Monday, September 15
Israel fights Hamas deep in Gaza City and foresees control of enclave’s security after war
8Nov By AdminsNo Comments

Israel fights Hamas deep in Gaza City and foresees control of enclave’s security after war

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel said Tuesday that its ground forces were battling Hamas fighters deep inside Gaza’s largest city, signaling a major new stage in the month-old conflict, and its leaders foresee controlling the enclave’s security after the war. The push into Gaza City guarantees that the already staggering death toll will rise further, while comments from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about controlling Gaza’s security for “an indefinite period” pointed to the uncertain endgame of a war that Israel says will be long and difficult. Israeli ground troops have battled Palestinian militants inside Gaza for over a week, cutting the territory in half and encircling Gaza City. The army’s chief spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, said that Israeli ground forces “are lo...
Read More
2Nov By AdminsNo Comments

Donald Trump Jr. testifies he never worked on the key documents in his father’s civil fraud trial

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump Jr. testified Wednesday that he never worked on his father’s financial statements, the documents now at the heart of the civil fraud trial that threatens former President Donald Trump’s real estate empire. The ex-president’s eldest son is an executive vice president of the family’s Trump Organization and has been a trustee of a trust set up to hold its assets when his father was in the White House. At least one of the annual financial statements bore language saying the trustees “are responsible” for the document. But Donald Trump Jr. said he didn’t recall ever working on any of the financial statements and had “no specific knowledge” of them. The lawsuit centers on whether the former president and his business misled banks and insurers by inflating hi...
Read More
After weeks in besieged Gaza, some foreign nationals and wounded Palestinians are allowed to leave
2Nov By AdminsNo Comments

After weeks in besieged Gaza, some foreign nationals and wounded Palestinians are allowed to leave

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli ground troops have advanced to “the gates of Gaza City” in heavy fighting with militants, the military said Wednesday, as hundreds of foreign nationals and dozens of seriously injured Palestinians were allowed to leave Gaza after more than three weeks under siege. The news came as U.S. President Joe Biden called for a humanitarian “pause” in the fighting. Biden was speaking at a Minneapolis campaign fundraiser when a protester interrupted him, calling for a cease-fire. “I think we need a pause,” Biden responded. White House officials later said a break in fighting would allow more aid to get into Gaza and create a possibility for more hostages held by Hamas to be freed. The first people to leave Gaza — other than four hostages released by Hamas and...
Read More
The average long-term US mortgage rate rises for 7th straight week, 30-year loan reaches 7.79%
27Oct By AdminsNo Comments

The average long-term US mortgage rate rises for 7th straight week, 30-year loan reaches 7.79%

NEW YORK (AP) — The average rate on the benchmark 30-year home loan rose for the seventh straight week, creating an increasingly high bar to home ownership for Americans. The rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage is at 7.79%, up from 7.63% last week, Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago the rate was 7.08%. As mortgage rates rise, they can add hundreds of dollars a month in costs for borrowers, limiting how much they can afford in a market already out of reach for many Americans. They also discourage homeowners who locked in far low rates two years ago, when they were around 3%, from selling. The national median mortgage payment was $2,155 in September, up 11%, or $214, from a year ago, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes ...
Read More
Many Israelis are furious at their government’s chaotic recovery efforts after Hamas attack
27Oct By AdminsNo Comments

Many Israelis are furious at their government’s chaotic recovery efforts after Hamas attack

JERUSALEM (AP) — More than two weeks after Hamas militants rampaged through a string of sleepy farming towns, many Israelis are furious at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, not just for failing to prevent the attack, but for failing to come to their aid afterward. While the military is launching unrelenting airstrikes in Gaza that have killed thousands of Palestinians, and hundreds of thousands of Israeli troops are massing for a possible ground offensive, government infighting and lack of help for those in need have left traumatized survivors to mourn on their own and volunteers — many of whom spent the past year protesting the government — to take on recovery efforts. “It has to be clear. The government is completely incompetent,” said Ruvi Dar, a clinical psychologis...
Read More
Texas counties trying to prevent people from using roads to get an abortion grows
25Oct By AdminsNo Comments

Texas counties trying to prevent people from using roads to get an abortion grows

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — A Texas county near New Mexico — where abortion is legal — has banned helping people traveling to get an abortion in one of the newest ways conservatives are trying to restrict abortion access since the fall of Roe v. Wade. Lubbock County is the largest of four Texas counties that have now adopted a version of the measure, which would be enforced through lawsuits filed by private citizens against people who help women obtain abortions. It is the same legal mechanism Texas used to enact a strict abortion law in 2021 before the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the state last year to ban nearly all abortions entirely. Commissioners in the west Texas county adopted the measure 3-0 at a meeting Monday, rejecting some requests to postpone the vote. The ordinance “has man...
Read More
On Cloud Sneakers | Lucchese Outlet | Oboz Canada | Freebird Boots | Born Shoes | Topo Shoes | Crispi Boots | Dingo Boots | Barefoot Shoes Canada | LaCrosse Boots | Lems Shoes | Brahmin Bags | Vasque Boots | Bueno Shoes | Hobo Handbags | Marc Jacobs Outlet | Tecovas Outlet | Florsheim Boots | Ferragamo Canada | Inez Shoes | Rockport Sapatos | Boots Europe | Bates Boots | Julbo Sunglasses | Copenhagen Schuhe | Affenzahn Schuhe | Inkkas Shoes | Lloyd Schuhe | LifeStride Shoes | Chaussures Mephisto France | Hawx Boots |