fact-finding group that operates independently outside the army’s chain of command. Those findings are then ... 06/2/2024 - 1:02 pm | View Link
Israel-Gaza war live: Israel’s opposition leader urges Netanyahu to accept ceasefire proposal It comes after Israeli PM’s comments appeared to contradict a ceasefire plan Joe Biden presented as Israeli-endorsed ... 06/1/2024 - 4:57 am | View Link
Columbia University, Epicenter of Gaza Protests, Launches New Revolt Installation 1,” the encampment was launched on Alumni Reunion Weekend at Columbia University. To date, alumni have stated intent to withhold an estimated $67 million dollars in donations to the ... 05/31/2024 - 12:20 pm | View Link
St. Petersburg, Fla. — At first, fossil-hunting diver Alex Lundberg thought the lengthy object on the sea floor off Florida’s Gulf Coast was a piece of wood. It turned out to be something far rarer, Lundberg said: a large section of tusk from a long-extinct mastodon.
Lundberg and his diver companion had found fossils in the same place before, including mammoth teeth, bones of an ancient jaguar and parts of a dire wolf.
Washington — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to address a joint meeting of Congress on July 24, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Congressional leaders last week formally invited Netanyahu to come speak, delivering the most recent show of wartime support for the longtime ally despite mounting political divisions over Israel’s military assault on Hamas in Gaza.
A World War II Navy veteran was being mourned Thursday following his death while en route to France to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, a trip friends said he’d talked excitedly about making.
Robert “Al” Persichitti of Fairport, New York fell ill during a stop in Germany last week and died in a hospital, his longtime priest and friend, the Rev.
Washington — The horse transformed human history – and now scientists have a clearer idea of when humans began to transform the horse.
Around 4,200 years ago, one particular lineage of horse quickly became dominant across Eurasia, suggesting that’s when humans started to spread domesticated horses around the world, according to research published Thursday in the journal Nature.
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There was something special about this horse: It had a genetic mutation that changed the shape of its back, likely making it easier to ride.
“In the past, you had many different lineages of horses,” said Pablo Librado, an evolutionary biologist at the Spanish National Research Council in Barcelona and co-author of the new study.
As Russia’s war grinds on, the Biden Administration is now taking on bigger risks to support Ukraine. The latest example is a White House decision to allow Ukrainian forces to use U. S.-provided weapons to strike targets inside Russia. We may also soon see NATO personnel on the ground in Ukraine to train fighters.
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Six months ago, Western leaders weren’t ready to discuss either of these changes—at least not publicly.
TOKYO — Called “Tokyo Futari Story,” the city hall’s new initiative is just that: An effort to create couples, “futari,” in a country where it is increasingly common to be “hitori,” or alone.
While a site offering counsel and general information for potential lovebirds is online, a dating app is also in development.