GAZA/TEL AVIV — Two women have returned to Israel after being handed to the Red Cross in Gaza City, Israeli authorities said on Thursday, and further hostages are expected to be released later in the evening, following a last-minute deal struck earlier with Hamas. Israel named the freed hostages as 21-year-old Mia Schem, who was
ATLANTA — Another strong atmospheric river is set to barrel into the Northwest late Monday and dump over half a foot of rain on the already-soaked region, setting off a significant flood threat. Monday's storm is the latest in a seemingly never-ending train of atmospheric rivers slamming the region, with each increasing the flood risk
WASHINGTON — It's a challenge for all new parents: getting enough sleep while keeping a close eye on their newborns. For some penguins, it means thousands of mini-catnaps a day, researchers discovered. Chinstrap penguins in Antarctica need to guard their eggs and chicks around-the-clock in crowded, noisy colonies. So they nod off thousands of times
WASHINGTON — Doug Burgum, the governor of North Dakota who struggled to find his footing in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, ended his campaign on Monday. Burgum, 67, was a successful software executive and investor before his political career and largely self-financed his candidacy. On the stump, he portrayed himself as a
GAZA — Renewed fighting in Gaza stretched into a second day on Saturday after talks to extend a week-old truce with Hamas collapsed and mediators said Israeli bombardments were complicating attempts to again pause hostilities. Eastern areas of Khan Younis in southern Gaza came under intense bombardment as the truce deadline lapsed shortly after dawn
LONDON — Oxford University Press has named "rizz″ as its word of the year, highlighting the popularity of a term used by Generation Z to describe someone's ability to attract or seduce another person. It topped "Swiftie" (an enthusiastic fan of Taylor Swift), "situationship" (an informal romantic or sexual relationship) and "prompt" (an instruction given
CHELSEA, Ala. — A 3-month-old baby in Alabama died after being bitten by a "wolf-hybrid" kept as the family's pet, according to the Shelby County Sheriff's Office. Around 12:54 p.m. on Thursday, sheriff's deputies, firefighters and county animal control officers responded to a 911 call about an apparent animal attack involving an infant at a
MEXICO CITY — Nicaraguan police said Friday they want to arrest the director of the Miss Nicaragua pageant, Karen Celebertti, accusing her of intentionally rigging contests so that anti-government beauty queens would win the pageants as part of a plot to overthrow the government. It all started Nov. 18, when Miss Nicaragua, Nicaragua's Sheynnis Palacios
ARLINGTON, Va. — Police in a Virginia suburb of the nation's capital are investigating a massive explosion at a house where officers were trying to serve a search warrant Monday. The Arlington County Police Department said in a statement that the suspect fired several shots inside the home and that an explosion happened. Firefighters were
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Israel pounded targets in crowded southern Gaza on Saturday and ordered more neighborhoods designated for attack to evacuate, driving up the death toll even as the United States and others urged it to do more to protect civilians a day after a truce collapsed. The prospect of further cease-fires in
