By JOHN MACLAUCHLAN Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — A southwest Miami-Dade karate instructor is accused of lewd behavior with a nine-year-old student. Darwin Rojas-Frias, 58, teaches at Showakai Karate-Do USA. According to police, on Friday, September 29th, he was having a one-on-one lesson with the girl in which her
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli ground offensive in Gaza would further escalate the war raging since Hamas launched its unprecedented attack days ago. A ground invasion would threaten to draw in the Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah from the north. The United States already deployed one aircraft carrier group to
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CNN By Matthew Chance, Richard Allen Greene and Joshua Berlinger, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — The Israeli government has not confirmed the specific claim that Hamas attackers cut off the heads of babies during their shock attack on Saturday, an Israeli official told CNN, contradicting a previous public statement by the Prime Minister’s office. “There have
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By Kaitlan Collins, Kate Sullivan, Shania Shelton, Alayna Treene and Kristen Holmes, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump lashed out Wednesday at Benjamin Netanyahu, saying the Israeli prime minister was caught unprepared by Hamas’ attack and praising the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah as “very smart.” The remarks reflect the soured relationship between the
Continue ReadingBy MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — When it comes to packing on the pounds to survive an Alaska winter, this year’s undisputed champ is Grazer. The brown mama bear has won this year’s Fat Bear Week at Alaska’s Katmai National Park. Grazer had no problems dominating the finals of the bracket-style tournament
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE, MARY CLARE JALONICK and SEUNG MIN KIM ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Qatar have reached an agreement that the Qataris will not act on any request from Tehran for the time being to access $6 billion in Iranian funds that were unblocked as part of a prisoner swap last
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Police say two former employees of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor are the focus of an investigation into a secret recording of several City Council members and a labor leader. The leaked recording entangled City Hall in a racism scandal and led to the resignations of the Los Angeles
Continue ReadingCNN By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — “Mom and Dad, they sacrificed their lives to save me,” 16-year-old Rotem Matias told CNN on Thursday. Rotem is an Israeli-American teenager whose parents, Deborah and Shlomi Matias, were killed by Hamas gunmen in Israel. Rotem’s mother died trying to shield him. He was shot but survived the
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — “Mom and Dad, they sacrificed their lives to save me,” 16-year-old Rotem Matias told CNN on Thursday. Rotem is an Israeli-American teenager whose parents, Deborah and Shlomi Matias, were killed by Hamas gunmen in Israel. Rotem’s mother died trying to shield him. He was shot but survived the attack.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Cuando se enteró de que combatientes de Hamas estaban atacando un festival de música al que asistiría su familia, Ben Ovadia rezó el Kaddish, la oración judía por los muertos, por su madre. “No sabía qué hacer. Dije que por favor la mataran porque sería mejor que ser secuestrada”, dijo Ovadia,
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By Jennifer Korn, CNN New York (CNN) — Artificial intelligence could soon be writing more company emails in Microsoft Outlook, as the company expands its rollout of AI tools for corporate users. The Microsoft 365 Copilot tool – “your everyday AI companion,” as the company bills it – will help users write their emails to
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors on Thursday announced an additional charge against New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife, alleging they conspired to have the senator act as a foreign agent of Egypt. The superseding indictment filed against Menendez, who was chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at the
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Glenn Gordon Caron said that while his friend Bruce Willis can no longer communicate in all the same ways, he knows Willis is happy about his show “Moonlighting” finally coming to streaming. Caron, who was a creator of the show in which Willis starred in during the 1980s,
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has spent decades as a stalwart supporter of Israel, a connection rooted in long-ago dinner table conversations with his father about the Holocaust. Now his devotion is back in the spotlight the Hamas attacks that caused the largest loss of Jewish life in a
Continue ReadingBy OMAR ALBAM Associated Press DANA, Syria (AP) — United Nations humanitarian officials have sounded an alarm over a humanitarian crisis in rebel-held northwestern Syria. They warned on Thursday that intense shelling by government forces displaced almost 70,000 people in recent weeks. The Syrian government, backed by Russia, pounded the country’s northwest after a drone
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey was charged Thursday with conspiring for years to act as an agent of the Egyptian government while he held a powerful role in shaping U.S. foreign policy, putting the Democrat in deeper legal trouble as he continues to reject
Continue ReadingBy GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Moving on was easy for No. 24 Kentucky with so much to forget about a painful loss to college football’s best team. Missouri is also looking ahead after letting one slip away. The mutual goal is avoiding consecutive losses on Saturday night and staying
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts police are pursuing assault and battery and disorderly conduct charges against three Rhode Island men in the recent death of a fan at a New England Patriots game. The Foxborough Police Department said in a statement Thursday that it was going to court to seek charges against the men in the
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — ‘Tis the season for concert films! Taylor Swift and Beyoncé are releasing filmed versions of their über-successful summer tours (Eras and “Renaissance,” respectively), and Talking Heads’ seminal concert movie, “Stop Making Sense,” recently received a theatrical rerelease nearly 40 years after its premiere. Demand is clearly high: Swift’s movie,
Continue ReadingBy Scott Glover, Curt Devine, Majlie de Puy Kamp and Scott Bronstein, CNN (CNN) — Iran has loomed large as one of Hamas’ most generous financial backers, providing the militant group crucial resources it needs to carry out acts of terrorism. But investigators in the US and across the globe have identified another revenue source
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