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Iran preparing imminent missile attack on Israel, U.S. warns, pledging ‘severe consequences’
JERUSALEM — Iran is preparing to “imminently” launch a ballistic missile attack on Israel, according to a senior U.S. administration official, who warned Tuesday of “severe consequences” should it take place. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the intelligence, said the U.S. is actively supporting...
Over 20 feared dead after a school bus catches fire in suburban BangkokVideo
BANGKOK — A bus carrying young students and their teachers on a school trip caught fire in suburban Bangkok on Tuesday, leaving more than 20 feared dead, officials and rescuers said. The bus with 45 passengers — six teachers and 39 elementary and junior high school students — was traveling...
WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange says he pleaded ‘guilty to journalism’ in order to be freed
STRASBOURG, France — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Tuesday that he was freed after years of incarceration because he “pled guilty to journalism.” In his first public remarks since he was released from prison in June, Assange gave evidence of the impact of his detention and conviction to the legal...
Jimmy Carter and hometown of Plains celebrate the 39th president’s 100th birthdayVideo
ATLANTA — Jimmy Carter reached his 100th birthday Tuesday, the first time an American president has lived a full century and the latest milestone in a life that took the son of a Depression-era farmer to the White House and across the world as a Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian and...
Helene and other storms dumped a whopping 40 trillion gallons of rain on the South
More than 40 trillion gallons of rain drenched the Southeast United States in the last week from Hurricane Helene and a run-of-the-mill rainstorm that sloshed in ahead of it — an unheard of amount of water that has stunned experts. That’s enough to fill the Dallas Cowboys’ stadium 51,000 times,...
U.S. could see shortages and higher retail prices if a dockworkers strike drags on
NEW YORK — U.S. ports from Maine to Texas shut down Tuesday when the union representing about 45,000 dockworkers went on strike for the first time since 1977. A lengthy shutdown could raise prices on goods around the country and potentially cause shortages and price increases at big and small...
Israel calls for evacuations in Lebanon as Hezbollah denies ground incursion began
The Israeli military on Tuesday warned people to evacuate nearly two dozen Lebanese border communities hours after announcing the start of ground operations against Hezbollah. The militant group denied Israeli troops had entered Lebanon. It was not immediately clear whether Israeli troops had crossed the border. No photos or video...
Abortion pills will be controlled substances in Louisiana soon. Doctors have concerns
BATON ROUGE, La. — On Tuesday, Louisiana will become the first state in the U.S. to categorize two widely used abortion pills as “controlled dangerous substances.” Opponents argue the classification could have catastrophic impacts in a state that already has a near-total abortion ban and one of the highest maternal...
Judge strikes down Georgia ban on abortions, allowing them to resume beyond 6 weeks into pregnancy
ATLANTA — A Georgia judge on Monday struck down the state’s abortion law, which took effect in 2022 and effectively prohibited abortions beyond about six weeks of pregnancy. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney wrote in his order that the law violates Georgia’s Constitution, finding that “liberty in Georgia...
Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim shooting down another U.S.-made drone as U.S. acknowledges losing 1
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed Monday they shot down another American-made MQ-9 Reaper drone over the country, with videos purportedly showing a surface-to-air missile striking it. The U.S. military acknowledged losing a drone. The claimed attack comes as the one-year anniversary of the Israel-Hamas war in...
Man accused of attempting to assassinate Trump pleads not guilty to federal charges
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A man who authorities say spent 12 hours camped outside Donald Trump’s golf course before Secret Service spotted him with a rifle pleaded not guilty on Monday to federal charges including attempted assassination. Ryan Wesley Routh appeared briefly in the federal court in West Palm...
FBI to pay $22M to settle claims of sexual discrimination at training academy
WASHINGTON — The FBI has agreed to pay more than $22 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging female recruits were singled out for dismissal in training and routinely harassed by instructors with sexually charged comments about their breast size, false allegations of infidelity and the need to take contraception...
Russia targets 11 Ukrainian regions as it steps up its drone attacks
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia fired missiles and drones at 11 regions of Ukraine, the Ukrainian air force said Monday, in a 33rd consecutive night of aerial attacks behind the front line and set a new monthly record of drone barrages. In Kyiv, multiple explosions and machine gun fire could be...
