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Biden finalizes China measures as he hosts his final Quad summit
President Joe Biden is spending the final months of his term tightening the screws on China, capping an approach that has seen him carry out a difficult juggling act in office to counter the world’s second largest economy.
That effort will be on display this weekend as Biden hosts the Quad Leaders Summit in Wilmington, Delaware, bringing ...Read more
SpaceX Crew-9's duo arrive to Kennedy Space Center ahead of launch
Only two of the original four members of SpaceX Crew-9’s mission to the International Space Station arrived to Kennedy Space Center on Saturday, making room on their future ride home next year for the pair of NASA astronauts left behind by Boeing’s Starliner.
NASA astronaut and Space Force Col. Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr ...Read more
Report says migrants held in Guantanamo Bay face difficult living conditions. US denies it
MIAMI — Migrants intercepted at sea aboard U.S.-bound voyages are being kept in inhumane and prison-like conditions at a federal facility at Guantanamo Bay, according to a report released Wednesday by a legal-aid and advocacy group that has represented migrants at the center.
The International Refugee Assistance Project said that migrants ...Read more
Mother of Georgia school shooting suspect is indicted on elder abuse charges
ATLANTA — Marcee Gray, the mother of the suspect in the Apalachee High School shooting, has been indicted in Ben Hill County, accused of taping her then-73-year-old mother to a chair, stealing her phone and damaging her home in November.
Deborah Polhamus, 74, spent almost 24 hours taped to a chair in her Fitzgerald home, an incident report ...Read more
Hurricane center tracking 4 systems with chance of formation
ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Saturday is tracking three systems in the Atlantic and one Gulf-bound system.
As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. tropical outlook, the most likely would come from a system expected to form in the northwestern Caribbean and move into the Gulf of Mexico.
The broad area of low pressure is likely to form by...Read more
Federal officials board cargo ship in Baltimore managed by same company as Dali
BALTIMORE — Federal officials boarded a container ship in the Port of Baltimore Saturday, according to the FBI Baltimore press office. The vessel is managed by the same company as the Dali, as reported by The Associated Press.
Agents from the FBI, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Criminal Investigation Division and the Coast Guard ...Read more
Death toll in Beirut strike rises to 37 as Israel and Hezbollah barrage escalates at Lebanon border
As rescue crews continued to recover the last bodies of the victims of Israel's strike in Beirut, authorities took stock of the damage and Israeli warplanes launched a withering attack on Lebanon's south.
By Saturday, the number of casualties from Friday's airstrike, which hit a crowded suburban block in the Lebanese capital, had risen to 37, ...Read more
Ukraine confirms strikes on two large Russian weapons sites
Ukraine’s armed forces confirmed overnight attacks on at least two large Russian military warehouses in a Telegram post by its General Staff.
One arms depot was situated near Tikhoretsk in the Krasnodar region in southern Russia, where about 1,200 people were evacuated after what local officials described as debris from a downed drone ...Read more
Newsom signs California bill to limit 'addictive' social media feeds for kids
California took a major step in its fight to protect children from the ills of social media with Gov. Gavin Newsom's signature on a bill to limit the ability of companies to provide "addictive feeds" to minors.
Newsom on Friday signed Senate Bill 976, named the Protecting Our Kids From Social Media Addiction Act and introduced by state Sen. ...Read more
Palos Verdes Estates settles surf gang lawsuit, vows to protect access to Lunada Bay's pristine waves
LOS ANGELES — A settlement reached Friday appears to herald the end of the Bay Boys’ six-decade reign over the coveted waves at Lunada Bay, famed for unspooling in a dreamy, unbroken right hand line.
The city of Palos Verdes Estates has agreed to a series of steps to improve public access to the bay and “vigorously enforce” coastal ...Read more
Chicago-area schools face wave of violent threats as new school year begins, leading to lockdowns and remote learning
CHICAGO — Threats of violence have sparked chaos at dozens of schools in Chicago and its surrounding suburbs since the beginning of the school year, leading to lockdowns, security screenings and days of remote learning.
Over the past two weeks, a series of anonymous posts circulating on social media have warned of shootings and other acts of ...Read more
Diddy talks locking women in at 'freak off' parties in resurfaced clip
NEW YORK — In the wake of his recent arrest on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering, an old clip of Sean “Diddy” Combs providing Conan O’Brien with a list of tips for the perfect party has resurfaced online.
The 2002 interview from O’Brien’s eponymous late-night talk show started making the rounds on social media not long ...Read more
New genetic research points to Wuhan animal market as origin of COVID pandemic, study says
A new analysis of genetic material gathered from a live-animal market in Wuhan in the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic strengthens the case that the outbreak originated there when the coronavirus jumped from infected animals to humans, scientists said.
The findings, reported the journal Cell, do not identify any specific infected animal ...Read more
Safe storage and minimum age gun laws would curb violence, study says
The deadliest school shooting in Georgia history occurred earlier this month when a 14-year-old gunman, armed with a military-style rifle, killed two students and two teachers and injured nine others at Apalachee High School in Winder, a city about an hour northeast of Atlanta.
And last Sunday, former President Donald Trump was the target of ...Read more
Sri Lanka counts votes in election that puts IMF in spotlight
Sri Lanka began counting votes in a crucial presidential election that’s likely to determine the fate of the crisis-hit economy and a $3 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund.
The election comes two years after an economic meltdown and a historic debt default caused widespread political unrest and the ousting of the former ...Read more
Floods leave one dead, many missing in quake-hit area of Japan
At least one person was killed and several others missing after torrential rains caused flooding in a northern Japan coastal region still recovering from a deadly earthquake that struck at the start of this year.
Japan’s weather agency issued its highest-level warning on Saturday morning for heavy rains in Ishikawa prefecture, about 300 ...Read more
Gaza deal hopes sputter as pager attacks bring Mideast to brink
Secretary of State Antony Blinken flew to the Middle East this week with little illusion that his 10th trip to the region since last Oct. 7 would lead to a breakthrough in the Gaza war.
And that was before thousands of near-simultaneous explosions of pagers and walkie-talkies belonging to members of the Hezbollah militia spread havoc in ...Read more
Israel's risky new posture against Hezbollah stops short of war
Israel’s shift to a riskier, more aggressive posture toward Lebanon’s Hezbollah — exploding pagers, striking Beirut and targeting commanders — came about both suddenly and gradually.
Suddenly, because there were indications that Hezbollah members had become suspicious about the booby-trapped pagers, so a decision to set them off was ...Read more
What are the Jewish High Holy Days? A look at Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and a month of celebrating renewal and moral responsibility
In this time of year, Jewish people observe the High Holy Days in the month of Tishrei in the Jewish calendar, usually in September and October. These holidays commemorate concepts such as renewal, forgiveness, freedom and joy.
As a scholar of the Bible and the ancient world, I am continually impressed with how the history of these ...Read more
Washington State inquests into killings by police remain broken, critics say
SEATTLE — A King County program meant to provide answers for families of those killed by police — revised in 2018 to broaden its scope and address inequities — remains broken and should be fixed, replaced or abandoned, say prosecutors and private attorneys involved in the process.
The coroner's inquest program is unique in Washington and ...Read more
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