Israeli forces severed northern Gaza from the rest of the besieged territory and pounded it with intense airstrikes overnight into Monday.
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The elusive leader of Hamas’ military wing, Mohammed Deif, announced the beginning of what he called “Operation Al-Aqsa Storm.”
Narges Mohammadi won in recognition of her tireless campaigning for women’s rights and democracy and against the death penalty.
Defense attorneys have argued that an agreement sparing Hunter Biden from prosecution on a felony gun charge remains in place.
The ruling cncerns remarks that Trump made in 2019, after E. Jean Carroll first publicly claimed that Trump sexually attacked her in a luxury department store dressing room in the 1990s, which he denies.
The former president on Sunday also lashed out at the judge on the case, U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan. He said he will seek her recusal and a change of venue.
OceanGate, which owned the submersible that imploded on its way to explore the wreck of the Titanic, killing five people, said it has suspended operations.
“I pray it wasn’t kids, but it looked like kids,” witness Fontayne Payton said. The bodies were covered in white towels, slumped over bags on the ground, he said.
Archaeologists unearthed a Sphinx-like statue and the remains of a shrine in an ancient temple in southern Egypt.
Twitter experienced a bevy of glitches Monday as links stopped working, some users were unable to log in and images were not loading for others.
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that the U.S. military has begun collecting debris from the balloon.
The next round of severe weather was predicted to arrive in Northern California on Friday night and spread south into the central region during the weekend, increasing flooding concerns due to already saturated soil. Heavy snow was forecast for the Sierra Nevada.
Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected House speaker on a historic post-midnight 15th ballot, overcoming holdouts from his own ranks.
Even as the prize grows larger, the odds of winning remain the same at one in 302.6 million.
The changed votes from conservative holdouts, including the chairman of the chamber’s Freedom Caucus, put him closer to seizing the gavel for the new Congress.
President Joe Biden conferred high honors Friday on those who stood against the Jan. 6 Capitol mob two years ago and the menacing effort in state after state to upend the election.
With Warnock’s second runoff victory in as many years, Democrats will have a 51-49 Senate majority.
The conviction is a validation for New York prosecutors, who have spent three years investigating the former president and his businesses.
“At this point, there’ll be a separate document coming from me to DOJ,” Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., told reporters at the Capitol.
In bestowing Congress’ highest honor, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi praised the heroes for “courageously answering the call to defend our democracy in one of the nation’s darkest hours.”