AL-RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — A moment of silence was observed and then shouts of “free Palestine” rang out ahead of the Asian Cup game between Iran and the Palestinian soccer team on Sunday. As the Israel-Hamas war reached the 100-day mark both teams lined up in the center of the field at Education City Stadium
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — For thousands of years, the moon inspired humans from afar, but the bright beacon in Earth’s night sky — located more than 200,000 miles (321,868 kilometers) away — remained out of reach. That all changed on September 13, 1959, when the former Soviet Union’s uncrewed spacecraft, Luna 2, landed
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — An Iowa principal who acted heroically to save students during a mass shooting at Perry High School earlier this month has died from his injuries in the attack, according to his wife. The shooting at the school near Des Moines initially left one sixth-grade student dead and seven others,
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Nielsen Click here for updates on this story NORTH TEXAS (KTVT) — The countdown to Sunday’s big game is on—Cowboys vs. Packers. It’s a rivalry well known in professional football, but even more well known in two DFW bars. And though they’re rooting against each other Sunday, there’s more keeping them together than
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Authorities are urging residents on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion to shelter indoors as a powerful storm bears down packing hurricane-force winds. Forecaster Meteo France issued a code red cyclone alert for the storm, named Belal, and said it is expected to be “very dangerous.” It forecast “a strong probability”
Continue ReadingBy Gabrielle Dawson Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — A Livonia pharmacy owner was sentenced to three years in prison, the United States Department of Justice announced. Zaman Alshafey pled guilty to wire fraud and money laundering, officials said. He was ordered to forfeit about $9 million as the gross
Continue ReadingBy Tracy Gladney Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Texas (KTBS) — Texarkana police are asking for help finding two people who threw a dog over the North State Line/I-30 overpass on Jan.5. The four-year-old female pit mix, now aptly named ‘Miracle, ’survived the fall with a broken leg, bruised lungs, and other
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Trager Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — A 39-year-old woman was found dead in Frontenac Saturday in what investigators have called a sudden death. Sarah Kathleen Sweeney was a local doctor. She was found inside a home belonging to a firefighter, a man who has connections to
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT McFETRIDGE and TRISHA AHMED Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa principal who put himself in harm’s way to protect students during a school shooting earlier this month died Sunday, a funeral home confirmed. Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home & Crematory confirmed the death of Perry High School Principal Dan Marburger after
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By Derek James Click here for updates on this story HOPKINS, Minnesota (WCCO) — A local non-profit that aims to make sure children have warm heads and hands is getting help from a knitter in one of the most tropical places. Inside the headquarters of Hats and Mittens in Hopkins, volunteers sort donations of new
Continue ReadingBy MUHAMMAD FAROOQ, DANICA KIRKA and MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — From Berlin to London and Limassol to Karachi, tens of thousands of people took to the streets Sunday to mark the 100th day of Israel’s war with Hamas. Opposing demonstrations either demanded the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas or
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Sosa, Ruben Rosario Click here for updates on this story MIAMI GARDENS, Florida (WSVN) — Rescue crews rushed a toddler to the hospital after she was reportedly pulled from a Miami Gardens canal. Cameras captured Miami-Dade Fire Rescue crews as they wheeled the 1-and-a-half-year-old victim into the emergency room at Jackson North Medical
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — A record high tide in Maine washed away three historic fishing shacks that had stood since the 1800s and formed the backdrop of countless photographs. Michelle Erskine said she was visiting fisherman’s point at Willard Beach in South Portland on Saturday when she captured video footage
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By Haley Talbot, Kristin Wilson and Avery Lotz, CNN Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled legislation on Sunday night to keep the government funded into March, with Schumer saying he plans to take steps to move the legislation through his chamber as soon as Tuesday – just days before a
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By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Business Insider and its parent company, Axel Springer, said Sunday that they stood by the outlet’s reporting that Neri Oxman, a prominent former professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the wife of billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, had plagiarized in her doctoral dissertation. In a note Sunday
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WCBS, CITIZEN.COM, CNN By Jennifer Bisram Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Residents in coastal communities in Queens woke up Saturday to flooded streets and basements. It is a scene all too familiar, and costly, for local families when high tide and and strong winds push water onshore. CBS New
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By Jennifer Bisram Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Residents in coastal communities in Queens woke up Saturday to flooded streets and basements. It is a scene all too familiar, and costly, for local families when high tide and and strong winds push water onshore. CBS New York spoke with
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Joyce Randolph, a veteran stage and television actor whose role as the savvy Trixie Norton on “The Honeymooners” provided the perfect foil to her dimwitted TV husband, has died. She was 99. Randolph died of natural causes Saturday night at her home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, her son
Continue ReadingBy Kristina Sgueglia, CNN (CNN) — Two people were killed and four others injured in a shooting early Sunday at a suspected speakeasy in Philadelphia, police said. The shooter or shooters appear to have fired from the street into a residence on Myrtlewood Street, where Philadelphia police responded to a report of a person with
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS BEAUMONT, HANNAH FINGERHUT and JILL COLVIN Associated Press INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump implored his supporters Sunday to brave frigid temperatures and deliver him a decisive victory in Monday’s Iowa caucuses, saying their vote would help bring to Washington the retribution he has repeatedly promised if he returns to the White House.
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