Israel had been looking for a chance to kill the leader of Hezbollah.

Its intelligence had long tracked Hassan Nasrallah and it recently learned he planned to move, which would have closed the window of opportunity, according to a senior official who asked not to be identified discussing confidential matters. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — At least 23 people have died across South Carolina after Hurricane Helene — one of the largest storms in decades — devastated the Southeastern United States, causing widespread flooding, damaging roads and homes and leaving more than 1 million without power.

The death toll has eclipsed the 19 deaths caused by the state’...Read more

BEIRUT — The assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah — confirmed by both Israel and the Lebanese militant group on Saturday, a day after the massive air raid that killed him — set off furious grief among his followers and prompted grim satisfaction in Israel, redoubling fears of a widening regional conflict.

The 64-year-old ...Read more

NEW YORK — A vandal was caught on video bashing a statue of the Virgin Mary with a rock outside a Queens Catholic church earlier this week — a biased attack that left congregants on edge.

“I feel sad, I cry,” Nely Quintanilla, 25, told the Daily News Saturday as she stood outside Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church on Parsons...Read more

Floodwaters from Hurricane Helene have swamped a retired Duke Energy Corp. nuclear power plant, according to a filing with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, though an escape of contaminated fuel appears unlikely.

The Crystal River plant, which has been shuttered since 2013, experienced a storm surge of as much as 12 feet, ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — With Hurricane Helene having turned into a post-tropical cyclone but still dumping rain in the Ohio Valley and Southeast U.S., the National Hurricane Center turned its attention to two developing systems with growing chances to form into the season’s next tropical depression or storm while also keeping track of Hurricane ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Despite the heated political climate on campus, Stanford University’s new president, Jonathan Levin, who began his term on Aug. 1, entered his solemn inauguration ceremony Friday afternoon with minimal disruption.

This sharply contrasted with the end of the 2024 school year, when 13 protesters were arrested for breaking ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay’s regulars — our barkeeps, retirees, refugees — all had the same reaction this week in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, no matter what part of the region they call home.

Surprise.

Never seen it this bad.

Never seen water so high.

Never seen it come anywhere close to our door.

No one expected this.

All ...Read more

Rescue missions are underway across the U.S. South as the region reels from historic flooding caused by Hurricane Helene, which has killed at least 52 people and knocked out power to millions, putting stress on aging dams and leaving behind potential losses of more than $100 billion.

Water rescues were reported Saturday in northern Tennessee ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday afternoon signed a bill that will prevent businesses from requiring employees to attend “captive audience” meetings, or mandatory workplace meetings with religious with political messaging — particularly, anti-union messaging.

State Sen. Aisha Wahab, a Democrat, introduced the bill in ...Read more

CHICAGO — The long-simmering standoff between City Hall and Chicago Public Schools leadership that just blew up in the public eye leaves Mayor Brandon Johnson caught between the union that bankrolled his campaign and the school system he’s charged with leading.

The latest strife at CPS, stemming from the mayor’s unprecedented push to oust...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — There have been 11 named storms thus far this year, and the National Hurricane Center has been uncannily accurate in predicting their paths and strengths.

Tropical Storm Alberto spun up west of the Yucatan Peninsula and made landfall three days later in Tampico, Mexico, nearly exactly where the Hurricane Center said it...Read more

KEATON BEACH, Fla. — Three generations of Betheas walked around what remained of their house in this beach community, finding much of it still in one piece — but now sitting a quarter-mile from its original location.

The storm waters from devastating Hurricane Helene, which made landfall nearby, had picked up the one-story house and slammed...Read more

VALDOSTA, Ga. — Helene bent pine trees and utility poles like toothpicks. It littered this city’s downtown with twisted sheet metal, blocks-long piles of tree limbs and bricks from fallen building facades.

Two days after the storm raced up from the Gulf of Mexico, power lines still sag along many of south Georgia’s roads, tangling with ...Read more

BEIRUT — Hassan Nasrallah was for a long time one of the world's most hunted men.

A founder of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and its longtime secretary general, Nasrallah had for decades played a cat-and-mouse game with Israel, living a life mostly in the shadows — while transforming a band of Shiite guerrillas into a powerful ...Read more

President Joe Biden stood behind Israel after it killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, calling his death a “measure of justice” and pledging renewed work toward peace in a region straining under the threat of wider war.

“Ultimately, our aim is to de-escalate the ongoing conflicts in both Gaza and Lebanon through diplomatic means,” ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Hundreds of thousands of people remained without power Saturday in North Carolina in the aftermath of a tropical storm that started as Hurricane Helene.

Helene’s remnants dumped historic levels of rain across the state, leading to devastating flooding in western North Carolina and a web of impassable roads and interstates....Read more

Israel has killed the leader of the militant group Hezbollah in a airstrike in Beirut, marking a further escalation of hostilities in the region.

The death of Hassan Nasrallah, confirmed by Hezbollah on Sept 28, 2024, forms part of a major Israeli push against the Iran-backed group in recent days that has resulted in the death of ...Read more

BEIRUT — The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah confirmed Saturday that its longtime leader, Hassan Nasrallah, had been killed in an Israeli air raid the evening before, even as Israel pressed ahead with a new round of punishing airstrikes and the region appeared to reel closer to all-out war.

The announcement came hours after Israel’s ...Read more