Palestinian officials reported at least 28 people were dead, including four children, in an Israeli strike on a school being used as a shelter in Gaza on Thursday.
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Soccer, food and music highlighted the annual festival, which, like the Hispanic population in Rockbridge, is growing.
This year’s spending bills were divided into two packages. The first one cleared Congress two weeks ago. Now Congress is focused on the second, larger package.
The bill to block TikTok now goes to the Senate, where its prospects are unclear. President Joe Biden said he will sign the bill if Congress passes it.
Benny Gantz, who sits on Israel’s War Cabinet with Gallant and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said late Wednesday that new attempts are underway to reach a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas.
This invasion comes hours before the U.S. Secretary of the State Antony Blinken announces that the United States will implement a travel ban against extremist Jewish settlers. Although Blinken did not specify what visa bans would be established, he stated that this new ban could affect dozens of settlers and their families.
2023 has been laden with natural disasters, both in the U.S. — Maui and northeastern fires — and abroad — Libya flooding, among many others. The United Nations weather agency forecasts that natural disasters aren’t going anywhere, and the need to address climate change is urgent as ever.
The Israeli military is preparing a ground invasion of Gaza after its third raid on the Palestinian territory since the conflict began on Oct. 7. Israel carried out more than 250 airstrikes across Gaza in the last 24 hours, and about 1.4 million of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents have fled their homes.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen addressed the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday amid rising concerns about the health of the global financial system.
Gunmen kidnapped four U.S. citizens near the Mexico-Texas border after they crossed into Mexico to buy medicine last week.