Nablus, West Bank — A memorial procession was held Monday morning in the Israeli-occupied West Bank for Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a 26-year-old American activist who eyewitnesses say was shot in the head Friday by an Israeli soldier as she took part in a demonstration against Israeli settlement expansion in the Palestinian territory. Eygi, a dual U.S.-Turkish national, graduated from the …
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Tel Aviv — Most people in the densely packed al-Mawasi camp for displaced Palestinians were asleep in the early hours of Tuesday morning when Israeli bombs struck. Homes, possessions, and entire families were blown away in the sprawling refugee settlement, which Israel’s military has designated a “humanitarian zone” along the Mediterranean coast of the Gaza Strip. “People flew,” Eyad Madi, …
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Officials in Springfield, Ohio, said Monday they have not received any credible reports of Haitian immigrants abducting and eating pets, despite viral claims on social media that have been amplified by Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance and others. References to the claim, which allege Haitian migrants have been eating cats, as well as ducks and geese, have garnered millions …
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The Airport Fire burning in eastern Orange County is one of three brush fires continuing to rage in Southern California Tuesday as hot temperatures and dry conditions challenge firefighting crews. The blaze in Trabuco Canyon exploded in size overnight and by Tuesday afternoon it had burned nearly 20,000 acres and remains 0% contained. Evacuation orders and warnings for thousands remain …
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Francine, which developed in the Gulf of Mexico Monday, strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane Tuesday night and was forecast to make landfall Wednesday over Louisiana, the National Hurricane Center said. The hurricane center said Francine “is anticipated to move across the northwestern Gulf of Mexico” Tuesday night and then “make landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday or Wednesday night. After …
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CHICAGO (CBS) — Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris will go head to head in a presidential debate in Philadelphiaon Tuesday night— continuing a 64-year tradition in television that began at CBS Chicago’s old studios. On Sept. 26, 1960, Vice President Richard M. Nixon and U.S. Sen. John F. Kennedyof Massachusetts met for the first ever televised …
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Washington — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump willface off for the first timeTuesday night as Election Day quickly approaches — with the race upended since the last debate matchupbetween Trump and President Biden. Hosted by ABC News at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, the debate could be the only time Trump and Harris go head …
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A hospitalized patient in Missouri was infected with bird flu despite having had no known contact with dairy cows or other animals associated with an ongoing outbreak, health officials said Friday. This is the 14th person in the U.S. sickened with bird flu since March, when the virus was detected in cows, after infecting wild birds and mammals worldwide. One …
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Nablus, West Bank —An American woman was shot and killed in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Friday, the U.S. State Department confirmed. Palestinian doctor Dr. Ward Basalat told The Associated Press that the 26-year-old woman, identified by the State Department as Aysenur Eygi, was shot in the head and died after arriving at the hospital. Witnesses, activists and Palestinian media …
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Two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, were shot and killed and nine other people were hospitalized with gunshot wounds Wednesday. The deadly incident on Sept. 4 was the 218th time a gun was fired or brandished at a school so far in 2024, data shows. The total number of shootings includes any incident where …
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