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Jan 02 2024
News
Top Hamas Leader Killed in Suspected Israeli Strike in Beirut
A top Hamas leader was killed Tuesday by a suspected Israeli strike in Beirut, according to two Lebanese security officials, raising the specter of further escalation in Israel’s war against Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip.
The blast killed Saleh al-Arouri, a founder of the Hamas military wing and one of its top political leaders, and at least three other people, the officials
Wall Street Journal (News)Dec 11 2023
News
Nearly 300 killed in Gaza in 24 hours as Hamas, Netanyahu trade threats
Fierce fighting has killed nearly 300 Palestinians in the past 24 hours in Gaza as the Palestinian armed group Hamas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exchanged threats.
Israeli raids continued across the besieged territory on Sunday, including in northern Gaza where entire neighbourhoods have been flattened by air strikes and where ground troops that have been operating for
Al JazeeraDec 21 2023
News
Hamden Man Sentenced For Trying To Travel To Fight For ISIS: Feds
Kevin Iman McCormick, 30, was also sentenced Thursday to a lifetime term of supervised release with monitoring of his electronic devices following the prison sentence for trying to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization, U.S. Attorney for Connecticut Vanessa Roberts Avery announced. Authorities said McCormick made
Patch.comDec 20 2023
News
Cougar struck, killed in Minneapolis will live on in new park display
The cougar that traversed Minneapolis neighborhoods before being struck and killed on a freeway earlier this month will live on — in a new park educational display. The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board announced Wednesday that it’s partnering with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and community members to preserve and display the animal. “Many of us were captivated by the
MPR NewsJan 04 2024
Opinion
Claudine Gay and America’s new class system
Ibram X. Kendi’s “anti-racist” pronouncements are pure grift, but his woke prestige makes them a good place to start in examining Claudine Gay’s belated exit as Harvard’s first black president. In her long-overdue resignation letter Tuesday, Gay played the race card — of course she did — decrying “racial animus” rather than acknowledging her hypocrisy and academic malfeasance. Kendi echoed
Washington ExaminerDec 20 2023
News
UPDATE: One Dead After Officer-Involved Shooting In Tuscaloosa
TUSCALOOSA, AL — The Tuscaloosa Police Department says one person was killed during an officer-involved shooting in Tuscaloosa on Wednesday. Click here to subscribe to our free daily newsletter and breaking news alerts. TPD spokeswoman Stephanie Taylor told local media in an update Wednesday afternoon that at 12:05 p.m., two Tuscaloosa Police officers initiated a traffic stop as part of an
Patch.comDec 12 2023
Opinion
What I’ve Seen Treating Patients in Gaza’s Remaining Hospitals
I have been working day and night at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza for more than a month and a half, sometimes performing up to 20 reconstructive surgeries a day. Removing dead tissue from burns. Performing skin grafts. Handling stump closures for amputees. I have spent weeks sleeping in the hospital so no time is wasted—if I sleep at all.
Before the war, my wife, our
Time MagazineDec 18 2023
News
Egypt's Sisi Wins Presidential Election With 89.6% Of Vote
The Egyptian election authority announced Monday that sitting President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi had won a new six-year term with 89.6 percent of the vote.
Authority head Hazem Badawy said turnout reached an "unprecedented" 66.8 percent of Egypt's 67 million voters.
Over 39 million voted for former army chief Sisi, who has ruled Egypt for a decade.
Sisi's victory comes as no
Barron'sDec 17 2023
News
Elderly woman arrested, jailed after minor dust-up at Alabama council meeting
An elderly woman was arrested at her Alabama home and taken to city jail a day after she lambasted the small-town mayor and argued with a city employee at a council meeting. Novilee Williams, 79, was charged with disorderly conduct and harassment after a testy exchange during the Dec. 4 meeting’s public comment portion, which was filmed and later posted to the city’s Facebook page. “That’s a
New York Post (News)Dec 18 2023
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22-year-old duck hunter, baseball player from Georgia drowns in Alabama
According to AL.com, Brooks Hardie was duck hunting in a kayak on Lake Guntersville on Saturday when the kayak capsized. The incident happened near Goose Pond Colony Resort in Scottboro, Alabama. Troopers with Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Marine Patrol Division, ALEA’s Aviation Unit, officers from the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR), and Scottsboro
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