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Tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip are pictured on June 4, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war continues, negotiations are apparently stalled to secure the release of hostages taken […]
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With just more than a week until the first presidential debate, President Joe Biden’s campaign is increasing attacks on former President Donald Trump’s felony conviction, announcing on Monday that it’s launching a $50 million ad buy targeting voters in battleground states highlighting the verdict in Trump’s hush-money trial. The 30-second […]
Getty Images – STOCK (LAS VEGAS) — A reflective monolith, similar to one that became an Internet sensation during the height of the pandemic in 2020, was seen in Las Vegas in what local officials are dubbing a mystery. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department took to X on Monday to share two photos of […]
Greg Bajor/Getty Images (INVERCARGILL, New Zealand) — A Virgin Australia flight made an emergency landing in New Zealand after a “possible bird strike,” the airline said in a statement. Flight VA 148 from Queenstown to Melbourne was diverted shortly after takeoff, the airline said on Monday. The Boeing 737 landed at Invercargill Airport, where it […]
A Palestinian boy sits in a truck of the World Health Organization (WHO) at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. Many Palestinians have sought refuge in a United Nations-run school in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing hostilities. (Photo by Ahmed Zakot/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) […]
U.S. Army soldier Gordon Black, who was detained on suspicion of theft, appears in court in the far eastern city of Vladivostok, Russia, on June 6, 2024. — Pavel Korolyov/AFP via Getty Images (VLADIVOSTOK, Russia) — U.S. Army service member Gordon Black, who has been detained in Russia since early May, pleaded partially guilty to […]
An undated photo of Deshaun Stamps, 29, who escaped from custody in San Bernardino County, California, on June 16. — San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department (RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif.) — A man accused of attempted murder has escaped from custody in Southern California, according to authorities. Deshaun Stamps broke out from the West Valley Detention Center […]
Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images (LONDON) — Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea on an official state visit beginning on Tuesday, the Kremlin said on Monday. Putin’s trip, which is scheduled to last for three days, follows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s visit to Russia in September 2023. Putin will spend two […]
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (LONDON) — The first hearing in the espionage trial of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been scheduled for June 26 in Russia, according to the Sverdlovsk Regional Court. The Russian prosecutor’s office announced earlier this month that the reporter would stand trial on espionage charges, officially ending any future pre-detention […]
Henrik5000/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The presidential election is taking up much of the political oxygen in 2024. But Democrats are urging voters not to forget the importance of state legislative races — and they’re spending big to make sure they don’t. The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, the Democrats’ campaign arm for state legislative races, launched […]