Supplies arrive by plane, by mule in North Carolina as Helene’s death toll tops 130Video
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Widespread devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene came to light Monday across the South, revealing a wasteland of splintered houses, crushed cargo containers and mud-covered highways in one of the worst storms in U.S. history. The death toll topped 130. A crisis was unfolding in western North...
Powerful typhoon lashing northern Philippine islands
MANILA, Philippines — A powerful typhoon was lashing the northernmost islands of the Philippines Monday, prompting officials to evacuate villagers, shut down schools and inter-island ferries and warn of “potentially very destructive” damage to coastal villages. Typhoon Krathon was last tracked over the coastal waters of Balintang island off the...
Israel begins ground offensive against Hezbollah in southern LebanonVideo
JERUSALEM — Israeli ground forces crossed into southern Lebanon early Tuesday, marking a significant escalation of an offensive against Hezbollah militants and opening a new front in a yearlong war against its Iranian-backed adversaries. The incursion follows weeks of heavy blows by Israel against Hezbollah — including an airstrike that...
Interstate closed outside Atlanta as residents evacuate because of a chemical plant fireVideo
CONYERS, Ga. — Some residents east of Atlanta were evacuated while others were told to shelter in place Sunday to avoid contaminants from a chemical plant fire that sent dark, billowing gray smoke into the air. Interstate 20 was shut down in both directions in the area, the Georgia Department...
Israeli airstrikes kill dozens across Lebanon as Hezbollah confirms a 7th top commander was killedVideo
JERUSALEM — Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon killed dozens of people on Sunday as the Hezbollah militant group sustained a string of deadly blows to its command structure, including the killing of its overall leader, Hassan Nasrallah. Hezbollah confirmed Nabil Kaouk, the deputy head of the militant group’s Central Council, was...
Supplies, emergency workers rushed to North Carolina while Florida digs out from Helene’s damageVideo
PERRY, Fla. — The U.S. Southeast grappled Sunday with rising death tolls, a lack of vital supplies in isolated, flood-stricken areas and the widespread loss of homes and property while the devastating toll of Hurricane Helene became clear to officials who warned of a lengthy and difficult rebuild. North Carolina...
Biden and Harris call the Israeli strike killing Hezbollah’s Nasrallah a ‘measure of justice’
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. — The Israeli strike that killed Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah was a “measure of justice” for victims of a four-decade “reign of terror,” President Joe Biden said Saturday. The comments came after Lebanon’s Hezbollah group confirmed earlier Saturday that Nasrallah, one of the group’s founders, was killed in...
Jimmy Carter at 100: A century of changes for a president, the U.S. and the world since 1924
Already the longest-lived of the 45 men to serve as U.S. president, Jimmy Carter is about to reach the century mark. The 39th president, who remains under home hospice care, will turn 100 on Tuesday, Oct. 1, celebrating in the same south Georgia town where he was born in 1924....
Hezbollah confirms its leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s Hezbollah group confirmed on Saturday that its leader and one of its founders, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut the previous day. A statement said Nasrallah “has joined his fellow martyrs.” Hezbollah vowed to “continue the holy war against the enemy and in...
A rare condor hatched and raised by foster parents in captivity will soon get to live wild
By all accounts, Milagra the “miracle” California condor shouldn’t be alive today. But now at nearly 17 months old, she is one of four of the giant endangered birds who will get to stretch their wings in the wild as part of a release this weekend near the Grand Canyon....
Urban communities that lack shade sizzle when it’s hot. Trees are a climate change solution
DETROIT — Along a busy road in west Detroit, there’s little respite from the sun for residents stopping for gasoline, attending places of worship or bringing children to daycare. But a budding canopy of trees planted this year will change the look and feel of this corridor. Detroit and other...
Tips for shopping for Medicare Advantage plans
Shopping season for Medicare coverage is about to begin. With it comes the annual onslaught of TV ads and choices to consider. People eligible for the federal government’s Medicare program will have from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7 to sign up for 2025 Medicare Advantage plans, which are privately run...
